Mickey Rourke Loses Lease After Rejecting More Than $100,000 in Aid
Around 2, 700 donors chipped in to a GoFundMe that raised more than $100, 000 to cover back rent, but mickey rourke rejected the campaign and later failed to defend an eviction, costing him the lease on his Beverly Grove home.
Eric Goldie, the Drexel Avenue Home and the $59, 100 Rent Claim
Landlord Eric Goldie filed an eviction complaint on Dec. 29 alleging $59, 100 in unpaid rent on a rental that charged $7, 000 a month. A three-day notice to pay rent or vacate was served on Dec. 18, and the complaint followed when payment was not made.
On March 9, 2026, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judgment was entered by default in favor of Eric Goldie. The order granted Goldie possession of the Drexel Avenue property, canceled the rental agreement, and forfeited the lease, ending the actor’s legal right to occupy the home. The judgment was for possession only, not money damages.
Mickey Rourke’s Rejection of the GoFundMe and the Instagram Video
In early January, a fundraiser set up with Kimberly Hines listed as the benefactor drew roughly 2, 700 donors and raised more than $100, 000 in about two days. mickey rourke posted a video on Jan. 5 in which he called the campaign “humiliating” and told donors to get their money back; in that video he said he would rather harm himself than accept charity.
Rourke said he was in a “really bad situation” after new owners bought the home and would not fix habitability problems. He named mice, rats, rotten flooring and plumbing troubles, and said one bathtub had no water. After the GoFundMe appeared, he repeatedly urged donors to retrieve their contributions.
Kimberly Hines, Property Conditions and the Management Response
Kimberly Hines, who had been Rourke’s manager, helped set up the GoFundMe and listed herself as benefactor. Hines said she and her assistant ran the idea past Rourke’s assistant and that everyone agreed it would be helpful; she also arranged alternative housing in Koreatown because of severe water damage and black mold at the Beverly Grove home.
That account sits alongside Rourke’s public denial of involvement with the fundraiser and his insistence that he would not accept strangers’ money. The two versions—Hines’s description of planning the campaign and Rourke’s rejection of donations—were not resolved in the eviction proceeding.
For now, the concrete developments are the default ruling and the canceled lease. Rourke did not answer the complaint in time, and the court entered judgment for possession on March 9, 2026, ending his legal right to remain at the Drexel Avenue address.
Back where the story began—with more than 2, 700 people who donated money and a GoFundMe that exceeded the $59, 100 rent claim—the campaign sits shuttered and donors were urged to take back contributions. The next confirmed development in the record is the March 9, 2026 default judgment handing Eric Goldie possession, and that judgment now reshapes the immediate living situation tied to the opening detail: hundreds of donors’ efforts, and a rejected gesture meant to stop an eviction.
