Mary J. Blige and her husband, Martin Isaacs, are buried in tax and financial troubles. In February, the New Jersey tax authorities filed a state tax lien against them for $901,769. But compared to the federal tax lien of $3.4 million that's a drop in the tax bucket problems.
Their IRS liens include:
$574,907 for 2009
$2.2 million for 2010
$647,604 for 2011
The couple is being sued by various banks for more than $3 million in defaulted mortgages. Blige and Isaacs own an 18,000-square-foot mansion in Saddle River, New Jersey, and a $2.5-million house in Palisades overlooking Manhattan. The Saddle River home was purchased in 2008 for $12.5 million. They've been trying to sell it since 2011, with an original asking price of $14 million, which has now dropped back to $12.5 million.
Mary J. Blige PR team released a statement saying,
Mary has been and is continuing to work with her new team to resolve all these issues as quickly as possible.