Ginuwine's Divorce From Solé Left Him Deep In Debt. His Lawyer Confirms He'll Be Filing For Bankruptcy

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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">R&B singer</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Ginuwine</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, real name</span> <strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Elgin Baylor Lumpkin</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, has fallen on hard financial times. According to his lawyer, </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Bruce Beckner</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, he'll soon have to file for bankruptcy.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">“Mr. Lumpkin is very close to declaring bankruptcy,” Ginuwine’s lawyer, Bruce Beckner, told the <a sl-processed="1" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/exclusive-b-singer-ginuwine-verge-bankruptcy-article-1.2005052" target="_blank">New York Daily News</a>. “He owes my firm a ton of money and a bunch of other people a ton of money. He owes Uncle Sam 300-odd thousand dollars in back income taxes.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Buckner says his client's divorce from </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Solé</strong> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">has contributed heavily to the 44-year old's money problems. He's also facing a lawsuit from </span><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Robert Reives</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, the executive producer of his certified double platinum-selling 1996 debut album,</span> <em style="font-size: 12pt;">The Bachelor</em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Reives claims he's owed <strong>$1.25 million</strong> in royalties from a 5-album deal Ginuwine signed with <strong>Sony</strong>. He's asking the court to award him <strong>$250,000</strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3">Ginuwine believes Reives claim is outside the statute of limitation and therefore isn't valid. The two sides will argue their case in Manhattan Federal Court Monday.</span>
