Warrant Issued for Michael Madsen's Arrest

By Christine Fenno Posted Mar 13th 2011 12:40PM

Tough-guy actor Michael Madsen ('Kill Bill,' 'Reservoir Dogs') is a wanted man.

Madsen, 53, allegedly owes an estimated $570,000 in child and spousal support, according to a new report from TMZ.

A warrant has now been issued for his arrest, as legal documents show he failed to appear for a hearing last week in his ongoing child/spousal support case.

When Madsen, who is the brother of Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen, was a no-show in court, the judge issued the warrant. Police are looking for Madsen now; bail has reportedly already been set at $26,000.

Earlier this month, Madsen turned up in New York City for a screening to celebrate the DVD release of 'The Bleeding,' an action-vampire flick he shot in 2009 with co-stars Armand Assante and Kat Von D.

Over the years, the father of five has been married three times, to Georganne LaPiere (Cher's sister), Jeannine Bisignano and his current wife, Deanna Morgan.

In the red financially for some time now, the actor filed bankruptcy back in 2009, with documents showing he was unable to pay personal loans from both Pierce Brosnan ($25,000) and Quentin Tarantino ($1 million).

Tags: Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino

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Sunday 13 March

By stu

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I knew Quentin was a nut. 1 mil loan to a dude who fathered 5 kids!!

By OfAlaska

I remember that flick where he turned Charlie Sheen from an undercover cop into a totally stoned biker Life imitating art, or just Hollywood narcissism avoiding adult behavior?

By BTDT

Evidently, he's very bad with money.

By keith etheridge

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lay off charlie, he is and always will be a great actor. don,t judge unless you walk in his shoes. its sad charlie could not be with his children on there birthday. people love to judge and hurt people. hang in there charlie you will make people eat there words.

Monday 14 March

By shempbat

Evidently, he's very bad with women too!

By Liz

Their. Their birthday, their words.

By JBaer

Straight-to-video movies don't pay a hell of a lot, huh?

By Jason

Over "hte" years.....Wow seriously AOl get your sh*t together!!!!! I need a job can I take the place of the author and editor of this story? LOL what a joke

By Barbara

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what do you mean? you make no sense!

By Bob

you would have to be a lot dumber to get a job at AOL.. Bad grammar and spelling is a "MUST" to even apply..OH, and bad taste

By cher

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And Liberal.

By Kevin

liberal, really? What are you stupid?

By Susan

Don't forget , fluff news takes presidence over substance and importance .

By Dave

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Maybe it's Ms. Huffington writing with her famous accent.

By YellowRose3218

To owe that much money, the guy must have never paid any child support before.
I have no sympathy for a dead beat father.
Mostly the ones that have made as much as this guy has in the past.

By D.

I bet actress-sister Virginia is staying as far away from bro as she can, her being a single mom of one.

By Jim

Obviously, you have never been in the child support system. The amount of money you pay is based solely on the amount of money you earned at the time it was set. So, if you don't continue to make that much money, you still owe it. And if you are bankrupt you probably cannot afford to pay a lawyer to temporarily lessen the amount let alone pay anything. The child support system here in the US is out of control.

By Adam

Sorry to hear that about him. If he's the guy I'm thinking of, he was great in "Donnie Brasco".

By lctino24

Yes that his him!

By tom leykis

The laws in this country and california regarding marriage need to be changed.women get way too much in the divorce.now there are more women in college and more women managers than men.I think marriage for men is a losing business contract for men.and is out dated...end it!!!!

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