Brando '$20 Million In Debt' According To Book

Screen legend [Marlon Brando](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/marlon-brando) owes nearly $20 million (GBP11 million) and has hidden his two [Academy Awards](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/academy-of-motion-pictures-and-sciences) from debt-collectors - according to a new book about the actor.

BRANDO IN TWILIGHT by PATRICIA RUIZ claims the APOCALPYSE NOW actor is living in a one-bedroom bungalow on government benefits and has stashed away the Best Actor OSCARs he won for ON THE WATERFRONT and [The Godfather](https://contactmusic.6lgx.com/the-godfather).

The book also claims Brando's former maid CHRISTINA RUIZ is threatening to reopen a $100 million (GBP55 million) lawsuit against the actor because he has broken agreements to pay $10,000 (GBP5,500) a month to support her three children, including Brando's ten-year-old autistic son TIMOTHY.

Author Ruiz claims Brando spent vast sums of money trying to defend his son CHRISTIAN, who killed his half-sister CHEYENNE's boyfriend DAG DROLLET in 1990 - but Christian was jailed for manslaughter, leaving Brando $7 million (GBP3.8 million) in debt.

But Brando, who reportedly told family and friends he was ready for death last year (03), is not giving up yet - he has agreed to lend his voice to upcoming animated movie BIG BUG MAN, according to American gossip site THE SCOOP.

29/06/2004 17:55