“The Usual Suspects” actor Stephen Baldwin was slapped with a lawsuit over a $ 110,000 book advance by a popular Manhattan publishing house.
Hachette Book Group, which reps bestselling authors like Nicholas Sparks, is suing the youngest of the Baldwin brothers for failing to deliver the manuscript of a fictional work titled “Ready to Get Dangerous?”
The book was supposed to be a twist on the popular crime drama “Dead Man Walking,” with the death row inmate befriending a prosecutor instead of nun, according to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday.
But when Baldwin, 47, missed multiple deadlines Hachette canceled the contract and asked for a return of the advance plus attorneys fees.
Baldwin, known for his devout Christian beliefs, signed the publishing contract in March 2007 and received $ 100,000.
But he blew through the first deadline on January 1, 2008 and at least four extensions. He received another $ 10,000 after initialing an amended agreement in 2010.
The actor stood to earn another $ 150,000 for a completed book, depending on sales.
Baldwin had published an ebook with Hachette in 2007 called “The Usual Suspect: My Calling to the New Hardcore Faith Movement.”
The Rockland County actor has a history of money woes– in July a state judge ordered him to repay the $ 300,000 balance on a $ 400,000 fine for not filing three years of income tax returns from 2007 to 2010.
Messages to Baldwin’s reps were not immediately returned.
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