03 Oct2014
Written by CFB Blogger. Posted in Blog
Deadbeat: Kentuckiana Child Support Court is an unusual TV “reality show” who, according to
WAVE3NEWS reporter John Boel, “calls out and puts down parents who don’t pay their debts in self-described snarky commentar[ies].”
However, an investigation by WAVE3NEWS reveals that one of the “Deadbeat” show’s hosts, Nichole Compton, owed a lot of money to a lot of creditors. In 2008 Compton reportedly owed nearly $400,000 to such creditors as banks and utility companies, as well as student loans. In 2009, she filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which was discharged in 2009. The discharge meant her qualified debts were wiped out.
Compton, an attorney who is running for district court judge in Jefferson County, Indiana, stated, “Upon the advice of my counsel, I filed chapter 7. Is it something I wished had happened? No it’s not. But I do think it’s going to make me a wonderful judge and that’s what makes me normal,” said Compton.
Since her bankruptcy discharge, Compton has continued being plagued by bills. In 2011,
Yellow Book sued and won a judgment against her for $7,900 in debt plus interest. Her political career has also seen its share of disputed debts. This year, a small claims complaint alleged that Compton never paid a campaign worker $2,500.
In contested 2011 lawsuits,
F5 Enterprises, a Jefferson-based creative marketing and photography company, claimed that Compton owed them $21,000 for work done in connection with her political campaign. Compton, in turn, sued F5 for “harassing and intimidating conduct.” F5 then filed a complaint with the
Kentucky Registry of Election Finance; the registry ruled that Compton violated KRS 121 by failing to timely report an unpaid campaign debt.
Compton also endeavored to eliminate her debts a second time when she filed Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2011, with liabilities estimated between $100,000 and $500,000. However, the docket noted she “may not be eligible for a discharge in this case” because she got a “Chapter 7 discharge within the last four years.”
She has stopped pursuing that bankruptcy on advice of her attorney.
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