Hilton: I’m Too Sick To Forfeit Self-Portrait For Auction

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The Billings Gazette in Montana has the latest from now-admitted conman Michael Hilton: asked to hand over four works of art to help pay a $700,000 judgment in a California real estate fraud case, Hilton claimed he had the flu and couldn’t make it.

Hilton says those works of art, including a self portrait, a work by Hilton titled “Mother Theresa,” and two stereographs, are his only assets. It’s safe to say that even if Hilton ever does forfeit the art, it’s not going to make a dent in the $1.1 million he owes in California for fraud judgements.

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