Terrell Owens, the former NFL star
receiver who has signed to play for and
co-own an indoor football team, is
friendless and nearly broke, he told GQ
magazine. "I'm in hell," Owens, 38, said
he tells people who ask about his well-
being.
After the Cincinnati Bengals did not
renew his one-year, $2 million contract
last year, Owens has been suffering from
his financial shortcomings, including
ventures gone bad and child support for
his four children, he said.
The $80 million or so he had made in his
career is almost gone, he said, but not
because he lived a lavish lifestyle.
In a profile story in GQ's February issue ,
Owens said his financial advisers lured
him into risky investments such as an
Alabama entertainment complex that cost
him $2 million. He later learned the
venture was illegal in the state and
violated the NFL's policy of prohibiting
players from investing in gambling, he
said.
He also owns a slew of properties that he
thought he would be able to rent before
the housing market tanked, he said. He
has a home in Los Angeles that cost him
$499,000 and a multimillion-dollar home
that is for sale in Atlanta. The home in
New Jersey for which he paid $3.9
million was sold in late 2010 for $1.7
million, he said.
Owens also pays $44,600 a month in child
support for his four children, ages 5 to
12. Three of the four mothers have sued
him.
The football player laments about losing
trust in people and friends. When people
text and ask where he is, he answers,
"I'm in hell."
"I don't have no friends," he told GQ. "I
don't want no friends. That's how I feel."
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