**UPDATE: Looks like TMZ, who were the first to report this story, messed up bigtime.
There is a Michael Phelps who owes money on his taxes, but not the SWIMMER Michael Phelps.
Check your facts TMZ!
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Uh Oh! More troubled waters for Michael Phelps!
This time, the swimmer extraordinaire is in trouble with Uncle Sam. Phelps owes the State of California $23,289.16 for tax returns filed in 2005 and 2006!
The USA’s ‘Golden Boy’ has also been recently busted for carrying an invalid driver’s license and smoking marijuana!
Let’s hope he pulls it together!
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:23 pm
TOO BAD THATS LIKE CHUMP CHANGE FOR MICAHEL PHELPS… ANYONE ELSE THEN MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Michael Phelps needs to get his life together. that boys really goin down the deep end. no pun intended…
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
So he smokes, owes the government money, and is driving around with an invalid driving liscense. Swear Micha Phelps reminds me of my uncle tito!
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:17 pm
You know, Michael Phelps got a $1 million bonus just for winning I think his 5th gold medal, not including all of his sponsorships and other salaries and interviews and awards and everything else. 23 grand? That’s like the IRS sending me a letter saying I owed 12 bucks from my 2005 tax return. I think I’d find a way to scrape by.
And by the way, I can pretty much guarantee you that “invalid driver’s license” means he didn’t get it renewed in time. And how many people are there really left in the world who have never smoked pot? So yeah, he’s certainly a hardened criminal if I’ve ever seen one!
November 24th, 2009 at 11:49 am
It was reported that it’s a different Michael Phelps that owes the IRS money.