9/25/2009

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Remodeling her home has left the model in money trouble.

Chelsea Toder

When you are a former playmate and sex symbol known for a scant red bathing suit and ever-fluctuating breasts that could keep a continent afloat, jokes arise when finances begin to sink. And neither I nor People magazine will come to your rescue.  
  
[People magazine](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20308286,00.html) reports, "Pamela Anderson is drowning in financial debt and needs a lifesaver."  
  
As [People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20308286,00.html) writes, "The former Baywatch star, 42, allegedly owes $1.1 million to various construction companies for remodeling work on her Malibu home as well as back state taxes, L.A. County records show."  
  
According to [The Hollywood Gossip](http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/09/report-pamela-anderson-is-12-million-in-debt/), "A lot of people are owed a lot of money," Jay Bruder, boss of Bruder Construction, said.  
  
In June, he filed a $674,043 liens against Pam and Bruder is not alone. As [People](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20308286,00.html) reports, not only have five different construction companies filed liens against the former Baywatch beauty, but Anderson also "owes $252,360.39 in back state taxes and penalties for 2007."  
  
Having appeared on more Playboy covers than anyone in the world, beached the role of C.J. Parker on Baywatch, and a cultural icon in her own right, how did Pamela Anderson come to need a lifesaver? The waters are still muddy, but we're all clearly wondering who will come to her aid…and how much her own floatation devices are worth.  
  
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