As someone who has to pay my taxes four times a year because the IRS doesn’t want to let me hold my own money until tax day, I am baffled as to how rich people manage to owe the IRS millions of dollars.
But such is the case with RHOP Karen Huger’s husband Ray. I don’t watch this trainwreck but I do read Becky J’s recaps here and it seems as though the black Bill Gates had to sell their home quickly and at a huge loss. You know if they could have waited until after filming they would have. But it seems they basically moved into a rental while Karen was on the Bermuda cast trip.
Today, The Washington Post is reporting that, “The government has a $1.468 million lien against Ray Huger, 70, a former IBM executive who founded software and consulting company Paradigm Solutions in 1991, according to an April 26 filing in Fairfax County Circuit Court. Paradigm Solutions, where Huger is the president and chief executive, also has a $3.06 million lien against it, Montgomery County Circuit Court records show.”
If their next step is filing bankruptcy, they better do it very carefully, that’s how folks get sent to “camp.”
How do these rich people manage to stay out of jail. I would not be able to sleep at night if I owed the IRS. One thing I do know, Charisse finally has use for her champagne Room, she must be having a ball over this.
Right?! I have a student loan, which is in good standing, yet I still stress about it. And it’s only a few thousands. How can anyone put themselves out there on tv and not think twice. Idiots!
Ah…explains a LOT.
Right?
The only reason I watched the last episode was because the viewers were promised, specifically, the answer during the promos (this is usually just a “background noise” show for me). Obviously, the commercials are always edited in a bullshit way. However, I wonder if something was cut in the eleventh hour (like the “checkmate, bitch” Brandi/LVP moment that never aired from RHOBH).
???This is the reason for the quick move to a rental. Karen’s been so mean and messy this season. It was basically to deflect from her own financial difficulties.
When Ashley questioned Karen about the quick move, I actually thought Karen may lays hands on her. Karen was so defensive. If your reasons for moving are legitimate, it’s not a big deal.
Why on earth did she have to move to a 9 bedroom rental house. It is all so fake and how did she think the truth would not come out?
So those fake tears were not over her beloved Mother, but over her real future shattering her own self-proclaimed “Grande Dame” image… Oh, how the ladies will be like vultures over this “tea.”
Again possibly maybe welcoming yet another #FelonByBravo #ffs WTF is it with these rich people trying to get away with shit! I still am so angry that the number one #FelonByBravo is still living the good life! Maybe Karen should contact her to see how she got to keep her status with Bravo after ripping off hundreds of thousands of dollars and more, going to “camp”, then her husband goes “away’, fakes her friendship and love with her sister-in-law and act like she still did nothing wrong! #sigh I wish I was rich and I would pay my taxes! #JustSaying
Totally agree with you.
Ashley’s husband Michael questioned if that new home was a front. I think her old home was a front too. Always saw house from a distance and kitchen never matched that home. Maybe he lost a big government contract with company? He seems like a nice guy though. Who knows with people today. Hope to hell they’re not the Guidice’s II.
You’re on to something with this idea. He had to have been a government contractor.
As s local, I read the Washington Post every day. The biggest surprise to me is that Karen is 54. I would have guessed 70.
Lol ?
Shoot! Really? That means she’s four years younger than me!
Who knows if this shit is true…
Oh you just me, The Washington Post, and pretty much everyone with basic critical thinking skills. That’s who knows this shit is true.
Oh, TT, don’t you know that you cannot believe anything you read in mainstream newspapers, but if your neighbor’s massage therapist’s uncle’s third wife says it, it must be true??
Or TMZ.
FYI I have been installing an reinstalling stuff today to fix the commenting, and share button issues today. Things look a bit different now. We’ll see if this makes things better or worse.
Damn! And the way she talked about Robin! Monique is next!
Can’t wait to see how she sound this during the reunion!!
While the topic of her new house will surely come out, I doubt if the cast members were aware of the IRS liens when the reunion taped a week or two ago.
Great Falls is very chi-chi.
Yes. Great Falls > Potomac every day in every way. I was wondering why Karen would be so pressed about moving there, since it’s an upgrade. Now we know!
Yes- Great Falls is gorgeous and much larger than Potomac- which is only 26 square miles.
The rumors about the coming liens must have been in the wind, or at least Production was smart enough to see the signs. Because of all the bad acting that happens on this show, the most egregious had to have been the others’ skeptical faces when Karen talked about her move, and all those “Something doesn’t seem right” solo interviews (can’t think of the term for this!) from the others. No WAY do I believe they could tell how sketchy this was on their own.
If she wasn’t so smug and a brag, I wouldn’t delight in this information. But…she is, so I do. ?
Teresa Guidice and Phaedra Parks exhibited similar behavior.
Schadenfreude aside, there’s a trend. I’d much rather watch LVP jet around to find miniature horses and Heather Dubrow agonize over the shape of ice cubes than see women turn up their noses at others while lying about their own station in life.
I’ve watched a few episides, but this housewives show doesn’t appeal to me. From what I’ve seen, Karen is the worst one. Very high and mighty! Maybe karma is paying her a visit.
Btw Tamara, your last paragraph, it’s their not there. If you’re going to write articles, proofreading is your friend. 😉
Tamara recaps in real time. She is not closed-caprtioning.
Hi Tracy,
Please take your own advice about proofreading. It’s embarrassing to call attention to one’s errors when your own writing is subpar.
By the way, proper punctuation is a thing.
Who are you to come into this space kvetching about a simple, likely typographical, error? That’s a tenuous line to walk, as we are all human and prone to mistakes. I’d encourage you to come and enjoy this entertaining blog, but no one really wants a pedantic nag around.
Traci, today I have written five articles, supervised my yard guy whose very presence on the property incites my guard dog to lost his mind, was finally able to get to Publix for my GODDAMN fourth of July meal I could not have yesterday because my dog was on drugs (long story), consulted with legal counsel, consulted with both Jetpack and my hosting company over an issue with the fucking Facebook sharing glitch, publicized all my posts multiple times, answered a few hundred emails, worked through thunderstorms with the dog going batshit, consulted with multiple sources about RHOA, moderated comments (clearly not well enough) and maintained a pulse on the Big Brother live feeds to keep them updated.
I don’t know what you did other than find a show you DON’T WATCH to comment on, but all I asked of you was to read the MOTHER FUCKING COMMENTING RULES before making your completely irrelevant comment. AND YOU COULDN’T EVEN DO THAT.
So now you are off to the WLS to sit and wonder what the fuck the WLS is .Bye Felicia.
Fun fact, Traci’s mom named her correctly (except for not making her an name ending in i, I fixed that) …..Twaters. Apt.
Shit Chill the fuck out Tamara.
Ain’t nobody got time for that! Gotta keep grindin’!
I’m ? % team Tamara and I approve this message.
Relax you work too much!!?? But you told her! I only correct my grands, who are my future!
Candysims
Wow, xoxoxo
Good read
When this franchise first came out, I really didn’t like the first episode (partly because the wigs were so dreadful!!!), but I stuck with it and now I really like this franchise!
Stick with it, girls!
I have $900.00 on my credit card and all “SHIT!”
Other than actual income level, it strikes me that a key difference between the Black Bill Gates and the OG version is that real Bill Gates has a down-to-earth wife who is more interested in charity than lavish lifestyles (although I’m sure they’re not denying themselves).
Ray Huger, on the other hand, has a wife who wants to keep up with the Jones, and if I recall at least one of their kids is just as spoiled.
Yes, THIS.
I, as a Washingtonian (the state), have always been slightly offended that she calls her husband that. Ray may be nice, but he isn’t Bill, and she for SURE is no Melinda.
Honestly, I’ve known about their philanthropy years before the Gates Foundation. Many of the early investors/higher ups in MS quietly give back as well. I’m very grateful on a personal level for their long standing support of Children’s Hospital in Seattle. A former MS person is the reason the Paramount Theater in Seattle was restored and can host Broadway plays.
I know at least one person who works at a non-profit who got a GF grant. They’ve gotten some big name grants before, but the GF is NEXT LEVEL. They check in on the organization, offer networking and other resources to make sure goals are met and the organization can succeed.
Besides, I’m sure if the Gates’ forgot to pay their taxes, they could cover said taxes very easily.
I do declare! So many can’t be bothered to do likewise. It’s very taxing.
Not shocked at all because Karen exhibited all the signs of a wannabe trying to pretend. I guess every Housewife City has to have a Bravo “potential felon” tax case and Karen is it for RHOP.
I agree with your Tamara that it may not come up in the reunion because I don’t think the women new about the taxes when the reunion was taped but that Shady Andrew seems to find tea like this and maybe he was able to sneak it in as a “viewer question”.
Guess we’ll see on Sunday.
Andy doesn’t know crap and probably doesn’t even watch the show. However it seems that the whole season was about Karen’s possible financial problems. At least as an undercurrent, so I am sure that will be mentioned. So it will still be fun to watch her deflect and deny.
Cold blooded creatures seek out those in distress so as to strike at the underbelly.
Karen’s husband seems to look always stressed out. Maybe we know why or that is his natural demeanor.
Nothing better than owing tons or money to the government and having your wife show the largesse of their living. Wonder if IRS agents have viewing parties for all Housewives shows.