Troubled Knick Eddy Curry, who’s raked in a cool $20 million over the past two seasons for playing in just 10 games, says he can’t possibly make relatively paltry loan payments because of all his expenses — including a personal chef, a fleet of expensive cars and a $1,075-a-month cable bill.
But a Manhattan judge isn’t buying it.
State Supreme Court Justice Jane Solomon has ordered Curry to shell out $75,000 a month to the loan company to which he owes $1.2 million.
Curry initially took out a personal loan for $570,000 in 2008, but the amount he owed more than doubled — it was borrowed at an annual interest rate of 85 percent — over time.
Curry, 27, has insisted that he couldn’t make his monthly payments to the Las Vegas firm, Allstar Capital, because of his already hefty financial obligations — including a mysterious $207,000-a- month wage garnishment.
He says his other monthly bills include: $30,000 in household expenses for himself, his wife and kids; $17,000 in rent; $17,000 in payments to family members; $1,075 for satellite and cable bills; and $6,000 for his chef.
He describes other relatives as “dependents,” yet “offered no evidence that these other adult relations, who receive expensive cars, generous ‘stipends’ and various other gifts and payments are indeed his dependents,” Solomon wrote in a ruling issued yesterday.
She noted that even with the $75,000-a-month payments to Allstar, “$75,000 would remain available to Curry and his family.”
In addition to ordering Curry to make the payments, Solomon also gave Allstar the green light to seize three of the dozen cars he had bought for himself, his friends and relatives. Allstar picked three good ones — two 2009 Range Rovers and a 2009 Rolls-Royce Phantom convertible.
Lawyers for both sides said yesterday they are working on an agreement but refused to discuss details.