Actor Sharon Stone revealed she had to remortgage her home after a major financial and personal crisis left her broke.
The Oscar nominee revealed she lost $26m ($US18m) in savings after suffering a stroke that caused a nine-day brain bleed.
As she stepped away from Hollywood to recover from the illness, the Basic Instinct star said that “people taking advantage” of her led to her financial downfall.
“I had $18 million saved because of all my success, but when I got back into my bank account, it was all gone,” Stone told the Hollywood Reporter in 2024.
“My refrigerator, my phone — everything was in other people’s names. I had zero money.”
The recovery process took seven years. During that period, Stone’s acting career was put on hold.
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Sharon Stone remortgaged her home after a major financial and personal crisis left her broke.
The Oscar nominee revealed she lost $26m in savings after suffering a stroke. Picture: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
To make matters harder, the entertainer went through divorce from her second husband, journalist Phil Bronstein, and a child custody battle over their adopted son, Roan.
To manage her finances, Stone had to borrow against her home.
“I had to remortgage my house. I lost everything I had. I lost my place in the business. I was like the hottest movie star, you know?” she told Variety in 2019.
“It was like Miss Princess Diana and I were so famous — and she died and I had a stroke. And we were forgotten.”
The Total Recall star credited LVMH founder and CEO Bernard Arnault with providing an opportunity that helped her rebuild.
“[From] trying to keep custody of my son to just functioning — to be able to work at all,” she said.
“I was so grateful to Bernard Arnault, who rescued me by giving me a Dior contract.”
Stone with then-husband Phil Bronstein. Picture: Ke.Mazur/WireImage
In recent years, the Golden Globe winner has resided in a Beverly Hills, California home once owned by the actor Montgomery Clift. Picture: Google Maps
Stone was able to move on after losing her money because she decided to “stay present and let go.”
The Quick and the Dead actor has bounced back with a $36m ($US25m) net worth and property portfolio.
In recent years, the Golden Globe winner has resided with her three sons in a Beverly Hills, California home once owned by the actor Montgomery Clift.
Stone purchased the residence in March 1995 for $4.6m ($US3.2m). Property experts estimate the mansion is currently worth between $17m and $21m ($US12m-$US15m).
The Casino star sold her never used property in November 2012 for $9.3m. Picture: Google Maps
Stone and ex-husband Phil Bronstein sold a San Francisco mansion in 2005 for $18.7m. Picture: Google Maps
In March 2006, the Casino star purchased another residence in Beverly Hills for $15m ($US11m) but never moved in.
The former model listed the property for sale in December of that year for $18m ($US12.5m).
Following price reductions, the actress sold the property in November 2012 for $9.3m ($US6.5m), taking a loss of nearly $6.4m ($US4.5m).
In 1998, Stone and her then-husband Bronstein paid $8.6m ($US6m) for a mansion in San Francisco’s Sea Cliff neighbourhood.
The pair sold the oceanfront property in 2005 for $18.7m ($US13m) following their divorce.
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