Kiefer Sutherland, who is no stranger to low-key off-screen heroics, rescued his girlfriend from the poorhouse! Busty brunette bombshell Cindy Vela — who’s dated the “Designated Survivor” hunk on the down-low for four years — filed for bankruptcy in 2011, The National ENQUIRER has learned. At the time, the former music teacher had just $50 to her name and was nearly $20,000 in debt due to student loans and unpaid credit cards, according to court records. Read on for Kiefer and Cindy’s story, and click here for more tales of celebrity bankruptcy….
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The “self-employed model” claimed she’d moved from Texas to Hollywood three years earlier and was earning $716 a month, with $845 in monthly expenses. According to her bankruptcy filing, Cindy had only $50 in cash, $510 in bank accounts, and owned two old cars worth a total of $5,500.
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She pegged her 2011 income at $8,000. At the time, she was living rent-free with relatives in Garden Grove, Calif., and had no other outstanding bills, the documents said.
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Cindy, who’s had bit parts in several minor films, met the
"24" star on the set of a music video directed by a friend, revealed her brother,
Freddy Vela. She’s now traveling with Kiefer and his band, All She Wrote, on a European tour.
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The couple were recently photographed together in London. “My parents and I have met Kiefer a couple of times,” dished Freddy. “The family is completely supportive of them. He’s made her very, very happy.”
The “self-employed model” claimed she’d moved from Texas to Hollywood three years earlier and was earning $716 a month, with $845 in monthly expenses. According to her bankruptcy filing, Cindy had only $50 in cash, $510 in bank accounts, and owned two old cars worth a total of $5,500.
She pegged her 2011 income at $8,000. At the time, she was living rent-free with relatives in Garden Grove, Calif., and had no other outstanding bills, the documents said.
Photo credit: Getty Images
Cindy, who’s had bit parts in several minor films, met the
"24" star on the set of a music video directed by a friend, revealed her brother,
Freddy Vela. She’s now traveling with Kiefer and his band, All She Wrote, on a European tour.
Photo credit: Getty Images
The couple were recently photographed together in London. “My parents and I have met Kiefer a couple of times,” dished Freddy. “The family is completely supportive of them. He’s made her very, very happy.”
