Mischa Barton A Mess While Out On Emmy Night

Mischa Barton is in a dark downward spiral, say alarmed friends who've talked to The National ENQUIRER — and things seemed even worse on Emmy Night! As her fellow actresses received acclaim, The ENQUIRER caught Mischa staggering the streets of Los Angeles and winding up in a tattoo parlor. It's the latest sad display from Mischa after she just got busted in court for choosing partying over making a movie!

A judge hit Mischa with a $200,000 ruling after she was successfully taken to court for blowing off the filming of a romantic comedy. The former star of "The O.C." was taken to court in 2014 for failing to show up on the set of a comedy called "Promoted." Instead, a look at Mischa's social media accounts revealed that she'd run off to Europe for a wild vacation.

That's a big chunk of change for Mischa to lose, too — as her concerned pals told The ENQUIRER that Mischa was once practically homeless! “Mischa is in denial,” said one distressed insider. “She thinks that if she doesn’t open letters from banks and attorneys chasing owed credit, then they’ll go away!”

The pal added that Mischa refused to live in her Beverly Hills mansion after a 2009 incident in which she was placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Instead, she was crashing at a pal’s condo and living out of a suitcase. “People might think she’s turned her life around because she isn’t falling out of nightclubs, but behind closed doors she’s a complete wreck,” sighed the insider.

Mischa finally sold her home in July for $7.05 million — but had defaulted on multiple mortgage payments in recent years. Public records showed that she still owed $4.3 million on the mansion. Creditors had also spent more than four years trying to collect the $103,434.36 bill from her 2009 rehab stay, but Mischa refused to pay.

The recent ruling about her failure to show up on set also effectively ate up the $200,000 payday that Mischa got from a stint on “Dancing With the Stars.” Pals said that Mischa had already refused to spend that windfall on her mortgage. Our spy lamented: “The last few years have been a living hell, but somehow Mischa acts like everything is fine!”