News Room : Mickey Rourke emerges with bizarre red hair after being legally kicked out of LA home over unpaid rent

Mickey Rourke was seemingly in good spirits to wrap up a trying week as he was pictured Thursday in Los Angeles.

The Oscar-nominated actor, 73, sported a shaggy auburn hairdo as he was pictured at the Mulberry Street Pizzeria.

The outing came days after a court issued a ruling in favor of his one-time landlord, canceling a lease for a home The Wrestler actor rented for most of last year.

The actor, whose film catalog includes Diner, Sin City and 9½ Weeks, donned a purple Western style top with blue jeans as he was seen chatting with a friend and posing for pictures with fans.

Rourke accessorized with dark sunglasses, a large leather belt and grey boots on the sunny weekday in Southern California.  

Rourke’s team on Wednesday provided the Daily Mail with a statement on behalf of the actor, saying the reason he ‘stopped paying rent was because the living conditions in the house had become unacceptable.’

Mickey Rourke, 73, was seemingly in good spirits to wrap up a trying week as he was pictured Thursday in Los Angeles sporting a shaggy auburn hairdo

He added, ‘For months there were serious problems that repeatedly went unaddressed despite my efforts to have them fixed.’

Rourke said that ‘there were ongoing rodent issues that required multiple visits but were never fully resolved, and the bathroom and plumbing frequently did not work. 

‘I made repeated requests for repairs, but the problems continued and basic maintenance was never properly handled.’

Rourke concluded, ‘Withholding rent was not a decision I made lightly. 

‘I simply could not continue paying for a house that was in such poor condition after so many attempts to have these issues corrected.’

A Los Angeles court on Monday entered a default judgment for landlord Eric T. Goldie against Rourke in an eviction dispute over the rental home a month after the actor turned down six-figures in GoFundMe donations from fans.

Goldie received a default judgment in his eviction filing against Rourke, according to documents from Los Angeles County Superior Court reviewed by Daily Mail.

Goldie said in legal documents filed in late December that Rourke owed $59,100 in unpaid rental fees on the house, which is located off Drexel Avenue.

Rourke failed to respond to the eviction notice under the designated time frame under California law, leading to the default judgment. 

The Oscar-nominated actor donned a purple Western style top with blue jeans as he was seen chatting with a friend 

The actor was seen chatting with a friend outside of the pizzeria 

Rourke accessorized with dark sunglasses, a large leather belt and grey boots on the sunny weekday in Southern California 

The court granted Goldie immediate possession of the property and nixed the remaining lease agreement, effectively keeping Rourke out of the home moving forward.

Fans swung into action, donating about $100,000 to a GoFundMe set up by an assistant to Rourke’s manager Kimberly Hines – but Rourke rejected the money – calling the campaign a ‘cruel embarrassment.’

Monday’s judgment included a notation of possession only – indicating it had been centered on who resides at the physical property – as opposed to financial disputes linked to the rental agreement. 

The Angel Heart actor on December 18 was presented with three-day notice to pay or leave, according to a legal complaint from Goldie.

Rourke’s team on Wednesday provided the Daily Mail with a statement on behalf of the actor, explaining his side of the rental dispute, as he said many grievances went unaddressed 

Rourke said that ‘withholding rent was not a decision [he] made lightly’

The LA home Rourke was renting was pictured with an eviction notice on the door Thursday 

Rourke, whose full name is Philip Rourke Jr., had resided in the three-bedroom Southern California home since March 30, 2025 – at which time he inked a lease agreeing to pay monthly rent of $5,200. 

Goldie said in the legal complaint, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court December 29, that the actor has ‘failed to comply with the requirements of’ the order he was given to settle up or move out. 

Goldie at the time also asked the court to force the actor to cover the legal costs he spent in trying to recoup the rent; and for Rourke to forfeit the remainder of the rental agreement.

Rourke pushed back after one of his business associates set up a GoFundMe which drummed up around $100,000, saying he was unaware of what she was doing. 

‘That was some lady who worked for me did that s***,’ Rourke told photographers during an outing in Los Angeles in January.