owed
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After years of litigation and a two-week trial in June in Van Nuys, a civil jury decided Brown owed Maria Avila $12.9 million in damages for counts including emotional distress and medical expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
In these cases, clemency was issued before most of the money was able to reach the government or the victims it was owed to.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Parent company BrewDog PLC is still expected to pay its preferential creditor, HMRC, in full for £3.66m tax owed - mainly VAT and excise duty.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The filing also shows that Kennedy holds credit-card debt with a reported range between $125,000 and $265,000—less than the more than $600,000 he owed when he filed last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Last year’s emails from her agent about upcoming auditions for commercials or money she was owed.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
