Mark Robinson, the former North Carolina lieutenant governor whose 2024 bid for governor was rocked by a porn forum scandal, and his wife now report less than $800 in the bank.
Robinson and Yolanda Hill sought Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 3, listing $766.98 in the bank against nearly $800,000 in debt, WRAL reported. Chapter 13 lets wage earners pay down debts on a multiyear plan and can protect a home from foreclosure.
Credit cards account for about $120,000 of what they owe. Collections accounts make up roughly $100,000, and other obligations add $94,000.
The couple still holds more than $500,000 in property. Their Colfax house is valued at around $437,000, and two 2021 vehicles, a Cadillac Escalade and a Chevy Silverado, are together worth about $80,000. Smaller items include a gun collection worth about $6,000, a $2,000 golf cart and golf clubs listed at $25.
Among the possible debts is one to Louis Love Money, the Greensboro musician and former porn shop clerk Robinson sued for defamation in 2024. Robinson abandoned that suit after the election, and Money filed his own case in May to recover legal costs. The filing marks the claim as disputed.
The couple’s bankruptcy lawyer declined to comment.
Robinson drew a state salary as lieutenant governor from 2021 to 2025, a post that now pays more than $173,000 a year, before Democrat Josh Stein beat him in a landslide. During that race he discussed earlier bankruptcies and liens over unpaid taxes, rent and car payments, some since paid off.
CNN reported that an account linked to Robinson posted on the porn site Nude Africa, calling himself a “Black NAZI” and voicing support for slavery. Robinson denied writing the posts.
“You know my words,” he said in a video. “You know my character and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before.”
The Assembly later reported he identified himself by that handle on a December 2024 video call. He dropped his libel suit against CNN in January 2025.
Hill closed Balanced Nutrition, her nonprofit that helped childcare centers secure federal meal funding, in 2024 during a state probe that found it overstated center billing. Officials ordered it to repay more than $100,000. WRAL reported that money was uncollected as of March and likely won’t appear in the bankruptcy because the group, not Hill, owes it. Hill has called the probe politically motivated.