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"&lt;img alt=\"0112-tmz-gary-dourdan\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/01/12/0112-tmz-gary-dourdan-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former \"&lt;strong&gt;CSI&lt;/strong&gt;\" star&lt;strong&gt; Gary Dourdan&lt;/strong&gt; has a really great excuse for filing for bankruptcy -- his residual checks from the show just ain't what they used to be ... this according to legal docs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary filed new docs this week in his &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/11/10/csi-gary-dourdan-bankruptcy/\"&gt;ongoing Chapter 11 case&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. It's all part of the bankruptcy process, where he explains how he got into this dire financial situation -- i.e. being in the hole to creditors a cool $1.73 million. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few highlights:&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Gary says he went broke all thanks to \"diminished payment of residuals\" from \"CSI.\"&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- The \"CSI\" checks drying up also caused him to default on his two mortgages. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- His current goal is to rebuild his his career (and his bank account) with \"pending involvement as an actor in two movie productions.\" That's it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br dir=\"ltr\" id=\"tinymce\" class=\"mceContentBody \" contenteditable=\"true\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lesson Learned:&lt;/strong&gt; Don't get killed off of a top rated TV show."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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