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Debt Problems that Dogged Sen. Jim Justice as West Virginia's Governor Continue to Nip at His Heels

More than $8 million in liens were filed by the Internal Revenue Service against Jim Justice and Cathy on Oct. 2 over unpaid taxes from 2009.
Prior tax actions show a pattern: Justice's debts ballooned after he became a U.S. senator earlier this year, with Forbes estimating his net worth at $513 million and `less than zero`, and liens filed against The Greenbrier and Greenbrier Sporting Club last month.
A foreclosure auction on several hundred Justice family lots was paused Wednesday amid a dispute with Glade Springs Village Property Owners Association, while dozens of family properties were auctioned in 2023 and the 710-room hotel faced auction threats at the Lewisburg courthouse.
Local economic strain is amplified by The Greenbrier resort, White Sulphur Springs employing around 2,000 workers while a union official said Justice's family owed at least $2.4 million in health fund payments last year.
In recent weeks creditors and collection companies have intensified claims against Jim Justice, U.S. senator and two-term Republican governor, prompting him to defend his businesses as `complicated and complex` during a Thursday briefing with local media.

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