Lauryn Hill Evicted For Not Paying Rent In New Jersey Mansion...Also Indicted On Tax Fraud

Lauryn Hill is being evicted from her New Jersey mansion by her landlord because she isn't paying her rent.

Hill, The eight-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter could be ousted from the South Orange mansion she's been living in since 2009. 

Her personal financial struggles have made headlines since last year when the "Killing Me Softly" songstress entered a guilty plea to three counts of tax fraud in June, admitting she intentionally failed to file tax returns in 2005, 2006 and 2007. She allegedly earned more than $1.6 million over that time.

The mother of six claimed that threats to her family were the reason she did not file the clams.

She is set to be sentenced in the tax evasion case on Monday when she could face up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine on each count.

The 37 year old singer's from South Orange, where she currently resides (or is trying to), hit it big with her 1998 album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," which earned five Grammy Awards.

Her last album was released in 2001 and since then the multiplatinum artist took time off in 2008 to concentrate on family.

In 2010 the former Refugee member went on to make a handful of public appearances, including 2011's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, New York's Rock the Bells concert and an appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

She hasn't been seen around for almost two years but might be making an appearance, but not a very glamorous one, in court this Monday.

Why would someone making so much money on celebrity and royalties discard something as basic as paying the rent?

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