Overview

• The Sun reports that HMRC petitioned the High Court and that the unpaid tax bill with interest is described as a “hefty five-figure sum.”
• The Mirror repeated the report and said it has contacted a representative for Middlemiss for comment.
• No direct statements from Middlemiss or HMRC appear in the coverage provided.
• This would be his second bankruptcy, with the first in 2012 after a self-funded film project failed, according to earlier interviews.
• The actor is best known for Coronation Street and later TV roles, and past reports linked him to a bribery investigation he denied that coincided with major personal setbacks.