Mischa Barton could lose her home after missing mortgage payments.
The former star of The OC's eight-bedroom Beverly Hills mansion - which is worth more than US$8 million (NZ$9.45m) - has been placed in foreclosure after she failed to keep up with her mortgage repayments for the last five months, leaving her $100,000 in arrears, TMZ reported.
Barton risks losing the lavish property unless she works out an agreement or brings her payments up to date soon.
The 28-year-old actress bought the property for $6.4 million, taking out a loan of $4.2 million, in 2005 and has been trying to sell up since 2010.
The Spanish-style property was first put on the market for $8.695 million and then relisted after a brief break but after it failed to sell both times, she put it up for rent for $35,000 a month last year, though it is unclear whether she had any interest.
