Lindsey Vonn pays over $1.7 million in back taxes
Lindsey Vonn is the reigning women's World Cup skiing champion. It was reported recently that Lindsey Vonn owed the US government more than $1.7 million in taxes, which Vonn says she has now taken care of.
Lindsey Vonn from the U.S. poses with her trophies after winning the women's overall, downhill, super G and combined World Cup at the Alpine skiing World Cup finals in Schladming March 18.
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Denver, Colo.
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn says she has paid off more than $1.7 million she owed in back taxes.
According to public records obtained through the Elko County recorder's office in Nevada, the IRS hit the reigning overall World Cup champion and her estranged husband with a tax lien earlier this month. The Detroit News first reported on the tax lien.
Vonn announced on her Facebook page that she's "disappointed with this situation" and has done "everything in my power to settle it immediately."
Her spokesman, Lewis Kay, confirmed Monday she has settled the tax issue.
In November, Vonn separated from Thomas Vonn, her husband of four years and her personal coach.
Lindsey Vonn recaptured the overall title this season by amassing 1,980 points, the most ever by a female skier.