During the good days roughly four years ago, Broncos star cornerback Champ Bailey and then-wife Hanady Bailey bought a $3.5 million six-bedroom, 11-bath, 11,000-plus-square-foot mansion in Cherry Hills Farm.
They had two children together — a son who is now a third-grader and a daughter who is a toddler. But about three years ago, the marriage ended in divorce.
According to Chuck Brega, Champ’s lawyer, Hanady ended up with a generous financial settlement — the house was free and clear — plus child support. Hanady’s lawyer, Steven Cook, declined to comment, and records from the divorce have been sealed in Arapahoe County Court.
Now the house, which is solely in Hanady’s name, has hit the financial skids and is in foreclosure with a $1.45 million unpaid mortgage that, according to property records, Hanady took out alone in her own name last December. Also according to Arapahoe County documents, not a single payment has been made on the new mortgage.
The current estimated value of the home ranges from $1.973 to $2.724 million, but the opening bid in auction — set for 10 a.m. Feb. 17 at 5334 S. Prince St. — is set at $1.45 million.
Champ, who’s real name is Roland, will make $8.5 million this year with the Broncos, according to his contract. It is unclear whether Hanady, a former model, has a job. According to a source who didn’t want to be identified, Hanady has been in financial trouble before with the house and homeowners association dues, and Champ bailed her out.
So what’s happened to Hanady? Champ’s lawyer Brega doesn’t have a clue. “What we’re discussing right now is what we’re going to do if we can find out where she is,” he said. “She pulled the (third- grader) out of school.”
XO go.
XO, the short-lived but fabulous noodle house hidden inside the Jet Hotel at 16th and Wazee, closed recently to look for a more conspicuous space.
Sure, the food was great, but each time I was there, only one or two other tables were taken. The owners learned the hard way that even a great concept that lacks street presence is easy to ignore.
“We’re looking at spaces today in Boulder on the Pearl Street Mall and in the Highlands,” said co-owner Jose Guerrero. “We want a visible store front. Having a neighbor like BD’s (Mongolian Barbeque), it’s an obvious necessity. We don’t want to spoil this concept. We’ll dim the lights and come out swinging in a better location.”
When the relocation will occur depends on whether the space has to built from the ground up or the owners can find an appropriate existing space.
As for the old XO space, Guerrero said owners are negotiating with a quick-service restaurant operator.
Saul’s a doll.
Retired Denver Public Schools teacher and librarian Lois Saul took the occasion of her 71st birthday Friday to throw herself a 70th birthday.
The festivities were tabled last year due to Saul’s father’s ill health. Birthday pals gathered in a private room for lunch at the Wellshire Inn.
“Every five years, I deserve to have a great day with 30 women I like,” Saul told her admirers, who in turn told “Lois” stories.
Eavesdropping
on a woman at Rioja: “I’m not old, I’m just making more sophisticated decisions.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on the “Caplis and Silverman” radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Contact her at 303-954-5224 or pparker@denverpost.com.
