Govind Tekale
Former North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and his wife Yolanda Hill have filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, court records show. The couple listed nearly $800,000 in total debts. At the time of filing, they had $766.98 in cash across three bank accounts.
What the Court Filing Shows
Robinson filed the petition in federal bankruptcy court. The couple owes more than $120,000 on credit cards and $3,000 to the IRS. Multiple bank lawsuits were pending against them at the time of filing. Hill is currently unemployed after her business, Balanced Nutrition, closed. Robinson earns roughly $9,000 a month as host of the Real Truth Media podcast, a role he began in March 2026.
The filing also lists personal property. Robinson and Hill declared $1,520 worth of furniture and $5,950 worth of firearms. Their firearms are listed at nearly four times the value of their furniture and roughly eight times their total liquid cash.
Filing for Chapter 13 triggers a federal automatic stay, which immediately freezes the pending bank lawsuits and halts any foreclosure actions. However, this is not debt forgiveness. To keep that protection in place, Robinson must commit his $9,000 monthly income to a court-supervised repayment plan running three to five years. The couple attempted a Chapter 13 plan before. Their 2003 filing was dismissed, meaning they did not complete that plan.
The asset breakdown in the petition stands out. Robinson has earned $9,000 a month since March 2026 as a podcast host, yet entered court with $766.98 in the bank. His declared firearms are worth nearly four times his declared furniture and far exceed his available cash.
Does Mark Robinson’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy erase his $800,000 debt?
No. Chapter 13 reorganizes debt into a court-supervised repayment plan rather than erasing it. The filing pauses bank lawsuits and foreclosure actions, but Robinson and Hill must make regular monthly payments from his $9,000-a-month podcast income. If they fail to keep up with the plan, the court can dismiss the case, as happened with their 2003 filing.
He is now working as a podcast host. The bankruptcy case will now move to a trustee review, where the court will assess whether the proposed repayment plan is workable. Creditors and the trustee can object. The 2003 dismissal is part of the record and may factor into how the court evaluates the new plan.
