Has this Florida playboy really burned a $90m fortune down to his last $300,000? In which case who's paying for his two mansions, butler and celebrity travel?

  • Thomas Kramer, a former real estate investor with a penchant for lavish parties and near-constant vacations, has divulged how he went from minted to skint
  • In a deposition related to a $108 million judgement from 2007, the Miami playboy, 56, claims he's burning through the remaining money at a rate of more than $50,000 a month
  • When the money runs out he says he'll sponge off friends and family
  • In 2013, the 'hard-up' Kramer went to the Golden Globes, went to Universal Studios, traveled to Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Vietnam
  • He also hosted a birthday party in Las Vegas, attended the Cannes Film Festival, Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Summer Ball in England and a wedding on a yacht in Turkey

An aging Miami-based playboy, known for his yachts, cars, wine and women, claims he has 'burned' through his $90 million fortune and now has just $300,000 to his name, which he is spending at a rate of $50,000 a month.

Thomas Kramer, a high-flying German former real estate investor with a penchant for lavish parties and near-constant vacations, has opened up about how he went from minted to skint in a deposition related to a $108 million, still unpaid, judgement from 2007.

The 56-year-old, who says he has no job and no income, is claiming poverty in the case, and explains he's made tough choices to reign in his lifestyle, including selling his boats and valuable artworks and instructing his butler, maid and maintenance man to come only a few days a week.

Rich? Miami-based playboy, Thomas Kramer, claims he's 'burned' through his $90 million fortune, leaving just $300,000

Rich? Miami-based playboy, Thomas Kramer, claims he's 'burned' through his $90 million fortune, leaving just $300,000

Disappearing: The 56-year-old says he is spending the remaining cash at a rate of $50,000 a month
Disappearing: The 56-year-old says he is spending the remaining cash at a rate of $50,000 a month

Disappearing: The 56-year-old, pictured left and right, says he is spending the remaining cash at a rate of $50,000 a month

Ladies: Kramer, pictured, is a high-flying German real estate investor with a penchant for lavish parties and near-constant vacations

Ladies: Kramer, pictured, is a high-flying German real estate investor with a penchant for lavish parties and near-constant vacations

In the deposition, Kramer, who admits to owning two South Beach homes valued at up to $55 million, claims that after selling his Range Rover to a friend who still lets him drive it, his only other transportation is a bicycle his brother bought for him at Costco for '149 bucks.'

During the six-hour-long grilling, attorney Charles Throckmorton of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, on behalf of the Swiss tycoon he owes the millions to, asks how in 2013 the apparently hard-up Kramer attended the Golden Globes, went to Universal Studios, traveled to Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Vietnam, hosted a birthday party in Las Vegas, attended the Cannes Film Festival, attended Elton John's White Tie and Tiara Summer Ball in England and went to a wedding in Denmark.

'Actually seven, eight weddings,' Kramer interrupted, according to ABC News. 'You forgot them, in seven different countries. Was great.'

He also spent about two months in Dubai last year, where he says he has '10' girlfriends.

Skint? He has has opened up about how he went from minted to allegedly skint in a deposition related to a $108 million, still unpaid, judgement from 2007

Skint? He has has opened up about how he went from minted to allegedly skint in a deposition related to a $108 million, still unpaid, judgement from 2007

No job: The 56-year-old, pictured, who says he has no job and no income, is claiming poverty in the case

No job: The 56-year-old, pictured, who says he has no job and no income, is claiming poverty in the case

Party times: Kramer, pictured left and right, claims he manages to fund his still-decadent lifestyle with his father's inheritance. He received some $3.3 million after his father died in 2012
Party times: Kramer, pictured left and right, claims he manages to fund his still-decadent lifestyle with his father's inheritance. He received some $3.3 million after his father died in 2012

Party times: Kramer, pictured left and right, claims he manages to fund his still-decadent lifestyle with his father's inheritance. He received some $3.3 million after his father died in 2012

According to the Miami Herald, he also spent at least three weeks in Doha, Qatar, staying at Prince Ali Qatar's palace, and stayed at his friend Christian Jagodzinski's home in Saint-Tropez. 

Kramer, who is credited with helping to redevelop South Beach, says at one time he owned 20 properties 'among the most expensive real estate in the U.S.' but that business reverses and the 2007 judgment against him saw his wealth dissolve.

He claims he manages to fund his still-decadent lifestyle with his father's inheritance. He received some $3.3 million after his father died in 2012.

'That's why I spent $2 million [last] year,' he says in the deposition.

When he needs cash, he told Throckmorton that he calls 'Noman,' a banker in Dubai and has it wired to him.

Money tree: When he needs cash, he says he calls 'Noman,' a banker in Dubai and has it wired to him

Money tree: When he needs cash, he says he calls 'Noman,' a banker in Dubai and has it wired to him

Bills: He says he has $3.8 million in unpaid bills, including $1.8 million in real estate taxes

Bills: He says he has $3.8 million in unpaid bills, including $1.8 million in real estate taxes

Range Rover: In the deposition, Kramer, who admits to owning two South Beach homes valued at up to $55 million, claims that after selling his Range Rover to a friend who still lets him drive it
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Life of leisure: In the deposition, Kramer, who admits to owning two South Beach homes valued at up to $55 million, claims his friend lets him drive the Range Rover he sold to him

He's then asked in the deposition, where all the proceeds from his boats, cars and paintings went.

'Into the burning account,' he says and when asked to clarify he adds, 'Burning like whoosh it goes, and the money is gone.'

Kramer, who on his LinkedIn page calls himself a 'Global Networker- Philanthropist-Real Estate Visionary & Public Speaker,' earns some money from renting out the backyard of one of his Star Island homes for photo shoots and charity events.

But he says he has $3.8 million in unpaid bills, including $1.8 million in real estate taxes.

'What am I supposed to do with (the remaining money)?' He asks. 'Throw [it] up in the air, [so] who catches it is paid, and I shoot myself? No thank you.'

Kramer says he will 'declare bankruptcy, probably' when the $300,000 runs out.

But when he's reminded that bankruptcy doesn't provide an income, he says he'll live 'off my friends and family.'

'I'm everywhere invited,' he says.

MailOnline contacted Kramer for comment but he has not yet responded. His attorney declined to comment.

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