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Tori Spelling sued by American Express for failing to pay $38,000 credit card bill

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American Express has reached its limit with Tori Spelling.

The credit card company sued the reality TV regular in Los Angeles this month claiming she owes $37,981.97 and has failed to make a payment in months.

Raised in the lap of luxury as the daughter of TV mogul Aaron Spelling, the book author and “True Tori” star reportedly inherited only $800,000 from her dad’s $500 million fortune when he died in 2006.

She and husband Dean McDermott famously said in 2013 that they were too broke to afford a vasectomy after the birth of their fourth child.

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Amex included one of her credit card statements from last summer with its lawsuit.

The statement revealed an auto-payment in the amount of $1,070 was rejected by her bank Wells Fargo on June 26.

Tori Spelling attends a red carpet event in May 2015. She is being sued by American Express over a $38,000 unpaid credit card bill.
Tori Spelling attends a red carpet event in May 2015. She is being sued by American Express over a $38,000 unpaid credit card bill.

She was charged a return payment fee of $27, the statement obtained by the Daily News said.

Spelling then failed to make her subsequent minimum payment of $1,477 on August 18, Amex claims.

The credit company is demanding full payment of the balance and any costs associated with the legal action.

Attempts to reach Spelling, 42, were not immediately successful Tuesday.

Spelling is best known for her portrayal of high school student Donna Martin on her dad’s hit show “Beverly Hills 90210” in the 1990s.

In her 2013 book “Spelling It Like It Is,” the self-described shopaholic touched on her dangerous spending habits and how they endangered her family.

“I haven’t bought a purse in three years, and it’s fine,” she told People magazine in a story that published in November 2013.

“I look back at the girl who shopped at Gucci in my 20s, and I can’t even relate,” she said. “I can’t believe I thought it was important.”

ndillon@nydailynews.com