Sound's lawyer, Jeffrey Campisi, claimed. The singer's spokesman, Nancy Seltzer, told the New York Post: "Many artists get rid of the old stage equipment and costuming they don't need any more. That is what is happening." Houston nearly lost one of her homes in New Jersey last year because she was said to be 500,000 behind on the mortgage, but managed to pay the debt. In 2002, Houston admitted to a history of drug and alcohol problems. "I partied my tail off. You get to a point where... the party's over," she said. "My business is sex, drugs, rock and roll -- but as you get older and wiser you stop a lot of the kid stuff. I'm on the right path... I'm a very prayerful person, even in the midst of the trouble, of the battle." Houston filed for divorce from Brown in September after a 14-year tumultuous marriage. She has since been working on a comeback album.