Hollywood wife Gunilla Persson has put the Bailiff behind her.
Now she is in place in Karlstad for the finals in Melodifestivalen.
– You see that I have survived, I am standing here, Gunilla Persson tells Efter fem.
It has almost been two weeks since the Crown Bailiff knocked on the door of Gunilla Persson’s hotel room in Växjö and seized items worth close to SEK 80,000. But the Hollywood wife has now turned the page and is charging ahead of a weekend with final qualifying in Karlstad.
From what I understand you have put all this behind you?
– Yes, the Bailiff must vote for me. He has promised that. And his whole family and everyone else who works there, she says, laughing.
Hoping to make it to the finals
How has it affected you, you probably want the most focus on you as an artist, but has it been about this as well?
– You see that I have survived, I am standing here, says Gunilla Persson.
Tonight, she hopes the music will take her all the way to the final in the Friends arena.
– I hope with all my heart that I do, because I want to be on the big stage.
Got rid of a pair of Chanel shoes
The background to the Bailiff’s knocking was a debt of SEK 640,000 that she received in various grants from Sweden when she lived in the USA and participated in “Swedish Hollywood Wives”.
Among the items seized were a pair of Chanel shoes, several necklaces, bracelets, rings as well as bags, blazers and a dress with a total value of SEK 79,500.
Later, Gunilla Persson got back some of the things of lower value. The belongings that remained were supposed to then be put up on the Kronofogden’s auction site, but after a settlement with Försäkringskassan, that was not the case. Instead, she got everything back.