Former NC Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who called himself a ‘Black Nazi’ on porn message board, files for bankruptcy with under $800 in bank

Mark Robinson, the Republican former Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina whose campaign for governor of the Tar Heel State two years ago was sunk by resurfaced posts on a porn site’s message board, filed for bankruptcy earlier this month — with he and his wife claiming they had fewer than $800 to their name.

Robinson, 58, and his spouse Yolanda Hill are seeking protection under Chapter 13 of the federal bankruptcy code, which allows wage earners to settle their debts over a period of several years while keeping hold of their personal property.

In a Nov. 3 filing obtained by WRAL-TV, Robinson and Hill reported having $766.98 in liquid assets while owing creditors nearly $800,000 — including approximately $120,000 in credit card debt, another $94,000 in other debt and about $100,000 from collections accounts.

Robinson served as lieutenant governor for four years under Democrat Roy Cooper, who was elected to the US Senate last week as part of the “blue tsunami” that gave Democrats control of both houses of Congress.

In 2024, Robinson won the Republican nomination for governor, but lost in a landslide to then-state Attorney General Josh Stein after CNN unearthed offensive statements the lieutenant governor made on the message board of adult site Nude Africa between 2008 and 2012.

“I’m a Black Nazi!” Robinson wrote in October 2010, adding that same month, “Slavery is not bad. Some people need to be slaves. I wish they would bring it back. I would certainly buy a few.”

In other posts, Robinson referred to Muslims as “little rag-headed bastards,” recalled “peeping” on women showering in a public gym “for about an hour” when he was 14, and said he enjoyed watching pornography featuring transsexual performers because it “takes the man out while leaving the man in!”

Robinson, who worked in a furniture factory and an aviation firm before entering politics, has been open about his past financial struggles, having filed for bankruptcy in 1998 and 1999.

He and Hill, whom he married in 1990, previously filed for Chapter 13 protection in 2003 — when it emerged during those proceedings that Robinson had failed to file income taxes for the years 1998-2002.

At the time of the 2003 bankruptcy, Robinson and Hill were operating a daycare center. Despite the future politician’s later claims that the business was a success, ABC News reported in 2024 that court filings showed Robinson had just $70 to his name — $40 in cash and $30 in savings — as well as $4,720 in personal property assets and debts surpassing $1 million.

In October 2003, the Robinsons lost Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection due to failure “to comply with the requirements of the plan,” according to ABC News.

While lieutenant governor, Robinson drew a six-figure salary each year he was in office. The current lieutenant governor, Democrat Rachel Hunt, earns more than $173,000 annually, according to WRAL.