Pawn Stars star Corey Harrison is pleading with fans to help pay for his medical bills after a shocking, near-fatal motorcycle accident in Mexico earlier this year.
Aaron Chambers, one of Corey’s closest friends, launched a GoFundMe page for the “Pawn Stars” alum earlier this week.
“With his full knowledge and blessing, we are raising emergency funds to cover over $100,000 in medical and related expenses following a serious motorcycle accident in Tulum, Mexico that left him fighting for his life,” Chambers wrote.
As well as suffering 11 broken ribs, Mr Chambers revealed the reality TV alum, 42, also suffered a punctured lung, concussion and internal bleeding.
Corey was immediately taken to a hospital in Playa del Carmen, but Chambers said “costs quickly mounted” and the “financial pressures became too much” for the former History Channel star.
“Corey had no choice but to check himself against medical advice,” Chambers wrote. “We took him home to Tulum in the hope that things would improve after some rest.”
He continued: “That was not the case. Within hours, Corey was in excruciating pain.”
Doctors visited Corey to administer IV fluids and morphine treatment, but Chambers said he was “incredibly reluctant to take strong painkillers” after his brother Adam suffered an overdose last year.
Adam Harrison tragically passed away in January 2024 from a fentanyl overdose. He passed away at the age of 39.
Mr Chambers also recalled one “heartbreaking moment” after Mr Cory’s “oxygen levels plummeted to dangerously low levels”.
“I’m just going to die here,” the “Pawn Stars” alum said, according to a close friend. “I don’t have the money to keep paying these people.”
Despite co-starring on Pawn Stars for more than 20 seasons with his famous father, Rick Harrison, Corey still had to “drain every dollar of his bank account” to cover more than $100,000 in medical bills.
“Being on TV and being part of ‘Pawn Stars’ fame has no built-in safety net for emergencies like this. Medical crises don’t care about celebrity status,” Chambers noted.
In addition to high medical bills, Corey is said to be “three months behind on rent” and “faces ongoing follow-up care and other ‘medical bills.'”
“He is not yet strong enough to return to the United States for continued treatment and family support,” Chambers said. “This fundraiser is our lifeline to getting him through this.”
Corey addressed his high medical bills in a statement to TMZ on Friday.
“What do you do when you fly to Vegas and sell stuff?” he told the outlet. “I can’t move from my recliner.”
Meanwhile, Rick told the media that his son is an “adult” and “will deal with his life as he sees fit.”
A representative for Rick Harrison did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
Corey revealed in an Instagram post on January 26th that he was in a near-fatal motorcycle accident in Mexico.
“I’m in pretty bad shape, but I’m fine,” he wrote alongside a photo taken at the hospital. “Crash bars are the best. I was in the hospital for three nights. My rib cage broke 11 times.”
Although Corey survived the horrific accident, he was forced to miss his second wedding to his father, Angie Porushkin.
“Sorry Mr. Pops, it looks like I’ll be missing your wedding,” he wrote on Instagram.
Corey and his father appeared on “Pawn Stars” since its debut in 2009 until the History Channel series went on hiatus after season 23 last year.
Rick, 60, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2025, “We’re waiting to see when we’re going to start filming again or what’s going to happen next. This is Pawn Stars 2.0.”
However, Corey suggested that he may not return if the series returns for its 24th season.
“At this stage of the game, we’re all playing Pawn Stars characters,” he told the outlet. “I can’t play another season pretending I’m 23 and being 41.”
