“Pawn Stars” personality Rick Harrison says his son, Corey, doesn’t actually need help with his medical bills stemming from a motorcycle accident.
“As far as I know, I paid all of Corey’s medical bills long before he put the GoFundMe out,” Rick told Page Six via a representative on Friday. “He is a grown man in his 40’s and is responsible for how he handles his finances.”
Corey’s pal Aron Chambers launched a GoFundMe page for Corey earlier this week, claiming they’re “raising emergency funds to cover more than $100,000 in medical bills and related expenses after a serious motorcycle accident in Tulum, Mexico, that left him fighting for his life.”
Corey, 42, broke 11 ribs in a serious motorcycle crash in Tulum, Mexico, in January.
“Pretty messed up but I’m good,” the “Pawn Stars” alum wrote via Instagram at the time, while also sharing a picture from his hospital bed. “Crash bars are awesome. Three nights in the hospital. 11 breaks in my rib cage.”
He missed Rick’s wedding to Angie Polushkin in January due to the injuries. A rep for Rick, 60, told Entertainment Weekly at the time that Corey would “recover fully” after being on “bed rest for 6 weeks while he heals.”
“Rick saw him in the hospital yesterday,” the rep told the outlet on Jan. 26.
Chambers claimed via the GoFundMe page that his close friend also suffered a concussion, internal bleeding and a punctured lung in the collision.
Corey was transported to a hospital in Playa del Carmen, where “costs for care add[ed] up fast,” Chambers noted.
After checking out of the hospital after 14 days under mounting financial pressure, Chambers wrote that Corey ultimately spent 18 more days in the hospital and had “three life-saving surgeries.”
Chambers claimed his friend is now “three months behind on rent” and needs help with medication expenses and “ongoing follow-up care.”
“He’s not yet strong enough to travel back to the United States for continued treatment and support from his family,” Chambers claimed. “This fundraiser is our lifeline to get him through this.”
“Corey has always been the guy who works hard, stays humble, and gives back without asking for anything in return,” Chambers wrote.
“Now, it’s our turn to rally for him. Asking for help isn’t easy for someone as independent as Corey, but this accident has changed everything, and we can’t do it alone.”
Corey, meanwhile, shared his concerns with TMZ on Friday. “What am I going to do, fly out to Vegas and sell stuff?” he told the outlet. “I can’t move from my recliner.”
His father — who appeared with him on “Pawn Stars” since its 2009 debut until the series went on hiatus in 2025 — previously told the outlet that “Corey is a grown man and he will deal with his life as he sees fit.”
The hit History Channel series is set to return in 2027, sans Corey, per the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The drama comes two years after Rick’s son Adam died in 2024 following a fentanyl overdose at the age of 39.
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