he filed this lawsuit against ziegler in september 2023, alleging that ziegler had hacked his icloudand tried to manipulate some of his data. now, in his letter to the court, hunter biden says, as you noted, he still believes in the merits of the case, but he doesn't have the resources to fund this litigation because his income, he says, has decreased over the past 18 months. and he laid out exactly how he sees his financial picture. he says that prior to 2023, his income came from, quote, sales of my artwork and sales of my memoir entitled beautiful things, he says. before december 2023, he sold 27 pieces of art at an average price of $54,000, roughly. but since then, he's only sold one piece for $36,000. he also talked about his book sales, saying between april 1st and september of 2023, he sold over 3000 copies of his book, but since then he's only sold about 1000. and he said, given the positive feedback and reviews of my artwork and memoir, i was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances. but that has not happened. he also told the court that he was impa