Nicolas Cage‘s lawyer has branded his ex-wife’s negligence lawsuit “absurd and frivolous”.
Nicolas Cage is being sued by his ex-wife
The ‘Renfield’ actor is the subject of legal action from Christina Fulton – who previously claimed she had been “brutally assaulted” by their son Weston while he was in the midst of a “mental health crisis” in April last year – in which she accused her former spouse of ignoring concerns about their offspring’s mental health and instead enabling his behaviour ahead of the alleged altercation.
And now Nicolas’ lawyer has hit back at the allegations.
He said in a statement to E! News: “The allegations by Christina Fulton against Nicolas Cage are absurd and frivolous.
“Weston Coppola is a 34-year-old man. Mr. Cage does not control Weston’s behaviour in any manner and is not responsible for Weston’s alleged assault of his mother.”
Christina’s lawsuit, which was filed in the Superior Court of California and obtained by People magazine, alleged Nicolas had “failed to take action” to stop their son from being violent.
It stated: “Weston has a long history of mental and psychological disorder and a history of committing violent assault and battery and harming numerous individuals.
“Nicolas has been aware of Weston’s history and nevertheless failed to take action to prevent Weston from committing acts of violence and harming others.”
The 57-year-old beauty accused the ‘Pig’ star of drinking alcohol with their son “despite knowing his substance abuse history”, bailing the 33-year-old actor out of jail several times, and paying for his home, as well as alleging he failed to make sure Weston received “necessary psychiatric” treatment, aided his “reckless” lifestyle and didn’t set boundaries to help curb their son’s alleged…
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