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LOS ANGELES -- Nicolas Cage's ex-girlfriend is suing the actor and his former business manager for $13 million, claiming "mental, physical and emotional abuse."
Christina Fulton, the mother of Cage's 18 year old son, Weston, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Fulton says the oscar winning actor promised to sign over a home in Hancock Park that he bought for her in 2001. She says she discovered that he had not signed over the property when she was given 60 days to vacate. Foreclosure proceedings have begun on the home.
Fulton is seeking the title and rights to the house as well as money for a series of debts she claims were caused by Cage's former business manager, Samuel J. Levin. She also claims that due to Cage's negligence she is now in debt for more than $1 million dollars to the IRS as well as $250,000 in credit card debt, which she says Cage told her he would take care of.
Cage's attorney, Marty Singer, called Fulton's claims against the actor ridiculous and absurd. He said Cage has given her far more than the $6,000 per month he was required to pay her under a court order. Cage has paid $3 million per year on behalf of Fulton in recent years, he said.
Fulton's lawsuit is the latest in a string of financial woes for Cage, who stated in a $20 million lawsuit against Levin that he is being forced to sell properties around the world to make up for financial mismanagement. The Internal Revenue Service has filed more than $6.6 million in tax liens against the actor this year, records show.
Christina Fulton, the mother of Cage's 18 year old son, Weston, filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Fulton says the oscar winning actor promised to sign over a home in Hancock Park that he bought for her in 2001. She says she discovered that he had not signed over the property when she was given 60 days to vacate. Foreclosure proceedings have begun on the home.
Fulton is seeking the title and rights to the house as well as money for a series of debts she claims were caused by Cage's former business manager, Samuel J. Levin. She also claims that due to Cage's negligence she is now in debt for more than $1 million dollars to the IRS as well as $250,000 in credit card debt, which she says Cage told her he would take care of.
Cage's attorney, Marty Singer, called Fulton's claims against the actor ridiculous and absurd. He said Cage has given her far more than the $6,000 per month he was required to pay her under a court order. Cage has paid $3 million per year on behalf of Fulton in recent years, he said.
Fulton's lawsuit is the latest in a string of financial woes for Cage, who stated in a $20 million lawsuit against Levin that he is being forced to sell properties around the world to make up for financial mismanagement. The Internal Revenue Service has filed more than $6.6 million in tax liens against the actor this year, records show.
