The previous daughter-in-law of famed film star Nicolas Cage has rushed to court docket pleading for help from the actor’s son Weston is allegedly failing to supply enough help for his kids, RadarOnline.com can solely reveal.
The bombshell revelation was uncovered in court docket paperwork filed by Cage’s daughter-in-law, Hila Cage Coppola, claiming she owes again lease for the spot the place she lives along with her 2-year-old twins, Venice, and Cyress.
In a heartbreaking declaration, the only mother claims she can’t afford the authorized expense of battling Cage’s privileged son Weston Cage Coppola. Hila has demanded $4,634 in month-to-month youngster help.
Weston has claimed he solely earned $8,300 a 12 months and he can’t help his spouse and youngsters; in line with the declaration that additionally blasted the Nationwide Treasure star for welching on his promise to take care of his grandchildren.
“The funds he’s spending on litigation to struggle in opposition to offering help for his household are both from his father, Nicolas Cage, or his mom, Christina Fulton,” Hila wrote within the March 23, 2023, assertion.
“Nic is permitting his son and the mom of his youngster to commit despicable deeds in opposition to his daughter-in-law and his granddaughters, regardless of my plea for him to speak some sense into Weston and his promise to ‘handle us if Wes doesn’t,’” the determined mother wrote.
“I’m disheartened to see how he’s ‘taking good care of us’ by funding his son’s litigation to chop me off from any monetary help,” she added. “In the meantime, (Weston’s lawyer) is being funded to color me as an evil lady making an attempt to capitalize on this mega star’s fame and fortune.”
She additionally charged that regardless of getting a month-to-month belief fund-style examine for $16,666, Weston has not lifted a finger to assist his kids – regardless of his Oscar-winning dad’s internet value estimated at $25 million.
However one supply advised RadarOnline.com Weston hasn’t obtained the $16,666 stipend in years.
“She’s insisting that he receives revenue that he does not get — that is the primary gist of it,” the supply stated. “The precise revenue that Weston has is about half that and so the quantity that she is asking for in help successfully exceeds what Weston has.”
In his personal declaration, Weston says he solely receives $7,300 a month from his well-known dad and about $1,500 of that goes to pay the mom of his two sons. Weston additionally declared he “voluntarily” paid Hila $2000 a month, pending a ruling the California Division of Baby Assist Providers.
Weston additionally costs in Might 2020 Hila “unilaterally eliminated” $57,000 from their financial savings account to supposedly repay a mortgage to her brother, paperwork present.
That very same 12 months, Weston claims his ex took out an $11,500 Small Enterprise Administration (SBA) mortgage allegedly utilizing his e mail handle and his signature “and did not share the proceeds with me,” the paperwork present.
“She used the cash she obtained from that mortgage to fund funding accounts that she then didn’t disclose on this case,” he charged, including that he is paying $57 a month in the direction of the mortgage.
Hila defined within the court docket paperwork that after years of making an attempt to assist Weston, she had no selection however to separated from him in 2021 due to his alleged affairs and drug-fueled violence that made it unsafe for her and the twins.
Weston denied the allegation in his declaration stating: “I’ve by no means raised a hand to Hila.”
“However Hila was verbally and financially abusive of me,” he alleged. “She would repeatedly kick me out of the home and saved me from gaining access to cash, even gifted funds and royalties despatched to me, as soon as for 5 months straight.”
He additionally claimed Hila regularly shoved him and regularly referred to as him “psychotic” and “manic.”
A second supply advised RadarOnline.com that Weston’s declare of abuse just isn’t true whereas Hila claims of abuse are backed proof, which embody police stories. The supply additionally claimed Weston is 6-foot 4 inch tall black belt whereas the 5-foot-4 Hila was on the time pregnant.
Hila complained she feels outgunned by Weston’s legal professional and has utilized for authorized help to assist her within the David and Goliath brawl. She was deserted by two earlier attorneys as a result of she couldn’t afford to pay them.
“I discover myself handled in a most deplorable method, bombarded by authorized paperwork and letters from a number of attorneys, embarrassed, harassed in a non-legal sense, questioned, and handled like a ‘legal’ for merely requesting a court docket order for help so I can get again on my ft,” she acknowledged.
Throughout a March 28, 2023, listening to Choose Firdaus F. Dordi ordered Weston was ordered to pay $991 a month pending a settlement convention listening to on June fifth.
Hila and Weston tied the knot in a star-studded 2018 marriage ceremony that includes nice uncle, legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola and great-aunt, Rocky actress Talia Shire and featured a musical efficiency by Jennifer Lynn Simpson, in line with Folks Journal. Weston’s well-known dad was abroad taking pictures a movie.
Within the declaration, Hila even recounted how the Gone in 60 Seconds star was ‘devastated’ when his son selected to overlook the beginning of his twin daughters.
The emotional actor advised Hila, “It’s an impossibly unusual feeling to know that I failed as a father whereas welcoming my grandchildren in the present day. I need you to know, circumstances; life will get in the best way generally—nonetheless, what comes subsequent, I hope I’ll defend you and your kids – it will likely be on me.”
The Leaving Las Vegas actor’s legal professional, Brian G. Wolf issued the next assertion: “Mr. Cage categorically denies the accusations made by his son’s former spouse. He hopes that his grownup son and his former spouse are capable of promptly and amicably resolve their variations and transfer on with their lives.”
Messages left by RadarOnline.com for Hila and Weston’s lawyer, Philip J. Marr, weren’t returned.