Christina Fulton, the ex-girlfriend of actor Nicolas Cage, has launched a candid assertion concerning the Wednesday arrest of their son Weston Coppola Cage, describing herself as being “brutally assaulted” in April because of Weston Cage’s “manic rage.”
Fulton mentioned that on April 28 that she acquired “pressing messages” from associates of her son “relating to his deteriorating psychological state,” urging her to return assist. In a Thursday assertion to Individuals, she mentioned she arrived on the scene in Los Angeles to supply assist and console her son, who “was already within the midst of a manic rage.”
“Inside minutes, I used to be brutally assaulted and sustained severe accidents,” she mentioned, including that she made “determined pleas” to the responding officers to detain Cage for a psychological analysis however that they allegedly “refused” her request. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Division declined to remark Friday on the allegation.
“As a mom, I’m deeply saddened and anxious about Weston’s ongoing mental-health disaster,” Fulton mentioned. “It’s crucial that he receives the assistance he desperately wants.”
Fulton’s lawyer, describing her as “merely a sufferer and witness,” instructed Web page Six that Fulton has “absolutely cooperated” with the investigation and “helps any choice made by legislation enforcement after they independently examined the proof and the information.”
After a felony warrant for his arrest was issued in late June, the 33-year-old Cage surrendered himself at a Los Angeles Police Division station on Wednesday and was arrested because of the April incident. Cage was concerned in an incident at an condo constructing within the 200 block of South Fundamental Avenue, an LAPD spokesperson confirmed in a Friday assertion to The Instances.
“In the course of the incident, Cage punched two victims a number of occasions, inflicting harm. LAPD responded, and after assembly with all events, a police report was accomplished,” the assertion mentioned.
The case was introduced to the Los Angeles district lawyer’s workplace on June 26 and two counts of assault with a lethal weapon had been filed in opposition to Cage, resulting in a felony warrant and bail set at $150,000.
The felony assault prices — particularly listed within the felony grievance for an arrest warrant as “assault via drive prone to producer nice bodily harm” — stem from Cage’s alleged actions in opposition to his mom and an individual named Rohit Jagadish. Pictures of bruising on Fulton’s face, reportedly taken after the alleged incident, had been printed Wednesday by TMZ.
The combined martial artist posted bond on Wednesday and his court docket date has been set for July 31, a spokesperson for the D.A.’s workplace mentioned.
Representatives for Fulton, Weston Cage and Nicolas Cage didn’t instantly reply Friday to The Instances’ requests for remark.
Fulton dated Nicolas Cage from 1988 to 1991.
In 2011, Weston Cage was hospitalized after police responded to a battle he was allegedly concerned in on the streets of Hollywood. He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle with unspecified accidents, and his father joined him on the hospital. Days earlier, he and his then-new bride Nikki Williams had been arrested and booked on felony home violence prices after an incident at their condo resulted in a 911 name. They divorced in 2012.
In November, Fulton filed a lawsuit in opposition to Weston Cage’s third ex-wife, Hila Arounian, accusing her of embezzling $100,000 and requesting a “fraudulent restraining order” that prevented Fulton and Nicolas Cage from seeing their granddaughters.
In his separate lawsuit, Weston Cage alleged that his ex-wife took “benefit” of him whereas he was recovering from “psychological well being points” and accused her of spreading “malicious lies” in “retaliation” for his divorce submitting, Web page Six reported.
