Nicolas Cage spent more than six hours at a downtown courthouse, repeatedly meeting with the judge who brokered an end to the case filed over payments and a house that Cage's ex-girlfriend claimed she was promised.
Cage faced off with his ex, Christina Fulton Tuesday morning with both present for a final meeting with Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon that solidified the deal.
Fulton sued Cage in December 2009, claiming he owed her $13 million, had ruined her finances and broke a promise to give her a house in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Hancock Park. The payments, Fulton claimed, were in exchange for raising for the couple's son, who is now 20 years old.
Tuesday's marathon settlement discussions came after Sanchez-Gordon ruled Tuesday that Fulton couldn't sue Cage for breaching an oral contract to transfer ownership of the Los Angeles house to the former actress, saying the claim was barred by a statute of limitations.
The issue of ownership of the house was one of Fulton's main claims against Cage, although she could have still pursued negligence claims against the actor that he and his former business manager ruined her finances by obtaining credit in her name.
No comment on the settlement, but the case was ended to the "mutual satisfaction" of all parties.
LAMediaWatch.com
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