Nicolas Cage’s eldest son, Weston Cage Coppola, responded to his mother Christina Fulton’s claims that he wants “assist” after he allegedly assaulted her.
“She wants assist,” Cage Coppola, 33, quipped when TMZ approached him exterior a Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday, July 31, referring to his mom, 57.
Earlier that day, Cage Coppola pleaded not responsible to the cost of assault with a lethal weapon following an incident in April when Fulton claimed that her son beat her when she tried to assist him throughout a psychological breakdown.
Outdoors the courthouse, TMZ requested Cage Coppola if he’d “reconciled” along with his mom, however he stayed quiet. The outlet additionally spoke with Fulton after her courtroom look.
“I hope he will get the assistance he wants,” she stated, noting that she couldn’t communicate on their relationship any additional.
Us Weekly confirmed on July 10 that Cage Coppola, who’s the one son of Cage, 60, and Fulton, was taken into custody by the LAPD Fugitives Division for an incident that transpired in April.
Fulton was current when the altercation occurred and completely instructed Us what she remembered earlier this month.
“On April twenty eighth, 2024, round 5:30 p.m. I obtained pressing messages from buddies of my son, Weston Cage, relating to his deteriorating psychological state, urging me to return assist,” she defined. “After I arrived to supply help and console him, he was already within the midst of a manic rage.”
Fulton recalled her son’s demeanor altering “inside minutes” of her arrival, which is when he allegedly lashed out at her. “I used to be brutally assaulted and sustained severe accidents,” she stated.
Whereas Fulton was allegedly harmed by Cage Coppola — Us has considered photographs of the alleged assault exhibiting her with a swollen jaw and facial bruising — she stated she tried to keep away from her son going to jail.
“Regardless of my determined pleas to the responding law enforcement officials to detain him for a psychological well being analysis, the law enforcement officials refused my request and uncared for my pressing want for my medical consideration,” she alleged.
Fulton’s lawyer Allen Sepanyan additionally claimed to Us that medical help and medical consideration weren’t offered on the scene and an ambulance was not known as.
Fulton concluded by saying that as a mom she is “deeply saddened and anxious about Weston’s ongoing psychological well being disaster. It’s crucial that he receives the assistance he desperately wants.”
Cage Coppola, in the meantime, instructed Us in an unique assertion on July 11, “There isn’t any assist I desperately want. There’s quite a lot of inaccurate info printed.”
Following his arrest, Cage Coppola was launched on $150,000 bail. Along with Cage Coppola’s responsible plea being entered on Wednesday, a choose issued a protecting order for Fulton. Cage Coppola is about to return to courtroom in September.
Cage, for his half, has but to publicly touch upon his son’s authorized troubles. The actor welcomed Cage Coppola with Fulton in December 1990, however the pair cut up quickly after his arrival. Cage has since welcomed son Kal-El along with his third spouse, Alice Kim, whom he divorced in 2016.
Cage married Riko Shibata in February 2021. The couple share daughter August, who was born in 2022.