Nicolas Cage's ex Christina Fulton sues Erika Jayne for $700K over alleged stolen funds and fraud

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Nicolas Cage's ex Christina Fulton is suing Erika Jayne and two lawyers that worked at the defunct law firm of disgraced attorney Tom Girardi forallegedly committing fraud and theft.In new legal documents, obtained by Page Six, the actress, 55, filed a $700,000-plus lawsuit against the 51-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, who filed for divorce from Girardi, 83, in 2020 after over two decades of marriage, on Friday.Girardi's former colleagues Samantha Gold and John Kelley Courtney were also accused of misappropriating Fulton's settlement fundsfrom a 2016 car accident, in which the mother-of-one sustained 'severe injuries as a result.' Legal woes continue: Nicolas Cage's ex Christina Fulton is suing Erika Jayne and two lawyers that worked at the defunct law firm of disgraced attorney Tom Girardi for allegedly committing fraud and theftFollowing the accident, Fulton received legal representation from Girardi & Keese, who secured her a confidential settlement of $924,300.

According to the outlet, 'Gold was Fulton's primary counsel, and Courtney was a senior attorney on the case.'Still, Girardi, who was diagnosed with dementia and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in March 2021 amid his legal woes, 'was the owner and controlling member of their firm at the time.' Famous ex: Fulton shares her 31-year-old son named Weston Coppola with Nicolas Cage, who she datef for three years beginning in 1988 (pictured in 1988)Last month, according to Fulton's lawsuit, she learned through 'newly discovered financial documents' that her 'settlement check had' allegedly 'been deposited into a Girardi & Keese bank account without her consent,' according to Page Six.'This was a complete outright forgery as [Fulton] never endorsed this.