Actor Nicolas Cage Files Lawsuit Against Agent-
Friday October 9, 2009, Nicolas Coppola (better known as Actor Nicolas Cage to the American) filed a $20 million lawsuit against former Agent Samuel Levin. Levin was terminated by Cage earlier this year. According to the press, the suit was filed in Los Angeles County, California, Superior Court. Cage is seeking damages for both breach of contract and professional negligence.
Although the actor brought in over $40 million between 2008 and 2009, he has claimed to be in "financial ruin." Rumored to owe the government over $6.6 million in back taxes, Coppola also has botched financial investments, including multiple high risk and very speculative real estate ventures. Levin is faulted for the misconduct of the actor's financial tax affairs, as well as a multitude of slipshod financial crises. Most of which is noted in the actor’s attorney's formal complaint.
Amongst assets the actor must now liquidate, is Midford Castle. He had purchased this Castle mid 2007 near Bath, in the southern United Kingdom. The media has said that Cage has three properties in the area.
Nicolas Cage fun facts:
- Cage's uncle is Francis Ford Coppola (of the Godfather movies).
- Nicolas Cage won an Oscar for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. Category: Best Actor in a Leading Role.
- His father August Coppola was a comparative literature professor.
- Ex-wives: Lisa Marie Presley and Patricia Arquette
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Honeymoon in Vegas
- Guarding Tess (1994)
- It Could Happen to You (1994)
- Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
- The Rock (1996)
- Con Air (1997)
- Face Off (1997)
- City of Angels (1998)
- Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
- Windtalkers (2002)
- Matchstick Men (2003)
- National Treasure (2004)
- Ghost Rider (2007)
