Christina Fulton, the ex-girlfriend of actor Nicolas Cage, released a candid statement about the arrest of her son Weston Coppola Cage on Wednesday, describing herself as having been “brutally assaulted” in April as a result of Weston Cage's “maniacal rage.”
Fulton said she received “urgent messages” on April 28 from friends of her son “regarding his deteriorating mental state,” urging her to come help him. In a statement to People on Thursday, she said she arrived at the scene in Los Angeles to offer support and comfort her son, who was “already in the throes of a manic rage.”
“Within minutes, I was brutally attacked and sustained serious injuries,” she said, adding that she made “desperate pleas” to responding officers to detain Cage for a psychological evaluation, but that they allegedly “refused” her request. A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman declined to comment Friday on the allegation.
“As a mother, I am deeply saddened and concerned about Weston’s mental health crisis,” Fulton said. “It is imperative that he receives the help he desperately needs.”
Fulton’s attorney, describing her as “simply a victim and witness,” told Page Six that Fulton has “fully cooperated” with the investigation and “supports any decisions made by law enforcement after independently examining the evidence and the facts.”
After a felony arrest warrant was issued in late June, Cage, 33, turned himself in at a Los Angeles Police Department station on Wednesday and was arrested as a result of the April incident. Cage was involved in an incident at an apartment building in the 200 block of South Main Street, an LAPD spokesman confirmed in a Friday statement to The Times.
“During the incident, Cage struck two victims multiple times, causing injuries. The Los Angeles Police Department responded and, after meeting with all parties, a police report was completed,” the statement read.
The case was filed with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office on June 26 and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon were filed against Cage, resulting in a felony arrest warrant and bail set at $150,000.
The felony assault charges — specifically listed in the felony complaint for an arrest warrant as “assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury” — stem from Cage’s alleged actions against his mother and a person named Rohit Jagadish. TMZ on Wednesday published photos of bruises on Fulton’s face, purportedly taken after the alleged incident.
The mixed martial artist posted bail Wednesday and his court date has been set for July 31, a spokesman for the district attorney's office said.
Representatives for Fulton, Weston Cage and Nicolas Cage did not immediately respond to The Times' requests for comment Friday.
Fulton dated Nicolas Cage from 1988 to 1991.
In 2011, Weston Cage was hospitalized after police responded to a fight he was allegedly involved in on the streets of Hollywood. He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with unspecified injuries, and was joined at the hospital by his father. Days earlier, he and his then-new wife, Nikki Williams, were arrested and charged with felony domestic violence after an incident in their apartment resulted in a 911 call. They divorced in 2012.
In November, Fulton filed a lawsuit against Weston Cage's third ex-wife, Hila Arounian, accusing her of embezzling $100,000 and seeking a “fraudulent restraining order” preventing Fulton and Nicolas Cage from seeing their granddaughters.
In his separate lawsuit, Weston Cage alleged that his ex-wife “took advantage” of him while he was recovering from “mental health issues” and accused her of spreading “malicious lies” in “retaliation” for his divorce filing, Page Six reported.
