Fri, 20 August 2010 21:27:50 ET
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Lawyers for the 'Braveheart' star allegedly tells a judge that the 54-year-old actor spends a 7.2 million dollars a year on himself but refuses to increase payments for his daughter.
reportedly wants to pay just $6.000 a month in child support. Lawyers for the "Braveheart" actor are said to have told a judge overseeing his bitter custody battle with former lover Oksana Grigorieva, the mother of his nine-month-old daughter Lucia, that the 54-year-old star spends a staggering $7.2 million a year on himself but he does not want to increase payments for his daughter.
According to Radar Online, Mel's lawyers insist some of Oksana's requests, such as he pays for bodyguards, are unnecessary as Lucia is still just a baby. In contrast, they argue the money he spends on himself is necessary for his living expenses and doesn't include luxuries such as his private jet.
Mel and Oksana have been locked in a bitter dispute since separating in April. Since their split, audio tapes have been leaked which apparently feature Mel verbally abusing and threatening Oksana. In one recording, Mel, who has seven children with ex-wife Robyn Moore, claims he has doesn't have any "f**king money" and blasts the Russian singer as a "user".
He rants, "I don't have any f**king money! I have to support you and everybody else! I have to sell paintings. I have to sell my box at the Lakers game." After Mel and Robyn ended their 28-year marriage, the former dental nurse was legally entitled to half her former spouse's fortune as they had not signed a pre-nuptial agreement.
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