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Mel Gibson has one less headache to deal with after settling a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over Passion of the Christ.
Gibson – who is rumoured to be expecting a child new girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva – avoided a potentially embarrassing trial and settled the lawsuit filed by Benedict Fitzgerald, a screenwriter for The Passion of the Christ.
Fitzgerald had claimed he was underpaid by Gibson for the 2004 hit that grossed more than $600 million worldwide.
He was seeking a minimum of $10 million in compensation.
Fitzgerald’s attorneys claimed Gibson racked up a fortune in personal expenses including education bills for his children and a chiropractor that lowered payments to Fitzgerald.
A judge recently ordered Gibson to answer questions about the film’s finances during a deposition but attorneys for the Oscar-winning director contended that Gibson did not know the intricacies of the film’s budget.
The parties have now agreed to a settlement ‘in principal’, according to a three-page document filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
The filing asked a judge to cancel a trial scheduled for June 3 but terms of the deal remain confidential.
Source: Splash News
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