“Today’s ruling … recognizes that divorce decrees signed with a proverbial gun to one’s head can not withstand judicial scrutiny”, Howard’s attorney Brian Kramer said in a statement, according to People.
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A judge will determine whether Terrence Howard can overturn a divorce settlement with his second wife because of his claims she extorted him to sign the agreement by threatening to leak private information. A judge will determine whether Howard can overturn a divorce settlement with his second wife because of his claims she extorted him to sign the agreement by threatening to leak private information, during a ruling expected on Monday, August 24, 2015.
The ruling expected Monday will not end legal fighting between Howard and his ex-wife Michelle Ghent but a significant amount of money is at stake. Inside the span of a pair hours final week, Howard shifted from tearfully recounting threats Ghent made to him to leak personal info, together with years of telephone intercourse conversations with different ladies and a video of him dancing bare in a toilet, to bristling at questions that targeted on his arrests.
Mr Lewis did not hear from Ms Ghent because her lawyers did not submit a sworn statement from her in advance of the hearing.
The actor informed a decide that he feared the discharge of the knowledge on the time would have ended his appearing profession.
“Terrence Howard is a bully”. Despite an Oscar nomination for 2005’s “Hustle & Flow” and a role in the original “Iron Man”, but was replaced with Don Cheadle in the sequels.
If he rules in Ghent’s favor, Lewis will convene another hearing to determine how much Howard owes. They were married for 13 months when she filed for divorce in February 2011, and she got a restraining order against him later that year.
Ghent and Howard aren’t the only ones interested in the outcome of Monday’s ruling. The show’s second season, set to debut on September 23, is highly anticipated.
Ghent has accused Howard of multiple instances of domestic violence and has an active restraining order against the actor.
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“The evidence of extortion or duress was unrebutted”, Lewis said. Twentieth Century Fox, which produces “Empire“, has asked another judge to figure out whether the actor or his ex-wife is entitled to more than $50,000 of his earnings from the show.
