Braveheart star, Mel Gibson’s step-mother insists it's all Mel’s fault that she is getting divorced from his father and now she wants Mel to pay her legal bills. Mel who has ancestral links with Co Longford & Co Roscommon is caught in the middle of a bitter divorce battle where his stepmother Teddy Joye Hicks Gibson has filed legal documents in a Los Angeles County Superior Court, asking the judge to make Mel a third party in her divorce proceedings with Mel's father Hutton Gibson who filed for divorce back in June.
 

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According to the documents filed by his stepmother’s attorney Brian J. Kramer, Mel not only pushed his father to divorce Teddy, but he kicked her out of her marital home too and claims Mel has been covering his father’s  legal bills too. As a result of Mel’s “alleged” involvement, Teddy wants a judge to order him to pay her legal costs too which she estimates will be in the region of €55,000. She claims she has already spent over €25,000 of her own money so far on proceedings.

 

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Teddy also wants the judge to order Mel to let her back into the marital home and she is already seeking a restraining order to block Mel from kicking her out. Legendary Hollywood actor Mel who rose to fame as playing the character Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon films is one of eleven children and is father to eight children.
 

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Teddy is also claiming €13,000 a month from Mel’s father for spousal support which is an expense Mel would probably be picking up himself. The judge handling the case, yesterday declined to rule a verdict and a hearing on the matter is set for August. Mel’s father Hutton has also filed documents saying Teddy isn't entitled to anyone’s money because she has got access to plenty of her own funds.