DailyMail reports Lisa Marie left court smiling as LA judge denies Deadwood’s demand for $40,000 a month in spousal support.
Score One for Lisa!
He could be a car salesman. He could be a music teacher. But he doesn’t seem to think he has an obligation to earn money, Lisa Marie’s lawyer told the judge.
Amen! He doesn’t really want to be known as Michael The Moocher, Does he?
While Lisa has provided very personal documents proving she is out of money, Lockwood claims she still receives $466,000 a month,$5.6 million a year from the trust Elvis set up for LISA MARIE Not THE MOOCHER!
And think about this, would Lisa REALLY want to expose all this if it was not true?
Lisa has been married four times TOTAL and NONE have gone down this road.
Lisa and Danny remained friends, raised their kids together. In fact, Danny was best man at Lisa and Deadwood’s marriage ceremony in 2006. This is very telling!
A Los Angeles judge denied her estranged husband, Michael Lockwood’s demand for $40,000 a month is spousal support.
At the hearing, the judge did award musician Lockwood’s attorney Jeff Sturman $10,000 a month in attorney fees pending a lengthy divorce proceeding.
Lisa should NOT have to pay this GROWN MAN who is of ABLE BODY TO WORK, NO!
She should NOT have to pay his legal fees. Stand up and ACT LIKE A MAN!
Of Deadwood’s demand for $40,000 a month support and $100,000 in attorney fees, Lisa’s lawyer accused him of ‘not looking for work.’ ‘He could be a car salesman. He could be a music teacher. But he doesn’t seem to think he has an obligation to earn money. ……And he hires a lawyer who has a $50,000 retainer.’
Living beyond HIS means! Feeling ENTITLED! Lisa’s lawyer is ON POINT!
LOVE THIS GUY!
Lockwood’s attorney, Jeff Sturman, countered, claiming that Lisa Marie’s income is more than $5 million a year while his client has ‘no means to pay his living expenses whatsoever. He has no income.’ Sturman added that after taxes, the $40,000 a month Lockwood is seeking, ‘would be about $24,000 – which would be about enough to provide for his needs.’
Are you kidding me? You are a MAN! Take a job at Home Depot or Ralph’s. PLEASE!
What an INSULT! He can not survive on 24 grand a year! Average people making minimum wage survive on less! Who does he think he is?
Deadwood’s lawyer pleas for money for his broke client didn’t move the Judge who repeated:
‘First we need to resolve the validity of the post-nuptial agreement.’ But he refused to grant Lockwood’s plea for spousal support. The Judge said he wouldn’t consider issues like support and custody until after the couples disputed post-nuptial agreement is sorted out. ‘The issue of the validity of the post-nuptial agreement needs to be resolved quickly,’ said the judge who scheduled an April 10 hearing to consider that matter.
That post-nuptial agreement signed in 2007 states that neither party should have a claim on the other if the marriage broke up. But Deadwood is demanding that the prenup should be torn up, saying he was coerced into signing it.
He signed this TEN YEARS AGO. And ONLY NOW he takes issue with it?
Let’s not forget Lisa found out he was allegedly spending over a million dollars of her money behind her back and even after she confronted him, he allegedly continued to do it.
So how was he fearful or bullied into signing anything?
This is BS and the post nup should be enforced. Ten YEARS later, you call foul? No way!
Her attorney told the court that Lisa Marie is ‘buried in debt,’ and among a ‘laundry list’ of debts, ‘she owes over $1 million in taxes for 2015 alone.’ Gross listed over $17,000 monthly expenses that Lisa Marie claims for her children’s day to day care. He said that a house she owned in U.K. was ‘upside down’ in debt and that Lisa Marie ‘has no assets.
Deadwood claims he needs the money to pay his legal fees as it is the only way he would be able to afford to ‘protect his rights against a very wealthy and vindictive person’ like Lisa Marie.
Deadwood’s attorney said her tax returns showed that from 2013-2015, she also got more than $4.5 million a year in dividends and capital gains and she receives way more than the $100,000 a month that she claims. He said in the same three-year period he earned an average of just $55 grand less than one percent’ of her income.
Hey, that’s his problem! And his claims LISA FORCED HIM NOT TO WORK! Come On!
Little Lisa Marie blocked the door and would not LET him go to work! PLEASE! Be a MAN, Pull up your pants and say, I will NOT be controlled or KEPT, I am a MAN, I am going to work. So instead he was so scared of Little Lisa, he stayed home, did not work and allegedly spent HER money behind her back. Then after he was caught, He continued spending behind her back? Does that sound like a scared man?
Lisa said Deadwood and a business manager had defrauded her of millions of dollars and she now owes $7.3 million in back taxes and has another $655,000 of other debt, including $212,000 owed on credit cards.
The judge said Wednesday Lisa must pay $50,000 to cover her Deadwood’s legal fees over a course of five months, until a trial takes place to determine the validity of a post-nuptial agreement they signed in 2007 a year after their wedding which details divorce terms.
For NOW, Lisa Marie does not need to pay spousal support, of which Deadwood had demanded $40,000 a month.
Lockwood showed up to court with bleached blonde hair down to his chin and a gray suit and tie.
He sat at the same table with Lisa Marie, while his lawyer argued that the 49-year-old singer had declined to acknowledge all of her income.
“There is a big pool of assets that have not been discussed. Respondent has no assets and petitioner has hidden assets that has given her this income,”
Sturman further alleged that Presley makes about five and a half million dollars a year, and questioned the amount of debt she was claiming to have.
The next hearing is set for April 10, and if the case goes to trial, that will be scheduled for a time in May or June.
Lisa Marie’s lawyer threw down the gauntlet, telling Deadwood the gravy train has left the station and he needs to get himself a job.
I LOVE IT!
The former couple was fighting over technical stuff, but at one point Lisa Marie’s lawyer, Mark Gross, addressed Michael’s demand for $40k a month in spousal support.
Gross said the time has come for Michael to apply for jobs like working in a guitar shop or giving music lessons.
Say it Again!
Lockwood “has no money with which to live,” Sturman argued. Leaving him without money from Presley “just leaves Mr. Lockwood in this continuing state of poverty.”
How DISGRACEFUL! ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! Elvis Presley, himself grew up in poverty. His parents WORKED hard and Elvis worked hard to make his family and friends lives easier. Elvis was humble and NEVER lived beyond his means. This fool here should be ashamed of himself!
I’m sure many families STRUGGLING in America right now would not feel Deadwood was living in poverty. Especially our Vets.
Have you no shame?
I am embarrassed for you!
In court, while seated at the same table, the couple did not appear to speak to each other.
There will be a separate and expedited trial about whether the post-nuptial agreement is valid. The Court retained jurisdiction to make the spousal support order retroactive.
That means that if the Court determines at a trial that will probably take place in three or four months that the post-nuptial agreement is not valid, it can order Ms. Presley to pay spousal support retroactively to today, and possibly earlier.
On the other hand, if the Court determines that the post-nuptial agreement is valid, Mr. Lockwood probably will not receive spousal support.”
NO WAY should Lisa have to pay him a DIME!
He signed the post nup TEN YEARS, YES a DECADE AGO!
He had no complaints til NOW.
And He was NOT fearful as his actions have proven. He allegedly spent A MILLION DOLLARS behind Lisa’s back and when he was called on it, he allegedly continued to do so behind her back.
That is DEFIANCE! PLAIN AND SIMPLE! ENTITLEMENT!
Lisa Marie left court today with a smile on her face! Good for you!
If this judge wants to award Deadwood money or ignore the post nup, then I say, Deadwood should assume HALF of ALL DEBT including TAXES.
It’s only fair!
If you are ENTITLED to the money, you should be responsible for your HALF of the debt!
Keep Lisa, Priscilla and the girls in your prayers. I am sure being out in public today was a big hurdle for Lisa. She was lean, mean and kicking butt! We have your back, Lisa. Stay Strong!
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