HOPPER ACCUSES WIFE OF STEALING HIS ART
Cancer-stricken DENNIS HOPPER has accused his estranged wife of stealing valuable works of art from him while he was "extremely ill".
The 73 year old filed for divorce from Victoria Duffy in January (10), citing irreconcilable differences. He subsequently won a court judgement which forced her to move out of his Venice, California residence, and a r estraining order to make sure she stays away after a doctor claimed her p resence was "hampering" the actor’s prostate cancer care.
The Easy Rider star’s legal team filed papers at Los Angeles Superior C ourt on Tuesday (23Mar10) as part of their ongoing divorce battle, and an affidavit from Hopper alleges Duffy removed some of his property while h e was undergoing treatment.
Hopper claims missing pieces from his art collection include a portrait of him by Andy Warhol, and works by Robert Graham and British graffiti a rtist Banksy, believed to be worth more than $1.5 million (=C2=A31 millio n).
The statement demands Duffy return the "valuable works of art she liter ally stole from me," adding, "(She) surreptitiously removed from my home very valuable personal property while I was extremely ill, refused to tel l me where the property was when I asked her, and then left town." Duffy has refuted the allegations, telling New York Post gossip column Page Six, "I removed my own property. He is making a big deal about me re moving things that are legally mine from the house. I have legal letters saying they belong to me."
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