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And you thought Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd was bloody...
What was hoped to be a quick settlement between the director and former leading lady Lisa Marie had become a drawn-out, trial-bound battle, after mediation between the exes fell apart. They will now square off in a trial set to begin Aug. 12.
Lisa Marie, a 39-year-old model and actress who appeared in several Burton films before their breakup in 2001, filed a lawsuit in 2006 seeking a portion of Burton's fortune.
Burton and Lisa Marie hooked up in December 1991 and moved in together the following year. At that point, according to her complaint, the filmmaker promised to "share equally any and all property accumulated" and agreed to take care of her financial needs for the rest of her life.
Burton assisted her career, casting her in small but notable roles in such films as 1994's Ed Wood, in which she played TV's Vampira, and 1996's Mars Attacks, where she turned heads as Martian Girl. She also appeared in 1999's Sleepy Hollow and 2001's Planet of the Apes.
While shooting the last flick, the suit states, that Burton dumped her for Helena Bonham Carter, with whom he now has two children.
While Burton and Carter continued their partnership on- and offscreen, Lisa Marie was "extremely depressed" for several months.
She claims that she sought out the advice of personal financial advisers who, unbeknownst to her, were in cahoots with Burton and convinced her not to file a palimony suit but instead sign a deal in which Burton would pay her if she relinquished all claims to his assets.
Marie, whose full name is Lisa Marie Smith, eventually got $2.7 million, but by 2004, she began complaining of a conspiracy to prevent her from getting her fair share and saying she had been conned.
The next year, she held a fire sale of some of Burton's movie and personal souvenirs, drawing the director's ire.
After Marie launched her legal salvo seeking to rescind the settlement, Burton fired back with his own petition, seeking a court declaration forcing her to abide by the original agreement.
Lawyers for both parties did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Up next for the 49-year-old director is a big-screen update of Lewis Carroll's classic novel, Alice in Wonderland along with a feature-length remake of his own famous short, Frankenweenie.
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