NEW YORK (Reuters) - Italian porn star Ilona Staller, known as "La Cicciolina," sued her ex-husband Jeff Koons on Wednesday, saying he failed to pay about $1.5 million euros ($2.3 million) in child support ordered by an Italian court.
Koons, a one-time Wall Street commodities broker who holds the record as the highest-paid living artist, has paid just under 200,000 euros ($310,600) in child support since 1998, according to the lawsuit filed in New York State Court.
The couple divorced in 1994, and Staller took their son to Italy. Four years later, their divorce was confirmed by an Italian court.
Um... Is this legal? And if it is, why should he have to pay for a kid he can't even see grow up?
"I always felt my government would do the right thing and get my child back," Koons told the New York Newsday newspaper in 2003. "Now I realize that I might not be able to see and live with my child again."
Koons was originally awarded custody of the couple's son, who was born in 1992. But custody was later given to Staller, and Koons was ordered to pay 1,500 Euros ($2,330) per month in child support. "At no time during the Italian proceedings did Koons challenge the subject-matter or personal jurisdiction of the Italian courts," the lawsuit said.
Uh... could that be because it was is in fucking Italy and he's in New York?
Koons, a one-time Wall Street commodities broker who holds the record as the highest-paid living artist, has paid just under 200,000 euros ($310,600) in child support since 1998, according to the lawsuit filed in New York State Court.
The couple divorced in 1994, and Staller took their son to Italy. Four years later, their divorce was confirmed by an Italian court.
Um... Is this legal? And if it is, why should he have to pay for a kid he can't even see grow up?
"I always felt my government would do the right thing and get my child back," Koons told the New York Newsday newspaper in 2003. "Now I realize that I might not be able to see and live with my child again."
Koons was originally awarded custody of the couple's son, who was born in 1992. But custody was later given to Staller, and Koons was ordered to pay 1,500 Euros ($2,330) per month in child support. "At no time during the Italian proceedings did Koons challenge the subject-matter or personal jurisdiction of the Italian courts," the lawsuit said.
Uh... could that be because it was is in fucking Italy and he's in New York?