The sentimental life of Nicolas Cage has not been easy lately. Because only four days after his union with the beautiful Eria Koike, the filmmaker quickly filed for divorce. According to the actor – now married to Riko Shibata – he was not able to fully understand “his actions“at the time of the facts.
On March 23, 2021, the 55-year-old actor created a surprise by getting married in the greatest secrecy. After going to Las Vegas with Erika Koike, the latter decided to marry the latter who had shared his life since April 2018. Only four days after his marriage, the Hollywood actor quickly regretted this unforeseen decision because he then filed before the American courts a request for cancellation. In documents filed by the actor, the latter claimed that he was not in total possession of his means the day he married his girlfriend at the time. And for good reason, according to many American media the actor was “unable to consent to marriage“due to his too high blood alcohol level.
According to the papers completed by Nicolas Cage – unveiled by the media US Weely -, it is indicated that “due to his drunkenness“, when the young woman suggested to the actor to get married, the latter would have reacted on a whim”without the ability to anticipate or understand the full impact of one’s actions“An argument to which the actor responded by arguing that Erika Koike had not been completely honest with him, failing to reveal his judicial past. Because according to the American media The Blast, Erika Koike has, in the past, been arrested numerous times for drunk driving but also for domestic violence. In 2016, a young woman had also filed a complaint against her, claiming that the latter had physically assaulted him in a parking lot in the middle of the night.
Nicolas Cage has already been married several times. First to Patricia Arquette between 1995 and 2001. In 2002, he married Elvis Presley’s daughter, Lisa-Marie Presley. And two years later, he then married Alice Kim, the mother of his son Kal-El (13) from whom he divorced in 2016. Finally, his relationship with Kristina Fulton, also caused much ink to flow. in the press since he is also the father of Weston (28).