Screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald is suing Gibson, claiming he was underpaid for his work on \u201cPassion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fitzgerald\u2019s attorneys claimed Tuesday that his payments were eroded by Gibson\u2019s spending habits while filming the movie in Italy, including \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of dollars on his children\u2019s education and a $78,000 chiropractor bill.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mel Gibson is still in trouble for how he handled The Passion of the Christ. Screenwriter Benedict Fitzgerald is suing Gibson, claiming he was underpaid for his work on \u201cPassion.\u201d Fitzgerald\u2019s attorneys claimed Tuesday that his payments were eroded by Gibson\u2019s spending habits while filming the movie in Italy, including \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of dollars […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[217,656],"class_list":["post-54182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-mel-gibson","tag-the-passion-of-the-christ"],"yoast_head":"\n
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