Phil Collins' ex-wife vows to fight him in court after 'she marries toyboy'
Orianne Cevey has vowed to fight Gensis star Phil Collins in court amid reports he's planning to file a lawsuit to evict her from his Miami home after she married a 31-year-old toyboy in Las Vegas
Phil Collins ' ex-wife has vowed to fight the star in court amid reports he's planning to file an eviction lawsuit to remove her from his Miami home.
Orianne Cevey married the Genesis star in 1999 and they were divorced in 2008.
However, the former couple - who have two sons together - got back together in 2016 and were living at his mansion in Miami.
Over the weekend, TMZ.com reported Cevey, 46, had remarried - tying the knot with Thomas Bates, 31, in Las Vegas two months ago.
The status of Cevey's relationship with Collins prior to her re-marriage is not known, but TMZ.com reported the musician had no idea she was planning to wed.
The website also reported Collins is now planning to file an eviction lawsuit this week in a bid to remove Cevey from the home they previously shared.
Now Cevey's lawyer Frank Maister has declared she is planning to fight any legal action launched by her ex.
Maister told The Sun : "We will deal with Mr Collins in the courthouse, not the gossip column."
Cevey has two sons sons Nicholas, now 19, and Matthew, 15, with Collins and the musician handed her a £25million divorce settlement after their split back in 2008.
After the divorce, she went on to marry Charles Mejjati, but divorced him in 2016 when she revived her relationship with Collins.
TMZ reported Collins has told her to leave the Miami mansion, but she refused and asked for a renegotiation of their previous divorce settlement.
After getting back together with Cevey in 2016, Collins told Billboard : "I'm back with my third wife - I haven't really talked about it.
"We've been together for a while, and nobody's noticed."
Cevey was Collins' third wife.
His first marriage was to Andrea Bertorelli, who he first met aged 11 when they were both in drama school.
He adopted her daughter Joely, and they became parents to a son named Simon before they divorced in 1980.
Collins went on to marry Jill Tavelman in 1984, and they welcomed actress daughter Lily in 1989.
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