Like the final scene from “Fatal Attraction” when Glenn Close refuses to die, Diandra Douglas is now looking to take her fight for ex-husband Michael Douglas‘ “Wall Street” cash to California.
Diandra is now shopping for lawyers in Santa Barbara to represent her in her fight for half the money the Academy Award winner is raking in from reprising the role of financial villain Gordon Gekko in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.”
She’s planning the move, first reported by The Post, after losing her bid to have the case heard in New York. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Matthew Cooper last month ruled that a New York court was not the proper venue for the suit, and, “California, not New York, is the proper forum.”
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A source told Page Six, “This is far from over for Diandra. She is currently looking for lawyers in the Santa Barbara area to take her case, because it’s likely to be heard there and she has a home there. Diandra is still convinced she is fully entitled to the money and can win. His battle with cancer is not going to stop her.”
Diandra, 54, had sued Michael, 66, in June, claiming that their 1997 divorce settlement entitled her to 50 percent of any money he received from movies he made during their two decades of marriage. Her lawyers argued the agreement contained a clause that also gave her money from any “spinoffs” of Douglas’ movies from that period — including the 1987 hit “Wall Street,” for which his portrayal of Gekko won him an Oscar for Best Actor. The sequel has made more than $52 million at the box office.
Reps for Michael were not available for comment. But his lawyer, Marilyn Chinitz, earlier told The Post that if Diandra refiles the case in California, “She’s going to lose on the merits.” Judges there are more familiar with film-industry cases, she added. A rep for Diandra declined to comment.