Nicolas Cage’s ex breaks the silence after son Weston’s arrest

PEOPLE was the first to report that Fulton issued a statement, noting that on April 28 around 5:30 p.m., she received urgent messages from friends about Weston’s “deteriorating mental condition,” and that she had to come help him.

“When I arrived to offer support and comfort to him, he was already in the midst of a manic rage,” Fulton said in the statement. “Within minutes I was brutally attacked and suffered serious injuries.”

She further stated that police responding to the incident refused to detain her troubled son for a mental health evaluation “despite my desperate pleas.”

The LAPD told the newspaper on Thursday that the arrest was directly related to the April 28 incident, in which Weston allegedly got into a verbal scuffle with his mother at her LA residence before things turned physical.