Dennis Hopper's divorce battle getting uglier

 Civil war is raging at the house of cancer-stricken actor Dennis Hopper, who is seeking a divorce from his fifth wife so that he can spend more time with their 6-year-old daughter in what could be his dying days.

Hopper, 73, who is undergoing chemotherapy for advanced, metastasized prostate cancer, filed declarations along with his children, doctors and assistant in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday to support his divorce petition.
The filing cites several arguments between the couple over child visitation, issues at the compound where the couple and Dennis Hopper's adult children live, and other matters.
The judge also issued a restraining order against Duffy, saying she must stay 10 feet away from Hopper and his adult children, and barred her from entering Hopper's main residence.

The latest batch of court documents details a lot of screaming and shouting among the inhabitants of the counter-culture icon's five-home compound in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Venice, with Duffy cast as the villain.
Victoria Hopper, 42, claimed in court papers filed last month that the actor smoked marijuana around their daughter, threatened her and that his illness had left him unable to make sound decisions. She also claims the divorce proceedings are an attempt to keep her from receiving an inheritance.

Hopper denied those claims in Thursday's filings. He acknowledged smoking medicinal marijuana, but not near his daughter. He denied threatening Victoria Hopper and said that while he had hoped to avoid a divorce, he recently came to the conclusion he wanted the marriage ended.
Hopper, according to Duffy, was "more often than not incapable of handling his legal and financial affairs."

Not true, countered Hopper, with supporting documents from two doctors who determined that he was fully competent. He said he filed for divorce "clearly and deliberately, without any pressure or influence exerted upon me by any other person."

Moreover, said his personal physician David Agus, "It is my belief and recommendation that the less Mr. Hopper has to do with his estranged wife at this time, the more likely he is to have his life extended."

Hopper's domestic life has never been dull. One of his marriages included an eight-day union with Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas in 1970. Phillips later told Vanity Fair that she was subjected to "excruciating" treatment.
"Whether motivated by malice, greed, dissolution strategy, or emotional instability, (Victoria Hopper's) actions subjected (Dennis Hopper) to emotional distress which has threatened his ability to survive," the actor's attorney, Douglas Bagby, wrote in a court filing.