NEW : Cage 's lawyer confirms the actor sent an assistant to find his son . NEW : It does n't justify a `` deliberate , provoked attack , '' Cage 's lawyer says . Fulton blames Nicolas Cage for what she said is her son 's downward spiral since he turned 18 and left her legal guardianship . Weston Cage 's former personal assistant is being investigated in the 20-year-old 's beating . The attorney for the actor's son, who was beaten by his father last week, tells TMZ that he believes the case will be dropped because of insufficient evidence.
NEW : Cage 's lawyer confirms the actor sent an assistant to find his son . NEW : It does n't justify a `` deliberate , provoked attack , '' Cage 's lawyer says . Weston Cage 's former personal assistant is being investigated in the 20-year-old 's beating . The attorney for the actor's son, who was beaten by his father last week, tells TMZ that he believes the case will be dropped because of insufficient evidence.