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Peter Getty

Peter Getty and relatives of Francis Ford Coppola are going to the mattresses against one another in Getty's epic divorce battle with wife Jacqui.  And the picture is getting more tenuous for Getty. Or should we say "pictures."  Jacqui, a Hollywood stylist and mother to Coppola's granddaughter Gia, is seeking a restraining order against Peter, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars per month in spousal support. She says Peter, a sometime record producer,  descended into a life of cocaine and internet porn addiction and became abusive  towards her.  To prove these claims, Jacqui is to submit into evidence a picture of Peter with blood-caked nostrils, as shown from his computer cam. It's an image that has been making the rounds in Hollywood, and not a pleasant one.

She's also levelled accusations of mental and some physical abuse against her husband, accusations expected to be addressed in court tomorrow as Jacqui seeks a restraining order against her husband, along with $350,000 in attorney fees and $539,201 per month in spousal support.

Her charges make it sound like Peter Getty slipped into the most self-destructive sort of state, snorting drugs and binging on internet porn while sequestered in a room by himself in the couple's Malibu beach house (they lived primarily in the Hollywood Hills).

It's worth noting that imagery like this is not out of place in a divorce battle. And Jacqui may well need it to prove her case and to win money to support her daughter.

Jacqui arrived in court with 15 to 20 friends and family members, including friend Pamela Levy, the founder of Juicy Couture; Gia Coppola, the granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola; and Gia's grandmother Eleanor Coppola, Francis' wife. Peter showed up in court alone.

Peter also seemed to fall asleep before the hearing started, as shown … apparently shot by someone on Jacqui's side of the courtroom.

Jacqui's court filing indicates Peter was well into his addiction.

In earlier papers, Jacqui described a menacing conversation in which Peter seemed to threaten her life:

Peter Getty is another psycho like his grandfather;

a psycho who abuses others.

It doesn't take a World War.