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Clint Eastwood is being sued for financial support by actress-director Sondra Locke, who said he persuaded her to undergo two abortions and a sterility operation during their 10-year affair. The suit also said the tough-guy actor bought two homes for Locke, his co-star in “Gauntlet” and the “The Outlaw Josey Walkes,” then kicked her and her pet parrot out of one of the houses. According to the suit, Locke, 41, began living with Eastwood, 58, in 1978 and an agreement was made that she would keep up the household and in general conduct herself as Eastwood’s wife. In return, the couple would share equally in any earnings and property they acquired during their relationship. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an equal division of property acquired during the relationship. It also asks that Locke be given title to both a Bel-Air home that Eastwood bought in 1980 and a Crescent Heights residence that he bought in 1982.

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