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Tab Increased: Kim Basinger, already subject to an $8.9-million jury verdict for failing to act in the “Boxing Helena” film, faces an additional $850,000 in attorneys’ fees that “Boxing Helena” producer Carl Mazzocone says she must reimburse him. According to Mazzocone, Basinger had a contract obligating her to pay legal costs if she lost a dispute. Basinger’s attorney, Howard Weitzman, did not return calls about the amount of Basinger’s legal bills.
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