Christian Slater Sued for $20 Million by His Father for Defamation of Character and Slander

Christian Slater is facing a $20 million lawsuit filed by his father who claims his son “ruined” his career by alleging that he suffered from mental health issues.

In legal documents obtained by ET, Thomas Knight Slater – who goes by the name Michael Hawkins – cited an interview where Slater “described his father as suffering from manic-depressive schizophrenia.”

The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, cites a December 2015 issue of the National Enquirer as the source of Slater’s comments. It appears the Enquirer article sourced an interview from earlier that year, when the Mr. Robot star had a candid sit-down with Interview magazine and opened up about his father’s mental health, as well as their late-in-life reconciliation.