Phil Collins’ ex-wife Orianne Cevey allegedly paid $30,000 to a so-called “black magic expert” so she could “gain control” over him, newly released court papers say.

The rock artist is currently battling his ex in court as she attempts to collect half of the proceeds of their $40 million Miami home. Cevey says Collins promised her the money; he says that’s a lie. The pair divorced in 2008, then reunited briefly from 2016 until 2019 before she married Thomas Bates, 32, in August 2020.

The black magic claims come from a 2021 deposition of Cevey’s former head of security, Franck Pala, that was just made public, The New York Post reported. The employee testified under oath that Cevey intended to put “some substances” in her then-husband’s wine.

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These unknown items were acquired from a man in Colombia who dabbled in “black magic.”

“Do you know anything about an effort to — I’m going to call it — poison Phil or give him unknown substances?” Collins’ attorney Jeffrey Fisher asked Pala.

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