Actor Stephen Collins has asked a judge to eliminate any future spousal support payments over leaked audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls. Collins' attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan filed a trial brief on Friday stating that his client has lost all future earning power due to the posting of the audio online last month. His estranged wife Faye Grant has denied that she leaked the recording made during a 2012 therapy session. Actor Stephen Collins has asked a judge to eliminate any future spousal support payments to estranged wife Faye Grant over leaked audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls
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Actor wants to stop having to pay his wife $13,000 a month in spousal support
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He has accused her of  leaking audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls
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Estranged wife Faye Grant has denied that she leaked the recording made during a 2012 therapy session
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The recording cost the 67-year-old Collins a role in the upcoming film Ted 2 and knocked scheduled re-runs of 7th Heaven off two cable networks
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