Locke battled Eastwood in court for 19 months; she developed breast cancer during the proceedings and said the treatments sapped her will to fight. In November 1990, the parties reached a private settlement wherein Eastwood set up a $1.5 million, multi-year film development/directing pact for Locke at Warner Bros. in exchange for dropping the suit. She got the West Hollywood property (valued at $2.2 million), $450,000 cash and unspecified monthly support payments as well. Eastwood kept their pet parrot Putty and renamed him Paco.