LOS ANGELES — A judge overturned Terrence Howard's divorce settlement with his second wife Monday, finding the actor was coerced into signing the settlement by her threats to leak private details. Superior Court Judge Thomas Trent Lewis' ruling means Howard and his ex-wife, Michelle Ghent, will now have to renegotiate the financial terms of their divorce. “The evidence of extortion or duress was unrebutted,” Lewis said. Howard contended he signed a 2012 settlement to end his marriage to Ghent out of fear she would leak private details about him. The agreement entitled Ghent to a share of Howard's earnings, which would include a portion of his salary from the hit Fox series “Empire,” which opens its second season in the fall. Ghent's lawyers have said she denied extorting the actor in a deposition and argued he didn't prove threats she made in 2011 forced him to sign the agreement a year later. She was not allowed to testify at a recent hearing because her attorneys did not file a sworn declaration from her before the proceedings began. — AP
