Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner. David Fisher/Shutterstock
Kevin Costner is declaring that estranged wife Christine Baumgartner is requesting $248,000 in month to month little one assistance payments — which she designs on employing for herself.
“Christine allocates 60 percent of expenditures this kind of as personal trainer, unallocated credit card bills, and her plastic medical procedures to the minor young children without having any rationalization or foundation,” browse files obtained by Folks on Wednesday, June 28. The Yellowstone actor included that Baumgartner allegedly has “plastic surgery fees of $188,500/month” and that “the young children do not use the services of non-public trainers, only Christine does.”
Costner, 68, and Baumgartner, 49, share sons Cayden, 16, and Hayes, 14, and daughter Grace, 13. Previously this month, Baumgartner claimed that the Dances With Wolves star was working with “public attacks” made to “pressure me to go out without having at non permanent baby assistance arrangement I spot,” according to lawful paperwork acquired by Us Weekly at the time. Nevertheless, the purse designer stated that she are unable to go away their shared house due to the fact she doesn’t have adequate funds to retain her family’s existing life-style.
“Christine understands that at some place in the foreseeable future she and the youngsters will have to transfer out of the loved ones house,” the files go through. “She simply cannot do so at this early phase of the situation because she does not have ample funding to safe housing that will guarantee the children can sustain very similar standards of living in the parties’ respective homes.”
Christine Baumgartner and Kevin Costner. Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock
Baumgartner went on to assert that she now has “no individual income” as a “stay at home mom” and that a $1 million payment Costner manufactured to her for each the terms of their prenup — which was signed when the pair tied the knot in 2004 — was deposited into an account with no her “consent or awareness.” Baumgartner also mentioned in the filing that she has “instructed” the money to be returned to him.
“Kevin is making an attempt to drive my concession that the spousal help limitation is legitimate by advantage of my ‘acceptance’ of these money,” she alleged. “I imagine that Kevin’s objective is to get me to tap into this income so he can argue that I have waived my ideal to problem the premarital settlement.”
Costner, nevertheless, said in Wednesday’s paperwork that the $51,940 a thirty day period he is at the moment having to pay her for youngster assist — plus 100 per cent of the children’s overall health insurance policies, their extracurricular charges, daughter Grace’s non-public faculty tuition and Cayden’s motor vehicle expenses — should really be a “reasonable” amount.
Us confirmed in Could that Baumgartner submitted for divorce from Costner just after pretty much two decades of relationship, citing irreconcilable variances as the rationale for their break up. Costner alleged previously this month that Baumgartner is refusing to vacate the premises, but Baumgartner refuted the claims, with her law firm arguing that Costner had no authorized right to kick his estranged spouse and their kids out of their longtime family members dwelling.
“This RFO (request for get) seeks to kick Christine and their 3 children out of the house that the young children have lived in for their full life,” John Rydell, Baumgartner’s attorney, wrote in court docket documents acquired by Us at the time. “Although the lawful foundation for Kevin’s ask for to kick his wife and young children out of their house is all but nonexistent, this is however a make a difference of crucial worth for Christine.”
