The heated divorce drama between Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner doesn’t appear to be it’ll settle down anytime quickly.
Although the estranged movie star couple has been preventing in courtroom for months now, the most recent dispute surrounds Baumgartner’s demand for an over $1-million fee from Costner towards her authorized charges.
In courtroom paperwork filed on Monday within the Superior Court docket of the County of Santa Barbara, Costner, 68, mentioned Baumgartner’s request for a “whopping” US$885,000 (almost C$1.2 million) is “nothing in need of outrageous.”
In accordance with Folks journal, which obtained the authorized paperwork, Baumgartner, 49, on July 12 acquired $405,000 (nearly C$548,000) in charges from Costner. This fee reportedly included an award of $300,000 (over C$405,700) for authorized charges, damaged down into $200,000 (C$270,500) for lawyer charges and $100,000 (almost C$135,200) in forensic accounting charges.
Costner’s legal professionals claimed the remaining $105,000 (almost C$141,900) quantity was withdrawn from his checking account by Baumgartner.
“Though Kevin is the wealthier celebration with the next money stream than Christine, Christine is sort of able to contributing to her personal attorneys’ charges,” Costner’s legal professionals wrote within the submitting. “The quantity Kevin has incurred can't be the talisman of how a lot Christine ought to be awarded in charges.”
Costner’s legal professionals mentioned Baumgartner’s personal actions within the divorce proceedings have raised the charges she’s incurred, in addition to Costner’s private charges.
“To make use of these charges as the premise for an argument that Christine wants extra to degree the enjoying area is nonsensical,” wrote Costner’s legal professionals.
The Oscar-winning actor requested the courtroom to find out if Baumgartner’s monetary calls for are “moderately obligatory.”
Neither Costner nor Baumgartner have publicly commented on these newest developments.
Final week, Baumgartner was ordered to pay over $14,000 (almost C$18,900) of Costner’s authorized charges. The fee was in relation to prices accrued by Costner when he filed a movement to acquire solutions about her understanding of their prenuptial settlement. Baumgartner beforehand argued she didn't perceive the phrases of the settlement and mentioned she felt pressured to signal. Costner’s authorized group claimed Baumgartner has “refused in dangerous religion” to reply questions on her understanding of their settlement in the course of the divorce proceedings.
Costner allegedly already paid Baumgartner $1.4 million (almost C$1.9 million) owed to her as a situation of their prenuptial settlement.
Costner and Baumgartner have been married for 18 years. Baumgartner filed for divorce on Might 1, citing “irreconcilable variations.” The couple have three kids collectively: Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13.
The divorce proceedings have additionally seen contentious discussions about baby help funds. In late August, a choose ordered Costner to pay $63,209 (about C$85,500) in baby help, significantly lower than the $248,000 (about C$335,600) group Baumgartner initially requested.
Baumgartner argued the massive quantity was obligatory to take care of the identical way of life for the youngsters, who have been housed in Costner’s oceanside Santa Barbara compound.
For his half, Costner claimed the proposed $248,000 baby help fee was too excessive and would possibly trigger him to “run out of cash.” He mentioned it is because he's “a little bit of a unicorn” within the movie world, and sometimes funds tasks from his personal checking account.
Fox Information reported Costner can also be solely accountable for the youngsters’s well being care, personal college tuition, extracurricular actions and the oldest son’s automobile bills.
Costner final month instructed the outlet there may be “no winner” within the divorce.
“When you've a life that lengthy with any person, there is no such thing as a winner … and it’s this massive, loopy factor referred to as life and the way it unravels so rapidly,” he mentioned. “One minute you are feeling such as you’re on high of the world, and then you definitely notice how, you recognize, how susceptible you might be.”
Nonetheless, Costner referred to as Baumgartner “an unbelievable mother.”
Costner and Baumgartner are anticipated to return to courtroom in December to find out the validity of their premarital settlement.
Costner, who not stars within the hit TV collection Yellowstone, is presently in post-production for his newest movie Horizon: An American Saga, which he starred in, produced and directed. (Costner beforehand revealed he took out a mortgage on one in all his California properties to finance Horizon, the primary of a four-part movie collection.)
Baumgartner is a businessperson, a purse designer and a former mannequin.
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