At the beginning of May, Kevin Costner (68 years old) and Christine Baumgartner (49 years old) surprised the entire world by announcing that they were divorcing after more than 18 years of happy marriage and three precious children together.
The couple’s fans couldn’t believe what was happening, since the actor and the designer formed one of the most stable couples in Hollywood and had a great relationship that they used to boast of at events and social networks.
According to tabloid outlet TMZ, the woman filed for divorce with Costner, stating that she was separating from her husband due to “irreconcilable differences.” In said lawsuit, the businesswoman requested joint custody of her three children: Cayden (15 years old), Hayes (14 years old) and Grace (12 years old), something with which they both agreed.
The Dances with Wolves and Robin Hood actor asked, through a statement shared by his representative, that “their privacy, that of Christine and that of their children, be respected as they go through this difficult time.”
Despite having maintained a very special sentimental bond for almost two decades and having declared that they were separating “by good agreement”, in less than two months the situation has become very cloudy.
Last Wednesday, some divorce documents came to light that have sown controversy on the Internet. According to court briefs published by People magazine, Christine Baumgartner demands the protagonist of The Bodyguard $248,000 a month for the support of the three children they have in common, a figure that many describe as “exaggerated” and “exorbitant.” .
The 49-year-old woman assures that such an amount of monthly money is “less than what is necessary to maintain the lifestyle to which the children are accustomed,” so she does not see any kind of problem. In addition, she also demands that the artist pay all the expenses derived from school fees, extracurricular and sports activities, and the health insurance of the three adolescents.
It must be taken into account that the woman asks for a very high amount of money because her ex-husband’s income is extremely high. According to the court papers published by the aforementioned heart magazine, Costner entered the amount of $19,517,064 in 2022 and spent more than $6.6 million.
In said legal process, no pension is stipulated for Baumgartner, but in the prenuptial agreement that both signed before getting married, it was stipulated that he should pay him around one million euros if they got divorced. According to sources close to the procedure, Costner has already paid that amount to his ex-partner.
As the woman is still waiting for the economic situation to be clarified, she has refused to leave the marital home, as stipulated in the prenuptial agreement that both signed and for which she has received a million dollars.
