Kevin Costner says estranged wife charged $100K to his credit card amid divorce
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Kevin Costner wrote Christine Baumgartner 'grasps at straws with one baseless argument after another,' prolonging their divorce proceedings.
Actor Kevin Costner and his recently estranged wife Christine Baumgartner are still fighting over the terms of their soon-to-be divorce.
In new court documents filed June 30 in California, Costner, 68, claimed Baumgartner, 49, charged US$100,000 (C$132,060) in legal expenses to his credit card throughout May and June.
“Christine began charging large sums on the credit cards payable to her divorce attorneys and forensic accountants. She gave me no advance warning each time she did so,” Costner wrote in the legal filing, according to People magazine.
Though People reported Costner subsequently cancelled the credit card used by Baumgartner, Insider reported Costner instead lowered the spending limit to $30,000 (C$39,630) a month.
According to the June 30 declaration obtained by Insider, Costner wrote: “Christine says I have not maintained the status quo because I cancelled one of her credit cards and because I put (a large) limit on the use of the credit card she uses.”
“I agreed to maintain the status quo with respect to our children. I have done so,” he continued. “I have continued to pay for all of the children’s expenses since Christine filed for divorce. Christine does not claim that the children’s expenses have not been paid.”
Costner wrote Baumgartner “grasps at straws with one baseless argument after another,” prolonging their divorce proceedings.
He allegedly offered Baumgartner $65,000 for her legal fees but never received a response from her lawyers. Costner and Baumgartner have three children together: Cayden, 15, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 12.
