Kevin Costner’s divorce from estranged spouse Christine Baumgartner obtained off to a messy begin.
The duo tied the knot in September 2004. Practically 19 years later, Us Weekly confirmed in Could 2023 that Baumgartner had filed for divorce from the Oscar winner, citing irreconcilable variations as the explanation for his or her break up.
“It’s with nice disappointment that circumstances past his management have transpired which have resulted in Mr. Costner having to take part in a dissolution of marriage motion,” a rep for Costner stated in a press release to TMZ on the time. “We ask that his, Christine’s, and their kids’s privateness be revered as they navigate this tough time.”
Kevin Costner, Christine Baumgartner. Hahn Lionel/ABACA/Shutterstock
Costner met Baumgartner on a golf course within the ‘90s whereas he was getting ready to play knowledgeable golfer within the 1996 movie Tin Cup. Following his 1994 break up from ex-wife Cindy Silva — with whom he shares kids Annie, Lily and Joe — Costner started relationship the California native in 1999. They went on to welcome sons Cayden and Hayes and daughter Grace. (The Molly’s Sport actor additionally shares son Liam with ex Bridget Rooney.)
Greater than a decade after tying the knot, Costner instructed Nearer Weekly in June 2018 that he and Baumgartner briefly split before their wedding day. “Worry stored me from marrying Christine,” he defined on the time. “[She] wished a toddler, however I used to be afraid I couldn’t be an efficient father.”
He continued: “I wakened and thought, ‘Am I going to lose a lovely girl who’s prepared to be with me to my final breath as a result of I’m afraid to say sure to a toddler?’ That’s all it took. Generally you study the factor you’re most afraid of will save your life.”
Shortly earlier than their separation, the couple have been set to attend the 2023 Golden Globes, at which Costner won for Greatest Tv Actor in a Drama Collection, however extreme flooding in California prevented them from having the ability to journey for the awards ceremony.
“No person’s sadder than us that we will’t be there on the Golden Globes,” the Dances with Wolves star stated in a January 2023 Instagram video. “Chris had a lovely costume, I used to be wanting ahead to strolling down the pink carpet together with her.”
Following Baumgartner’s divorce submitting, a supply completely instructed Us that Costner was “deeply saddened” by their breakup however was working to attempt to “save his marriage.” The insider added: “Kevin loves his spouse and kids so this has been very arduous on him. He’s saying that that is his worst nightmare and he would do something for his household.”
A second supply revealed that the Hidden Figures actor was “blindsided” by the split, noting, “Everybody thought Kevin and his spouse have been tremendous pleased so it’s all stunning. He really loves her and is attempting to get her again.”
Baumgartner, in the meantime, was experiencing her personal roller-coaster of feelings. “Christine feels he ought to be the one to go,” one other supply instructed Us in June 2023, referring to Baumgartner’s choice to remain in her and Costner’s shared home regardless of their prenup stating she has 30 days to vacate the property. “She’s so indignant with Kevin for what she feels led to the top of their marriage — him placing work forward of the household.”
Scroll beneath for all the main points on Costner and Baumgartner’s ongoing divorce:
Christine Recordsdata for Divorce
Though Baumgartner filed for divorce in Could 2023, courtroom paperwork obtained by Us reveal that the pair really split one month prior. Costner, for his half, filed a response in Could 2023, which talked about that he and the Cat Bag Couture founder signed a prenuptial settlement earlier than their wedding ceremony.
Amid information of their separation, the purse designer was spotted without her wedding ring in Los Angeles in photographs obtained by the Daily Mail.
The Struggle Over ‘Yellowstone’
“Christine wasn’t pleased with Yellowstone‘s schedule delays as a result of it brought about him to overlook a lot time along with his household,” an insider instructed Us in Could 2023, claiming that the Paramount+ collection — which premiered in 2018 — was “one of many causes” for the duo’s break up.
The supply continued: “[Costner] was on the fence about doing the present from the start. He needed to be satisfied to do the undertaking. There have been months of discussions with Kevin and his household earlier than he did it. He didn’t need do the present with out their enter.”
In keeping with the insider, delays on the second half of Yellowstone‘s fifth and final season “led to loads of issues” between the estranged spouses. “Kevin’s crew even requested about the potential of shifting the present to California so he may movie sure scenes,” the supply famous. “It’s been a dialogue by the years, but it surely by no means labored out. Kevin has been making loads of effort to make it work for his household.”
Baumgartner reportedly argued in June 2023 court docs that she “didn’t strain Kevin to go away the Yellowstone present.”
Cash Woes
In courtroom paperwork obtained by Us in June 2023, Costner claimed that his estranged spouse withdrew “from my checking account and charged on my bank card a complete of $95,000, payable to her divorce attorneys and forensic accountant.” He alleged that she had been doing so since April 2023 with out his data or consent.
Costner subsequently defined in a submitting obtained by Us in July 2023 that he had “no choice” but to reduce his ex’s credit card limit to $30,000 monthly attributable to her “charging giant sums” with out his data. He referred to the choice as a “cheap limitation.”
The Struggle for Their Residence
Costner alleged in June 2023 authorized paperwork that Baumgartner was refusing to maneuver out of their shared dwelling, regardless of their prenup stating she had 30 days to vacate the property following their break up. In keeping with The Bodyguard actor, the previous mannequin was utilizing the scenario to make him adjust to “numerous monetary calls for.” He acknowledged that he may “contribute as a part of his youngster help obligations $30K monthly for a rental home and is prepared to advance one other $10K for her shifting prices.”
Baumgartner’s lawyer, John Rydell, later acknowledged in courtroom paperwork obtained by Insider that Costner has no “legal” right to force her to leave. “Though the authorized foundation for Kevin’s request to kick his spouse and kids out of their house is all however nonexistent, that is nonetheless a matter of important significance for Christine,” the lawyer defined in June 2023.
Baumgartner additional claimed in June 2023 court documents obtained by Us that she has “no private revenue” which makes it not possible to vacate their joint dwelling. “Christine understands that in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later she and the kids must transfer out of the household dwelling,” the submitting learn. “She can’t achieve this at this early stage of the case as a result of she doesn’t have ample funding to safe housing that may guarantee the kids can preserve related requirements of residing within the events’ respective houses.”
Us confirmed by way of courtroom docs in July 2023 {that a} decide denied Baumgartner’s request to stay on the property till August 2023.
Little one Help
Baumgartner reportedly asked for $248,000 a month in youngster help, stating in a courtroom submitting that the determine “is lower than the quantity wanted to take care of the kids of their accustomed way of life.”
Baumgartner additionally requested that Costner solely pay for his or her youngsters’ personal faculty training, well being care bills and costs associated to extracurricular actions and sports activities, however didn’t point out any requests for spousal help.
In June 2023 courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, Baumgartner claimed that Costner makes an estimated $1,537,000 a month from his numerous jobs as an actor and director. She famous that whereas the Let Him Go actor has “continued to pay all of” their bills since their separation, Costner has not made it simple for Baumgartner to pay for issues.
“Up to now, Kevin has not been prepared to decide to paying an applicable quantity of kid help,” she alleged. “I’ve been prepared to maneuver out of the household dwelling, however I can’t achieve this with out help from Kevin.”
Costner, for his half, denied he was “kicking” his kids out of their dwelling in courtroom docs obtained by Us in June 2023. “I’m solely requesting that Christine vacate my separate property dwelling and discover alternate residing preparations,” he alleged.
In paperwork filed later that month and obtained by Us, the actor famous that as a result of he’s “now not beneath contract for Yellowstone,” he “will earn substantially less in 2023 than I did in 2022″ — and can’t pay the $248,000 monthly his estranged spouse is requesting in youngster help.
One month later, For News reported that Baumgartner will obtain $129,755 per month from Costner in child support, along with the actor paying $200,000 and $100,000 in attorneys’ charges and forensic prices, respectively. The duo pay equal bills for his or her kids’s well being care, actions and sports activities on the “first of every month,” in accordance with the outlet, with “credit score sums paid between July 1 and July 12.”
A Monetary Breakdown
In a June 2023 submitting, Baumgartner outlined her family’s finances and household expenses. She revealed that Costner earned $19,517,064 in 2022 and the household’s bills — with out taxes — got here out to $6,645,285. A few of these charges included $84,040 for family assist, $78,780 for youngsters Hayes and Grace’s training, $830,000 on presents and $238,000 on medical prices.
Baumgartner claimed that Costner just lately deposited $1 million into an account arrange in her identify “with out my data or consent.” She alleged that the deposit was a manner for her estranged partner to “power my concession that the spousal help limitation is legitimate by advantage of my ‘acceptance’ of those funds. I consider that Kevin’s objective is to get me to faucet into this cash, so he can argue that I’ve waived my proper to problem the Premarital Settlement.”
She acknowledged that she has chosen to not settle for the cost — which now contains an extra $400,000. “I can’t entry these funds with out threat of jeopardizing my authorized rights on this case. Aside from the contested funds, I’ve nearly no monetary property to my identify and nil private revenue,” the docs learn.
She additional insisted that Costner’s latest deposits wouldn’t cowl her and their youngsters’ continued prices as outlined within the paperwork. Baumgartner defined that the household’s a number of houses — together with their Aspen property and Santa Barbara compound — value greater than $1.5 million in 2022 to repairs. Their Seaside Membership prices — which incorporates the Santa Barbara visitor home rental, health club and yard — are an extra $449,202.
Costner, for his half, alleged in a separate submitting in June 2023 that Baumgartner spends 60 % of her youngster help cash towards her personal private bills, together with a non-public coach and $188,000 — monthly — on plastic surgery.
The Rumors In regards to the Neighbor
Rumors surfaced in June 2023 that Baumgartner allegedly connected together with her and Costner’s former tenant Daniel Starr — who beforehand resided in a house on their Santa Barbara property. Whereas Baumgartner has but to remark, Starr told TMZ the rumors were “absolutely not” true. He insisted that he’s “only a man who paid [his] hire.”
Starr defined that he left early — he vacated the premises in March 2023 regardless of having a contract by June 2023 — as a result of he “needed to transfer on.” When pushed additional about his dynamic with the estranged couple, Starr instructed the outlet, “I simply was a tenant. I had a tenant-landlord relationship [with them]. Nothing else.”
Zoom Name Drama
Baumgartner claimed Costner instructed their youngsters in regards to the break up by way of Zoom, alleging that she instructed her estranged partner how “vital” it was to “inform the kids in individual and collectively” however Costner allegedly “disregarded” her request.
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“He insisted that he had the precise to inform them that we have been getting divorced ‘first’ and inform them privately ‘with out me current,’” Baumgartner recalled within the submitting. “After a 24-year relationship, from his lodge room in Las Vegas, Kevin instructed our three kids that we have been getting divorced over a 10-minute Zoom name with out me current.” She revealed that she is “nonetheless confused by his motivation to do that by way of a really brief Zoom session, particularly since he was planning on being dwelling 5 days later. He additionally may have simply come dwelling from Las Vegas to have the dialog in individual.”
