RadarOnline.com has obtained the bitter divorce paperwork that blindsided Yellowstone actor Kevin Costner and set the stage for a possible brawl over his $250 million fortune.
Christina Baumgartner, 49, slammed Costner with the divorce papers on Could 2, 2023, simply 21 days after she formally separated from her husband of 18 years, the paperwork present.
Whereas citing irreconcilable variations within the divorce submitting, Baumgartner suspiciously neglects to say the prenuptial settlement they signed earlier than their 2004 marriage ceremony — confirming RadarOnline.com’s unique story that Costner is “involved” Christine “is making strikes to problem the prenup.”
For instance, beneath the court docket submitting’s “Separate Property” part, Baumgartner wrote: “The character and extent of separate property belongings and money owed are unknown to Petitioner right now; Petitioner asks depart of court docket to amend this when identical is ascertained.”
Citing the prenup, the Discipline of Desires star used the “Separate Property” part to instantly shoot down any illusions as to how the possessions are going to be divvied up.
“Miscellaneous jewellery and different private results; earnings and accumulations of Respondent earlier than marriage, throughout marriage, and from and after the date of separation; [and] there are further separate property belongings and obligations of every celebration as mandated by the events’ Premarital Settlement,” wrote Costner’s famend celeb divorce legal professional Laura Wasser.
Though each agreed to share custody of their three minor kids, Baumgartner once more appeared uncertain concerning the “Group and Quasi-Group Property” – repeating the identical quote for separate property.
The Dances With Wolves star, nevertheless, snarled again by stating, “Pursuant to the phrases in Paragraph 9.A. of the events’ Premarital Settlement, Petitioner to vacate Respondent’s separate property residences.”
What’s extra, whereas Baumgartner desires her ex to pay for all of the authorized charges, the no-nonsense Costner snapped again: “Attorneys’ charges and prices payable pursuant to the phrases of the events’ Premarital Settlement.”
The paperwork additionally present that The Bodyguard actor believes the prenup dictates the phrases of the “spousal help.”
RadarOnline.com was unable to succeed in Baumgartner for remark and her father and brother declined our request.
Costner is sticking near the prenup after he was walloped in 1996 with an estimated $80 million divorce settlement from his first spouse, Cindy Silva.
Insiders advised RadarOnline.com that Costner ditched the massively well-liked collection Yellowstone after season 5 in a determined bid to save his marriage. Nonetheless, nothing has been introduced about his departure but.
“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 the 68-year-old actor advised the N.Y. Publish. “We ask that his, Christine’s and their kids’s privateness be revered as they navigate this troublesome time.”
Sadly, the divorce was filed 4 days earlier than their oldest son’s sixteenth birthday.
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