Kevin Costner sentenced to pay ex-wife Christine $63,000 a month (she had asked for $162,000)

She had asked for 162 thousand, in the end he will give her 63 thousand. We are talking about dollars and it is a monthly figure. Less than what was requested by his ex-wife Christine Baumgartner, but Kevin Costner will still have to pay substantial maintenance for his three children, Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14 and Grace, 13.

It took a two-day court hearing in Santa Barbara to reach an agreement and the concern of mother Christine, who in court avoided looking her ex-husband in the eye, is that her children do not change their life, evidently quite high, given that the family lives in a house complete with an infinity pool, tennis court, mega garden and guest house and that it would have no intention of leaving that Californian property whose value is estimated, more or less , about 145 million dollars. Yet there would be a prenuptial agreement whereby – in the event of a divorce – she would have had 30 days to leave the house. Kevin Costner was loyal: exactly one month, not a day more, took his ex-wife to courtstating that Christine’s extended stay in the house is an attempt to pressure him into agreeing to financial demands made by her after the divorce.

The two, married for eighteen years (a remarkable milestone in the star system), announced their separation in May 2023, but the legal battle has been pretty intense since then.

The two-time Academy Award winner claims he helped his ex-wife Christine financially by paying him $1 million as part of his prenuptial agreement, and with child support and other expenses in the aftermath of filing for divorce. . The court documents also allege the plaintiff’s willingness to contribute $30,000 a month toward a rental home, in accordance with his child support obligations, and upfront an additional $10,000 to cover his moving costs.

But now Kostner wants the house, perhaps to avoid a repeat of the ruinous first divorce faced, when his split from ex-wife Cindy Silva cost him an estimated $80 million. Moreover, according to his gossip, it seems that this second divorce was not exactly in the actor’s plans either. In fact, the press release released by the actor’s spokesman also went in this direction, which spoke of “circumstances beyond his control that led Mr. Costner to have to participate in an action to dissolve the marriage” , asking for privacy “his, Christine and their children to be respected as they navigate this difficult time.”