Kevin Costner Claims Estranged Wife Christine Is Using 'Stalling Tactics' in Bitter Divorce Battle
etonline.comKevin Costner and his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner.In new court docs obtained by ET, Costner alleges that Baumgartner is using «stalling tactics» to drag out the pair's already bitter divorce battle.The star's legal team is slamming Baumgartner's claim that she did not understand their prenup agreement when she signed it, calling it «gamesmanship of the worst sort.» As ET previously reported, things came to a head between the pair when Baumgartner refused to leave their family home in Santa Barbara, California despite a prenup stipulation that Costner claimed required her to do just that.«Christine avoids answering many of the Requests for Admission ('RFAs') based on the claim that the ordinary words used, words like 'understood' and 'negotiation' are too vague,» Costner's lawyers claim in the docs.Baumgartner, 49, «cannot admit or deny an RFA because she does not understand the word 'understood,'» the docs continue.
In an early July filing, Costner, 68, claimed that the prenup she signed when they tied the knot in 2014 stipulated that Baumgartner agreed, in the event of a divorce, the actor would have exclusive possession and use of his separate property residences, and that she would vacate any separate property family residence she was living in within 30 days of the filing of a divorce petition.In her response, Baumgartner stated she would not move out of the property unless Costner agreed to her child support request of $248,000 per month.
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