{"id":316735,"date":"2023-09-13T01:16:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=316735"},"modified":"2023-09-13T01:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T01:16:04","slug":"kevin-costner-blasts-christine-baumgartners-outrageous-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/celebrity\/kevin-costner-blasts-christine-baumgartners-outrageous-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner blasts Christine Baumgartner&apos;s &apos;outrageous&apos; demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kevin Costner&#8217;s Hollywood lawyer blasts his ex-wife Christine&#8217;s &#8216;outrageous&#8217; demand that Yellowstone star pay her $885K bill for legal fees<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce after 19 years of marriage and three kids<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She is battling the actor and director over their prenup and the amount of child support he will pay her<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A judge recently slashed her monthly support payment from $248K to $63K<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kevin Costner&#8217;s Hollywood lawyer Laura Wasser is blasting her client&#8217;s ex Christine Baumgartner, for asking him to pay a whopping $885K in legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>The 49-year-old Baumgartner &#8211; who was recently ordered to pay a $14K sanction &#8211; filed a request with a judge to get her 68-year-old ex to pay $885K for her lawyers fees&#8230; to argue just one sole issue in divorce court.<\/p>\n<p>The issue at hand is whether her, &#8216;waiver of spousal support is enforceable,&#8217; according to TMZ,\u00a0though Wasser claims the ask is, &#8216;nothing short of outrageous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wasser claims that, based on hourly rates, Baumgartner&#8217;s lawyers would have to rack up\u00a01,106 billable hours to justify that amount.<\/p>\n<p>The ask is seemingly even more outrageous since Wasser contends a judge has already agreed the prenup is enforcable.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75356691-12511153-Blasting_Kevin_Costner_s_lawyer_Laura_Wasser_is_blasting_her_cli-a-8_1694561360068.jpg\" height=\"952\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Blasting: Kevin Costner &#8216;s lawyer Laura Wasser is blasting her client&#8217;s ex Christine Baumgartner , for asking him to pay a whopping $885K in legal fees<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75356693-12511153-Fees_The_49_year_old_Baumgartner_filed_a_request_with_a_judge_to-a-9_1694561360071.jpg\" height=\"882\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fees:\u00a0The 49-year-old Baumgartner filed a request with a judge to get her 68-year-old ex to pay $885K for her lawyers fees&#8230; to argue just one sole issue in divorce court<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75356707-12511153-image-a-3_1694560575751.jpg\" height=\"1023\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hours:\u00a0Wasser claims that, based on hourly rates, Baumgartner&#8217;s lawyers would have to rack up 1,106 billable hours to justify that amount<\/p>\n<p>Back in early July, a judge enforced one provision of the prenup, which stated that in the event of a divorce, Baumgartner had a certain number of days to vacate the family home.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner contended she, &#8216;will move in due course, but this is a major undertaking and can only be accomplished with careful planning.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The judge did not agree, enforcing that provision and meaning she had until July 31 to vacate the home she shared with Costner.<\/p>\n<p>That ruling ultimately could mean that the entire prenup is enforceable, which could be another big loss for Baumgartner.<\/p>\n<p>Wasser stated that Costner has already shelled out $300K for her legal fees, and added that she allegedly took over $105K from his accounts for her legal team.<\/p>\n<p>Baumgartner has apparently already lost more in her legal battles than what she would have gotten had she settled with her ex.<\/p>\n<p>She originally asked for a whopping $248K a month in child support for their three kid,\u00a0Cayden Wyatt, 15, Hayes Logan, 14, and Grace Avery, 13.<\/p>\n<p>Costner and his lawyers rejected that amount and said the proper number should be $63K a month.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75356709-12511153-Vacate_Back_in_early_July_a_judge_enforced_one_provision_of_the_-a-10_1694561360083.jpg\" height=\"952\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Vacate:\u00a0Back in early July, a judge enforced one provision of the prenup, which stated that in the event of a divorce, Baumgartner had a certain number of days to vacate the family home<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/00\/75356703-12511153-Lost_Baumgartner_has_apparently_already_lost_more_in_her_legal_b-a-11_1694561360084.jpg\" height=\"954\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lost:\u00a0Baumgartner has apparently already lost more in her legal battles than what she would have gotten had she settled with her ex<\/p>\n<p>Costner also offered to pay $75K a month, which Baumgartner rejected, before a judge ruled that $63K a month was the proper amount.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old actor was spotted in one of the luxury suites at SoFi Stadium for last month&#8217;s Taylor Swift&#8217;s The Eras Tour stop.<\/p>\n<p>The Dances With Wolves star was spotted with his 13-year-old daughter Grace and a friend, as they rocked out to one of the 32-year-old singer&#8217;s most famous break-up songs &#8211; We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar-winning actor and director was seen sporting a wry smile as his daughter sang along to the 2012 hit from her album Red.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12511153\/Kevin-Costner-blasts-Christine-Baumgartners-demand-pay-885K-lawyers-fees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Costner&#8217;s Hollywood lawyer blasts his ex-wife Christine&#8217;s &#8216;outrageous&#8217; demand that Yellowstone star pay her $885K bill for legal fees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":316734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kevin Costner blasts Christine Baumgartner&amp;apos;s &amp;apos;outrageous&amp;apos; 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