Kevin Costner intended to file for divorce before Christine Baumgartner??

Over the weekend, Page Six ran an exclusive about Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner’s divorce, taken from some of Christine’s filings to the court. Christine hired a forensic accountant basically as soon as she decided to file for divorce, and that accountant provided Christine with a detailed summary of just how much money Costner has coming in and how much he’s spending per year. Costner isn’t overextended, but he’s spending way too much money, in my opinion. I suppose the point of filing those financials with the court is to emphasize just how badly Costner intends to screw over Christine if the prenup is upheld. Costner’s spending probably also justifies Christine’s request for $248K a month in child support. Meanwhile, the Sun’s sources now claim that Costner was really mad when Christine served him with divorce papers, because… he intended to file first??

Kevin Costner was stunned when he was given divorce papers — as he wanted to serve them himself. We can reveal the actor thought he and wife Christine had agreed to have an amicable split. He broke the news of their impending divorce to their three children in a family summit at a restaurant near their £115 million mansion in Montecito, California. But the 68-year-old Bodyguard star was “blindsided” the next day when Christine, 49, seized the initiative.

A source said: “Kevin sat his family down, told them he and their mum were getting a divorce and his lawyer was getting the paperwork drawn up. He wanted everything to be peaceful for the sake of his kids and told Christine he didn’t want a messy divorce because he’d already been through one. Then first thing the next morning, boom, Christine sneak attacks him and serves him with her own set of divorce papers. Kevin was so shocked. Christine has since made him look terrible, and has continued to do so.”

She has claimed her husband — worth £200million — told their kids they were divorcing in a ten-minute Zoom call.

[From The Sun]

Yeah, Christine told the court that Costner told the kids on a Zoom call from Las Vegas, and now he’s trying to say that he did it in person the day before Christine filed? I don’t believe it, any of it. When Christine filed, he was not acting like a man eager to go through another divorce. His team was doing furious damage control and publicly pleading for Christine to change her mind. Even if Christine and Kevin had spoken about a separation before she filed, it’s not like she could have arranged everything last minute as a way to surprise Costner – she clearly planned out everything, hired the forensic accountant, hired the divorce lawyer and had all of her ducks in a row. This is clearly Costner’s bruised ego. Hell hath no fury like a man whose wife charged a forensic accountant and divorce lawyer to his credit card.

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