The motion comes after Christine Baumgartner asked that the court make the actor pay $175,000 in monthly child support. Kevin Costner is accusing his estranged wife of playing games amid their contentious divorce case, and he now wants the court to make her pay, literally.
According to new legal documents, obtained by ET, Costner claims Christine Baumgartner has refused to answer, “without justification,” basic discovery.
And, because she has engaged in “silly rhetoric,” Costner’s asking the court to sanction Baumgartner. The court documents, filed Tuesday in the Superior Court of Santa Barbara, state Baumgartner has had every opportunity for nearly three months to answer Costner’s “straightforward discovery requests” but has failed to do so.
Costner says this “silly rhetoric … just reinforces the game playing.” Costner claims that, for months, his legal team has been unable to get Baumgartner to answer numerous RFAs (Requests for Admission).
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