Kevin Costner’s Estranged Wife Christine Ordered To Pay Over $14,000 In His Attorney’s Fees
etcanada.comThe order comes less than a week after Costner’s monthly child support payments were drastically reduced. Kevin Costner just scored another victory in court — albeit a smaller one — after the judge in his divorce case sanctioned the actor’s estranged wife and ordered her to pay a chunk of his attorney’s fees.
The judge on Wednesday ordered Christine Baumgartner to fork over $14,237.50 to cover Costner’s attorney fees after he said he was forced to file a motion to compel because he claimed she refused to answer, “without justification,” basic discovery.
In court documents he filed Aug. 30 in Santa Barbara Court and obtained by ET, Costner claimed Baumgartner had every opportunity for nearly three months to answer his “straightforward discovery requests” but failed to do so.
As ET previously reported, Costner accused Baumgartner of using “stalling tactics” to drag out the bitter divorce battle.
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