Kevin Costner Said He Lowered Ex’s Credit Limit After She Charged $100k in Legal Work

• Kevin Costner accused his estranged spouse of funding her authorized providers in their divorce on his dime.
• The “Yellowstone” star stated he lowered credit-card limits after she used them with out telling him.
• Costner stated her $30,000 a month bank card restrict was sufficient to deal with their youngsters’ wants.

Kevin Costner has refuted his former accomplice’s allegation that he canceled her bank cards after she filed to divorce him.

The “Yellowstone” star stated in a authorized declaration final week that he was pressured to curb the spending of his estranged spouse, Christine Baumgartner, after she racked up six figures price of authorized and accounting charges with out his information on bank cards he pays for.

“Christine says I have not maintained the status quo because I cancelled one of her credit cards and because I put (a large) limit on the use of the credit card she uses,” Costner stated in a June 30 declaration, which was obtained by Insider. “I agreed to maintain the status quo with respect to our children. I have done so. I have continued to pay for all of the children’s expenses since Christine filed for divorce. Christine does not claim that the children’s expenses have not been paid.”

Last month, the actor stated he provided to contribute $65,000 towards Baumgartner’s authorized charges — however he stated her legal professionals by no means responded.

Costner stated he was pressured to restrict her entry to his bank cards after Baumgartner used them to pay $45,000 for a Los Angeles-based lawyer and $40,000 for her Santa Barbara-based authorized group. She additionally charged $10,000 for the providers of a forensic accountant and one other $10,000 for a separate forensic accountant whose providers she now not deliberate to make the most of, Costner alleged in his declaration.

“It was then that I made the decision that there needed to be some reasonable limitation on the use of the credit cards,” Costner stated in court docket papers. “My lawyer gave her lawyers written notice.”

Lawyers for the previous couple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

Baumgartner, a 49-year-old purse designer who stated in court docket papers she was unemployed, filed for divorce from Costner in May due to “irreconcilable differences.”

The pair, who had been married for practically twenty years and have three teenage youngsters, are set to seem in a California court docket later this week, the place a choose is ready to rule on Costner’s movement to implement a provision of their prenuptial settlement forcing her to maneuver out inside 30 days after they divorced.

Baumgartner stated in court docket paperwork that she would transfer out by the tip of August — however provided that the “Field of Dreams” star paid her $248,000 a month to keep up their youngsters’s life-style. Costner stated Baumgartner’s demand was absurd and accused her of inflating the determine to keep up her luxurious life-style.