The legal dispute between
Kevin Costner
And
Christine Baumgartner after the divorce
The designer initially requested almost $250,000 in alimony to support her children. But after tough negotiations, he finally “settled” for the not insignificant amount of $129,000 per month and also agreed to cover fifty percent of the young people’s health costs and extracurricular activities.
One of the arguments of the protagonist of “Dances with Wolves” for rejecting his ex’s claims was the additional, undeclared income that she enjoyed at the time. The artist suspected that Baumgartner had begun a romantic relationship with his neighbor, a financier named Josh Connor, in the middle of the trial.
According to her, her “new boyfriend” had recently paid her $20,000 in cash during a vacation in Hawaii and therefore didn't deserve as much compensation as what he was proposing. She denied any romantic relationship with the aforementioned Connor at the time and of course also denied receiving so much money. However, it has now come to light that the two had fallen in love “relatively recently,” according to sources close to Baumgartner.
Kevin Costner's ex is rebuilding his life with his neighbor
This is not an obstacle, say the same informants, to finding the origins of their romance in the close friendship that emerged precisely in the difficult moments of their divorce.
“Josh was the rock that supported Christine through the challenge of the divorce. If Kevin has a problem with that, the problem is his,” a source told Us Weekly magazine.
On the other hand, the circle closest to Kevin Costner assures that time has proven right the interpreter, who always suspected that she asked for the separation precisely so that Baumgartner could bet everything on his new relationship.