Kevin Costner<\/a> has accused his estranged wife of deliberately prolonging their divorce proceedings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kevin Costner has criticised Christine Baumgartner in new legal documents<\/p>\n
The ‘Yellowstone’ actor split from Christine Baumgartner in May after 19 years of marriage and despite having a prenuptial agreement in place, they have been locked in dispute over issues including finances, child support for their kids Cayden, 16, Hayes, 14, and Grace, 13, and their family home, and now the 68-year-old star has claimed the handbag designer has been doing her best to “delay” the process.<\/p>\n
He wrote in court documents obtained by Us Weekly magazine: \u201cChristine has only thrown roadblock after roadblock up in an unjustified effort to avoid answering this discovery.”<\/p>\n
Kevin is seeking financial sanctions against Christine for allegedly failing to respond to the discovery requests he sent in May, which he explained were designed to \u201celicit her contentions as to the validity\u201d of their pre-nuptial agreement.<\/p>\n
He insisted he and his legal team were looking for a \u201cvery basic discovery\u201d in regard to the \u201cfacts, documents and witnesses supporting her contentions\u201d of their divorce but argued Christine was indulging in “gamesmanship” after she “steadfastly refused” to reveal her contentions and alleged she \u201ccannot admit or deny that she understood\u201d their pre-nup.<\/p>\n
\nThe documents read: \u201cChristine asserts she cannot admit or deny that she understood the Premarital Agreement because she (and apparently all of her attorneys) do not understand the word \u2018understood.\u2019 This is gamesmanship of the worst sort.<\/p>\n
\n\u201c\u2018Understood\u2019 is not a technical or arcane word. It is not ground for objection that a request is ambiguous, unless it is so ambiguous that the responding party cannot in good faith frame an intelligent reply. <\/p>\n
\n“The notion that Christine and the multiple seasoned lawyers representing her do not understand the word \u2018understood\u2019 and cannot reply to this simple, straightforward [request for admission] is frivolous. Clearly, this vagueness objection was interposed only for the purpose of delay.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA judge previously ruled in July that Christine – who is temporarily living in staff accommodation on the grounds of her former marital home – must confer with Kevin before taking any property from the estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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