Kevin Costner's ex insists she will NOT strip $145M mansion

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner insists she will NOT ‘strip’ $145M mansion before exit adding she is only taking clothing, a Peloton and some silver – and she promises to not ‘harm’ her ex

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner has spoken up.

The 49-year-old star has insisted she has no plans to ‘strip’ their $145million mansion in Santa Barbara, California of items before leaving the grounds.

Baumgartner shared in new legal documents that she will be showing photos in a PDF to Kevin’s attorneys of what she plans to remove from the mansion, according to a new report from Entertainment Tonight.

And that means there should be no ’emergency hearing’ over what belongings will be taken out.

Christine said a hearing was ‘uncalled for.’ 

Also in the new filing it was revealed that Baumgartner rented an ‘off-site’ storage unit to house her some silverware, some pots and pans, a Peloton bike, family heirlooms, clothing and personal items from friends. There was also a ‘mother/daughter horse picture’ she wanted to keep.

And it was added that 68-year-old Costner would ‘not be harmed’ by Baumgartner during the removal of her items. 

Not me: Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine Baumgartner has spoken up. The star has insisted she has no plans to ‘strip’ their $145million mansion in Santa Barbara, California of items before leaving the grounds by the end of July. Seen in 2000

The estate: Baumgartner shared in new legal documents that she will be showing photos in a PDF to Kevin’s attorneys of what she plans to remove from the mansion, according to a new report from Entertainment Tonight. And that means there should be no ’emergency hearing’ over what belongings will be taken out. Christine said a hearing was ‘uncalled for’

Last Friday, a judge ruled she must confer with Kevin before taking any property from the estate. 

She has been barred from taking art, furniture, furnishings or appliances with her, without his explicit consent.

It was also stated that she will be barred from removing any property, apart from her clothing, toiletries, handbags and jewelry from the mansion. 

She must leave by the end of July. 

Kevin and Christine have been locked in a very contentious split over the past few months.

The drama goes back weeks when Kevin asked her to exit the home. 

Now the tension has been focused on what she takes when she leaves the house. 

This comes after he accused her of ransacking the home that they had previously shared.

Through his attorney, the Yellowstone star accused his ex of taking his belongings ‘without his knowledge or consent,’ which he claims has increased significantly after she ‘blindsided’ him by filing for divorce ahead of him.

The star also claimed Baumgartner had made payments to her own divorce attorney via a credit card that belongs to one of Costner’s employees, according to documents obtained by TMZ.

Frustrating: As she prepares to leave the beachfront compound in Carpinteria, California, by the end of the month, the 49-year-old handbag designer will be barred from taking art, furniture, furnishings or appliances with her, without his explicit consent (seen in July 2023)

The latest bickering between the former couple comes just days after a judge determined that Costner must pay $129,000 per month in child support, which was a little over half of what Baumgartner had been requesting, but more than double what the actor and director said he should pay.

In the latest documents, Costner’s legal team wrote that Baumgartner ‘has shown a disturbing propensity in the last several months, both before and after separation, to take [Kevin’s] property without his knowledge or consent, especially since this case was filed.’

One of the more puzzling claims in the documents is that Baumgartner allegedly paid a criminal defense attorney $25,000 that came from a property fund that Costner had set up.

He claimed that he was unaware of the payment, and the money should only have been used for real estate transactions regardless.

More puzzling, though, is why Baumgartner would want or need a criminal defense attorney in the first place, and the filing doesn’t appear to clear up that question.

The documents allege another inappropriate payment, this time a sum paid to Baumgartner’s divorce attorney Susan Wiesner, which Costner’s team claims was charged to ‘the credit card of an employee which is traditionally used for Costner family house charges and paid by [Kevin].’

They also accuse the designer of getting cash advances on multiple credit cards paid by her ex but issued to household staff members.

The arrangement with the employee credit cards appears to allow Costner’s employees to buy necessary supplies for the family immediately, without having to come to him or his estranged wife for funds.

Although several of the claims in the filing appear to have allegedly taken place after Baumgartner filed for divorce from the Dances With Wolves star, Costner’s lawyers also appeared to accuse her of having planned out her split in advance with large purchases.

The filing claimed that Baumgartner had purchased a luxury car months before separating or filing for divorce, which might not be out of the ordinary for the wife of an ultra-wealthy star like Costner, but the documents claim that the couple normally leased all of their cars.

 Through his attorney, the 68-year-old Yellowstone star accused his ex of taking his belongings ‘without his knowledge or consent,’ which he claims has increased significantly after she ‘blindsided’ him by filing for divorce ahead of him

Charge it: Baumgartner also allegedly paid her divorce attorney from employee cards that Costner is on the hook for; seen in 2005

Split down the middle: The couple will split their children’s healthcare costs, private school tuition, sports and extracurricular activities 50–50; seen in 2003 in LA

However, the former couple’s prenuptial agreement allegedly allows Baumgartner to keep her current car, and the new filing suggests that she may have upgraded it in order to have a better car after the divorce.

The attorney’s allege that the pricy purchase indicates that Baumgartner ‘had been planning her exit long before she told [Kevin] in April 2023.’

Costner’s lawyers state in the filing that he tried to address these alleged purchases by asking Baumgartner to sign a document stating that she would not ‘loot the residence’ before departing, though she refused to sign it.

They further claim that the Waterworld actor is find with her taking all of her property, and he is supposedly open to her taking other things as long as she tells him before hand and they agree on it. 

The actor’s latest filing comes after a judge ruled that he is on the hook for six-digit monthly child support payments.

The Yellowstone actor has been ordered to pay his estranged wife a whopping $129,755 per month in child support payments.

That means the figure is considerably more than double what Costner had originally offered his ex, though it is also only a little over half of what she had been asking for.

The decision is only tentative and will be reassessed at a later hearing, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.

The decision comes after Baumgartner was ordered to vacate Costner’s mansion by July 31.

Thinking ahead? The filing says Christine bought a luxury car before the separation despite normally leasing. They accuse her of buying the car so that she can keep it in the divorce, per the prenup stipulations; pictured in 2004

The details of the couples prenuptial agreement reportedly required her to move out within 30 days of either party filing for a divorce, a deadline she had missed after she was the first to file.

She previously said in court filings that she would leave the estate on August 31, following the results of a court date originally scheduled for July 12, though it is unclear if that hearing is still on the books.

In the documents, Baumgartner agreed to vacate the premises at the end of August as long as Costner complied ‘with whatever support and fee orders that the court makes on July 12,’ according to TMZ.

The latest decision stipulates that both Costner and his ex with split their children’s healthcare costs 50–50.

The former couple share three children: sons Cayden, 16; and Hayes, 14; along with their younger daughter Grace, 13.

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