Kevin Costner Casually Told Kids About Divorce During 10-Minute Zoom Call, His Estranged Wife Claims

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The divided play continues! Amid Kevin Costner, 68, and Christine Baumgartner, 49, ongoing divorce battle, caller documents obtained by PEOPLE on Jun. 21, revealed that the decorator claimed that her ex told their kids astir their divorcement via a virtual league call. “After a 24-year relationship, from his edifice country successful Las Vegas, Kevin told our three children that we were getting divorced implicit a 10-minute Zoom telephone without maine present,” Christine allegedly claimed.

Kevin Costner & his estranged wife, Christine Baumgartner, stock 3 kids. (Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock)

Later successful the docs, the Yellowstone star’s ex claimed that helium was owed to travel location successful a substance of days, starring to her disorder arsenic to wherefore helium told their kids of the split via Zoom. “I americium inactive confused by his information to bash this via a precise abbreviated Zoom session, particularly since helium was readying connected being location 5 days later,” she reportedly added. “He besides could person easy travel location from Las Vegas to person the speech successful person.” Kevin and Christine stock 3 kids: Cayden Wyatt, 16, Hayes Logan, 14, and Grace Avery, 13.

Christine made definite to enactment that she wanted to prioritize the children’s “welfare” and break the news to them arsenic a unified front. “The children’s payment has ever been my highest priority, and I was acrophobic they would find retired astir the divorce earlier Kevin and I could archer them,” the mother-of-three reportedly alleged successful the docs. “It was important for maine that we archer the children successful idiosyncratic and together.”

Christine Baumgartner filed for divorcement from Kevin Costner successful aboriginal May. (Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock)

Despite her wishes, the 49-year-old claimed that Kevin expressed helium had the “right” to archer the kids connected his own. “He disregarded my connection to bash what I felt was close based connected probe and my narration with the children. Instead, helium insisted that helium had the close to archer them that we were getting divorced ‘first’ and archer them privately ‘without maine present,'” she continued. Christine filed for divorcement from Kevin connected May 2, arsenic confirmed by TMZ at the time. “It is with large sadness that circumstances beyond his power person transpired which person resulted successful Mr. Costner having to enactment successful a dissolution of matrimony action,” his rep told HollywoodLife astatine the time.  “We inquire that his, Christine’s and their children’s privateness beryllium respected arsenic they navigate this hard time.”

The erstwhile lovebirds got joined successful Sept. 2004 and were joined for astir 2 decades. Since quality of their divorcement broke, determination person been a plethora of reports and claims astir the details of the separation, including claims that Kevin has reportedly alleged that Christine will not vacate his spot arsenic she is required to bash per their pre-nuptial agreement. More so, PEOPLE also obtained documents connected Jun. 21, that allege that Christine is seeking $248K each month successful kid support. The blonde quality reportedly added that this magnitude is “less than the magnitude needed to support the children successful their accustomed lifestyle.” Just yesterday, Christine was spotted moving errands solo successful Santa Barbara amid the messy split.

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