In the beginning of May, Christine Baumgartner filed for divorce from Kevin Costner. They were together for 25 years and married for 19 years. They have three children together, all of them under the age of 18. Costner was reportedly “blindsided” by Christine’s divorce filing and “sources close to Costner” suggested that he wanted to forget this whole divorce thing and get back together with her. There were plenty of rumors about why Christine suddenly filed, but I’m not sure any of those rumors panned out. Or it’s possible that Costner simply has a very good damage-control crisis-management team in place. Speaking of, after Costner got hosed in his first divorce, he apparently made Christine sign a pretty strict prenup. The prenup has a clause which basically says that in the case of a divorce, all of their homes are solely owned by Costner, and Christine would have to vacate all of their residences. Well, guess who is refusing to vacate?

Kevin Costner says his estranged wife Christine is refusing to pack her stuff and leave their home despite the clear terms of their prenup … claiming he’s already given her well over a million bucks to find a new place.

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Kevin says according to their prenup, Christine had 30 days to vacate the home he owns when she filed for divorce on May 1, but she still hasn’t left.

The docs say Kevin’s now asking for the court to get her out, and adds she shouldn’t be able to stay in the house … only using her position as leverage to make Kevin agree to her “various financial demands.”

Kevin claims he’s already given her a whopping $1.2 million per his obligations under the prenup — and says overall, the amount he’s shelled out has grown to around $1.45 million … money she now has available to lock down a new place.

The docs even say he’d be open to contributing as part of his child support obligations $30K per month for a rental house and is willing to advance another $10K for her moving costs.

As we reported, Kevin insists he owns all 3 of their homes, and their long-standing prenup — signed back in 2004 — specifically stated she had to fully vacate upon filing for divorce. TMZ broke the story, sources familiar told us Christine’s filing last month was a huge shock to him — adding it was a pretty devastating move … so something like this might be giving Kevin an even bigger headache.

[From TMZ]

Yeah… methinks this is one of the many reasons why Christine filed for divorce. You’re going to spend 25 years with someone, you’re going to have three minor children with someone, and then when she files for divorce, you’re going to run to court to evict her from the family home where she has been raising your children for nearly two decades? Please. And as I said – Christine only filed in early May. Does Costner really expect her to be out of the house in six weeks? That’s unreasonable, especially given that Costner has multiple homes and he’s probably not even IN Los Angeles right now. It’s petty and vindictive.

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