Evangelista Wants $46K a Month From Babydaddy

Linda Evangelista wants, among other things, armed chauffeurs
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 2, 2011 10:52 AM CDT
Linda Evangelista Wants $46K a Month in Child Support From Baby Daddy Francois-Henri Pinault
Linda Evangelista and her son, Augie, attend the New York City Ballet & the School of American Ballet's The Nutcracker family benefit on December 5, 2009 in New York City.   (Getty Images)

The sticky situation between supermodel Linda Evangelista and her French billionaire babydaddy just got stickier: Evangelista wants $46,000 a month in child support from Francois-Henri Pinault, who reportedly has never spent a penny on their 4-year-old son, Augustin James. Complicating matters: Pinault is also father to a daughter who is nearly 4 with wife Salma Hayek. If Evangelista wins her sum, "that would probably be the largest support order in the history of the [Manhattan] Family Court," says the magistrate who will decide on a final amount next month.

Pinault spends $50,000 a month on a $12 million Los Angeles estate held in his daughter's name, while Evangelista covers all the costs for his son, her lawyer said at yesterday's hearing. Among other things, Evangelista wants $175,000-per-year armed chauffeurs (yes, she wants them to carry guns) as well as an $80,000-per-year round-the-clock nanny. "She testified that she wants to have a 24-hour nanny because she does not want to be alone with the child," complained the lawyer for Pinault, whose family is estimated to be worth $11.5 billion. Click for more amusing (or disturbing) details from the New York Post. (More Linda Evangelista stories.)

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