Designer engaged to financier after divorce from Yellowstone star
The purse designer is engaged to financier Joshua Connor after finalising her divorce from Yellowstone star Kevin Costner. Their romance started in July 2023 and Connor proposed in Santa Barbara.
The purse designer, who finalised her divorce from the Yellowstone star in February 2024, is engaged to financier Joshua Connor, according to People.
Romance rumours between Baumgartner and Connor sparked in July 2023 when the couple was spotted on vacation in Hawaii.
Nearly one year later, the pair confirmed their relationship while walking hand-in-hand together in Santa Barbara, California, shortly after she finalised her divorce with Costner.
Connor reportedly proposed after an intimate dinner in Santa Barbara, California. "It was about to rain, so almost no one else was on the beach when Josh got down on one knee," a source told the outlet.
She initially requested $US248,000 in monthly child support for their three children, and a judge set a temporary monthly sum of $US129,755 in July, only to rule in September that Costner would be responsible for $US63,209 in monthly child support payments.
Connor's name became a focal point during Baumgartner and Costner's child custody payment hearing last year when Costner's legal team called into question a $US20,000 loan from a "boyfriend" who they named as Josh.
Fox News Digital was in the courthouse when Baumgartner took the stand and said Connor was a longtime friend of "seven or eight years".
When Rydell asked, "Is he your boyfriend?" Baumgartner replied, "No."
She recalled travelling to Hawaii in March with Connor and his daughter, and a group of friends. Costner didn't go because "he wanted to do a speech with a hunting club".
The Costner family paid for the vacation home where the families stayed.
In July, Baumgartner travelled back to Hawaii with a group of friends and their children, including Connor and his daughter, who is "best friends" with Grace Costner, 14. Baumgartner said Connor "paid for the house".
When Rydell asked about claims Connor "gave Christine money", she said, "I can't remember if it was before or after (the March or July trips to Hawaii.)" She continued, "He gave me $20,000."
Of the $US20,000, the purse designer said, "I gave $10,000 to my mother".
She then became emotional on the stand. "She was concerned about her house," Baumgartner noted.
Costner married Baumgartner in 2004, with the former couple sharing three children: Cayden Wyatt, 17, Hayes Logan, 15, and Grace Avery, 14.
