French billionaire describes pricey purchases at child-support trial with model Evangelista
NEW YORK, N.Y. - French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault was grilled about his spending Friday in his New York child-support fight with supermodel Linda Evangelista.
They're locking horns over what, if anything, he should pay toward the care of their 5-year-old son.
Evangelista could begin testifying later Friday.
Evangelista has said she's spending $46,000 a month on the boy's expenses — including armed bodyguards and a 24-hour-a-day nanny.
Pinault is CEO of the luxury-brands conglomerate PPR.
He didn't pay anything toward the boy's care until Evangelista sued last summer. He says she never responded to his 2007 child-support offer.
