Ireland Baldwin is a lucky girl. Not only does she have rich moviestar parents like Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin but the two of them are happy to make themselves look like utter arseholes in their custody fight for her.
The latest twist in the seemingly endless Alec Baldwin/ Kim Basinger custody battle took place yesterday, when Kim Basinger pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of violating child custody orders in a trial that could see her ending up in jail for 60 days. Like we said, we're so jealous of Ireland Baldwin right now it's not even funny – she gets to see all this custody malarkey and see her own parents have sex in The Getaway. She's got it all, the lucky cow.
Sometimes celebrity custody battles are hard to watch, like when David Hasselhoff allegedly told 911 that his daughter had attempted suicide just to make his ex-wife look bad. Other times, like with Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin, the custody battle would be funny if, you know, it didn't involve an actual child and everything. Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin got divorced five years ago when their daughter Ireland was five. Now Ireland is ten, Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin still haven't decided who gets custody of her.
You'd think Alec Baldwin would have enough on his hands, what with having a brother who keeps crashing cars all the time and Colin Farrell's stalker releasing a song featuring the repeated line "I fucked Alec Baldwin in his ass," but he's also got to deal with a court case where he claims Kim Basinger violated her child custody orders on 12 counts, as BBC News reports:
Ms Basinger faces trial on 12 contempt charges and could be jailed for 60 days and fined $12,000 (£6,400). Mr Baldwin alleges she did not tell him when she was away working so he could care for daughter Ireland, and that an injury to the girl was not disclosed… Ms Basinger, 52, did not attend Wednesday's hearing and also waived her right to attend next year's non-jury trial. Mr Baldwin is expected to be among the witnesses.
This is just the latest episode of a custody battle which has included volunteered psychological tests, allegations of brain-washing and claims that Kim Basinger manufactured her own chocolate bar wrappers for Ireland with Alec Baldwin-slagging designs. And we can all agree that even Ireland Baldwin herself would want the Kim Basinger/ Alec Baldwin custody fight to continue forever if mental little fact-ettes like that keep cropping up.
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Basinger denies contempt charges – BBC
[story by Stuart Heritage]