04 August,2011 09:29 AM IST | | Agencies
Supermodel Linda Evangelista has taken Salma Hayek's billionaire husband Fran ois-Henri Pinault to court demanding USD 46,000 support a month for their lovechild.
Pinault was revealed as the father of the four-year-old son recently and the supermodel now wants the astronomical sum as child support.
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The 46-year-old claims she needs the money to pay for around-the-clock nannies and armed chauffeurs to take care of little Augustin as a working single mother.
Pinault, 49, is the CEO of luxury brands firm PPR, which owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga, and others.
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He has a three-year-old daughter, Valentina, with Hayek, born 11 months after Augustin. The executive, whose family is worth an estimated USD 11.5billion, is fighting the expenditures.
Pinault's lawyer, David Aaronson, questioned at a deposition last Tuesday Ms Evangelista's need for a team of drivers who are former police detectives at a cost of USD 175,000 a year, and USD 80,000 a year for an around-the-clock nanny.