Attorney Claims Salma Hayek's Husband Wanted Linda Evangelista To Abort Their Baby
May 4 2012, Published 4:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Linda Evangelista’s baby daddy wanted her to abort their now-five year-old son, the supermodel’s attorney claimed in court on Thursday as the trial took a bitter turn.
The 46-year-old is seeking $46,000 a month in child support for the child she conceived with French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, who is now married to Hollywood actress Salma Hayek.
The brunette beauty’s lawyer claimed in a Manhattan family courtroom that Pinault “suggested she terminate the pregnancy.”
“She would support the child herself, since he had made it perfectly clear to her that he had no interest in doing so,” Linda’s lawyer William Beslow said of her reaction to the abortion assertion.
Pinault said he was “not involved in the decision” to have the baby according to the NY Daily News but told the 90s pinup that he would “recognize” the child. He added that they had only spent seven nights together during a four-month timeframe.
“She told me that if I didn’t want to be involved in raising the kid or stay together and be parents together, she would understand,” Pinault said, adding that he hadn’t paid her a dime since the boy was born because, “She didn’t ask and I didn’t offer.”
Pinault runs the successful PPR family firm that has Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci in its portfolio of businesses. His lawyer later denied that Pinault, 49, wanted the pregnancy terminated.