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Linda Evangelista: Lover Told Me to Get an Abortion

Francois-Henri Pinault's rep denies he suggested she terminate pregnancy

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2012 10:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – Linda Evangelista’s ugly fight with baby daddy and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault drags on: In court yesterday, where she is still attempting to get $46,000 per month in child support from Pinault, her lawyer claimed that when Evangelista first told Pinault she was expecting, "He suggested she terminate the pregnancy." Pinault’s spokesperson denied the charge, the New York Daily News reports.

While testifying, Pinault—now the husband of Salma Hayek, with whom he has another child of about the same age—said he and Evangelista only spent seven nights together and that she may have deliberately attempted to get pregnant. Though he was "not involved in the decision" to have the baby, he said, he told the supermodel he would "recognize" the child. But he admitted not paying child support for the first five years of son Augustin’s life, because Evangelista "didn’t ask and I didn't offer."

Linda Evangelista reacts as she leaves Manhattan Family Court Thursday, May 3, 2012, in New York.
Linda Evangelista reacts as she leaves Manhattan Family Court Thursday, May 3, 2012, in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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COMMENTS
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slammer
May 5, 2012 10:45 AM CDT
baby daddy? i thought it was the baseter that did it!
fractal
May 4, 2012 7:30 PM CDT
He said he thinks she was trying to get preggers.  Sounds like they both were.  Where was the condom, rich boy?
STACCEE
May 4, 2012 6:24 PM CDT
what a bastard!!!! not wanting to take care of his son and the sob is a billionaire. bet he his kid with selma is well and overly taken care of. i hate men andwomen that don't take care of their kids. hell u help create them help take care of them
 

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