Back in September, we learned that Morena Baccarin had left her husband and had started hooking up with her costar, Ben McKenzie. They made their red carpet couple debut at the Emmy after-parties, and just a day later, we learned that Morena was already knocked up, apparently with Ben’s child. People began doing the math, and by “people,” I mean Morena’s somewhat estranged husband, Austin Chick. Chick claimed that he and Morena were still living together and working on their marriage when Ben knocked her up. Morena disagrees.
Anyway, Morena and Austin also have a kid together, a 2-year-old son named Julius. Julius is currently living with his mom in NYC, because Morena’s doctors have advised her not to fly back and forth to LA, which is where she and Chick lived. Chick is fighting Morena for custody and the whole thing is just another messy pile on top of one of the biggest messes I’ve ever seen. Well, it seems that family court is side-eyeing Morena’s messy situation too, because she was just ordered to pay her ex-husband some MAJOR support.
Morena Baccarin is about to drop major coin on her soon-to-be ex-husband Austin Chick … a judge just ordered her to pay him almost $23k a month. Here’s the breakdown … Chick gets $2,693 in child support, and a whopping $20,249 for spousal support. It adds up to more than $275k a year … so Chick won’t exactly have to wait tables.
As we previously reported, Baccarin and Chick have joint custody of their 2-year-old son Julius, but since she films in NYC, he mostly stays with his mom. The divorce is still ongoing, but Baccarin has definitely moved on … she’s pregnant with “Gotham” co-star Ben McKenzie’s baby.
What’s weird to me is that this financial stuff has already been settled before the custodial arrangement. Like, Austin is barely spending any time with Julius right at the moment, but I guess it’s more than conceivable that Austin will get joint custody or maybe even primary custody. As for the money stuff… ouch. Morena really isn’t that big of a star either. I mean, she’s on network TV now but I would imagine that $275K a year is a big chunk of her current income.
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