NEW YORK (AP) - He bought himself a $250,000 sports car and a $100,000 watch. He spent about $62,000 that same year on clothes. He shelled out $87,000 on a housekeeper and $75,000 on nannies.
French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault (frahn-SWAH’ ahn-REE’ peeh-NOH’) was grilled about his spending Friday in his New York child-support fight with supermodel Linda Evangelista.
They’re locking horns over what, if anything, he should pay toward the care of their 5-year-old son.
Evangelista could begin testifying later Friday.
Evangelista has said she’s spending $46,000 a month on the boy’s expenses _ including armed bodyguards and a 24-hour-a-day nanny.
Pinault is CEO of the luxury-brands conglomerate PPR.
He didn’t pay anything toward the boy’s care until Evangelista sued last summer. He says she never responded to his 2007 child-support offer.
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