The supermodel, who filed for child support from Salma Hayek's current billionaire husband Francois-Henri Pinault, has reached an agreement to end their legal fight.
Linda Evangelista and French businessman Pinault’s attorneys were mum about the details, which they planned to give to a magistrate on Tuesday, CBS News reported.
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The settlement came in the midst of a trial over how much, if anything, Pinault should pay toward the care of their 5-year-old son.
Both Pinault and Evangelista had testified at the trial, answering questions that delved into her career, his high-flying finances and his limited relationship with the boy.
In legal papers, she had said she was spending 46,000 dollars-a-month on armed bodyguards, a 24-hour-a-day nanny and other expenses for the boy, Augustin, nicknamed Augie.
He was born in 2006 after a four-month relationship; Pinault said he and Evangelista spent only about seven days together in all.u00a0Evangelista’s lawyer said she willingly paid all the child’s expenses at first, but she now needs some help.