Basinger Denies Leaking Baldwin's Phone Freak-Out
Kim Basinger seems to feel that Alec Baldwin has only himself to blame for the mess he's in. He certainly can't blame her, anyway.
The Oscar-winning actress denies leaking the angry voicemail Baldwin left for daughter Ireland almost two weeks ago after the child supposedly missed one of his scheduled calls, Basinger's rep, Annett Wolf, said in a statement Monday. The recording ended up posted on TMZ.com last week.
Baldwin's attorney, Vicki Greene, immediately filed court documents Friday looking to get to the bottom of the situation, and penned a letter to TMZ editor-in-chief Harvey Levin warning him against republishing the material. Baldwin's spokesman, meanwhile, said that "the mother and her lawyer leaked this sealed material in violation of a court order."
Denying that the message, in which Baldwin calls his 11-year-old daughter a "rude, thoughtless pig" and threatens to "straighten [her] out," was sealed by the court. Basinger's rep said that the issue at hand is "not about Kim or the alleged alienation that Alec constantly refers to. It is about his ongoing aggressive behavior."
Last fall, Baldwin accused Basinger of trying to keep their child away and turn her against him. The actor, whom Basinger has alleged has major emotional problems, was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation before the court would grant him more phone calls and visits with his daughter.
Basinger is also facing a dozen misdemeanor contempt charges for allegedly making Ireland unavailable for outings with her dad and otherwise violating the court's order to comply with the agreed-upon visitation schedule.
"Kim's sincerest wish is for him to finally address his unstable and irrational behavior so he, at some point, can potentially create a relationship with his daughter," Wolf's statement continues. "Until then, Kim will continue to protect and safeguard her child's well-being as any parent would."
Wolf also announced that Basinger "did hire security in response to the media attention on her daughter in order to allow Ireland to maintain her regular routine and activities uninterrupted."
Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Maren Nelson, who has been overseeing this increasingly nasty custody battle for the past two years, has ordered Baldwin to stay away from Ireland pending a May 4 hearing.
The 30 Rock star has since apologized, both in a phone call to his daughter and publicly via his Website, writing, "I am most saddened that this was released to the media because of what it does to a child. I'm sorry, as everyone who knows me is aware, for losing my temper with my child."
Baldwin's lawyer, Vicki Greene, told People that the recording "had to have been released by someone from Kim's side" and reiterated that the tape was, in fact, off limits.
"We don't agree with Kim's position," Greene said. "This court has sealed proceedings for Ireland's protection for years. Why would this recording be any different? I'm not even allowed to say whether the tape was played in court or not. They are breaking the confidentiality rules."
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