A mother and her four daughters must not do without a husband and father. In these difficult moments is helping them to multi-family friend, a former baseball player.

• Said he would love to run for political office, but fears he has too may skeletons in his closet.
• Settled a 2005 lawsuit that claimed Ascendant Pictures broke an oral agreement to pay the 53-year-old movie star $8 million to star in a romantic comedy called TAMING BEN TAYLOR, which was never made. (March 6, 200
• Has forgiven Madonna for poking fun at him in her Truth Or Dare backstage documentary, after she took time to publicly apologize to him during a Los Angeles concert. In 1991, Madonna feigned sticking her finger down her throat to be sick after she was filmed meeting Costner after a show - an action the actor admits embarrassed and hurt him. (May 29, 2007)
• Costner and his wife, Christine Baumgartner, welcomed a baby boy, Cayden Wyatt Costner, on May 6, 2007.
• Sued New York-based promoter Mahee Worldwide Ventures for allegedly failing to promote his Kevin Costner Band. (April 7, 2007)

Costner became interested in acting while in college, and on graduation married Cindy. The couple honeymooned in Puerto Vallarta, and on the return plane journey had a chance encounter with actor and fellow passenger Richard Burton, who had purchased all the seats around him for solitude. Burton agreed to speak to Costner after he finished his book. Costner, who had been taking acting classes, but had not told his wife about his desire to be an actor, watched Burton closely, and approached when Burton gestured him to. Costner told Burton that he would prefer that his life was not filled with the type of drama that had followed Burton, and asked if he would have to tolerate that if he became an actor. Burton replied, "You have green eyes. I have green eyes. I think you'll be fine." After landing, Burton's limousine pulled up to the curb where Costner and Cindy were waiting for a taxi, where Burton wished Costner luck. Costner would never see Burton again, but credits Burton with partially contributing to his career.

Having agreed to undertake a job as a marketing executive on return, with the support of his wife Costner began taking acting lessons five nights a week. His marketing job lasted 30 days. He took work which allowed him to develop his acting skills via tuition, including working on fishing boats, as a truck driver, and giving tours of stars' Hollywood homes to support the couple while he also made the audition rounds.

On 24 April 2006, it was revealed that Costner was the mystery celebrity involved in a controversial case at a hotel at the St Andrews golf course, Scotland, owned by his friend Herbert Kohler, Jr. While on his honeymoon in October 2004, a hotel employee complained that Costner had performed a lewd act while she was attempting to massage him. She informed the hotel management but was not dismissed until the following August.

Costner's former girlfriend Birgit Cunningham was one of his friends who denied the allegations. However, when the case reached a Scottish employment tribunal, the tribunal chairman agreed to the release of the actor's name as it formed a basis for both parties' cases. The woman, who remains unnamed, settled out of court with the hotel under a tight confidentiality agreement.