HOLLYWOOD - Oscar winner Kim Basinger is due in court tomorrow to answer 12 contempt of court charges, and faces a 60-day jail sentence and $12,000 fine if she's found guilty.
The L.A. Confidential star is accused by ex-husband Alec Baldwin of breaching a 2004 custody agreement laying down who should look after their 11-year-old daughter, Ireland.

Baldwin alleges Basinger failed to tell him she'd be out of town, not giving him an opportunity to care for their daughter. He also claims Basinger failed to inform him of an injury Ireland suffered which needed medical attention.

Court papers filed by Baldwin's lawyer allege Basinger has a "pathological need" to distance Ireland from her father, with one section claiming, "Over and over, Ms. Basinger demonstrated that her resentments are more precious to her than the emotional well-being of her child."

The Los Angeles Superior Court has yet to consider the content of the papers.

Both Kim and Alec should be ashamed of themselves. Their daughter is 11 years old now...certainly old enough to know that her parents are slugging it out for all the world to see. They've got all the money they need, and they can't come to a custody agreement. It makes me wonder if their hate for each other is stronger than their love for their daughter.

Since they have a daughter, what the heck is wrong with the courts? I thought the mother gets the children, or at least the daughter. When their daughter hits puberty how is Alec going to explain minstration and other things girls have to to go through, she needs a mother more now imo. Kim's the one who did the hard part in carrying the child and the actual birth.

Since they have a daughter, what the heck is wrong with the courts? I thought the mother gets the children, or at least the daughter. When their daughter hits puberty how is Alec going to explain minstration and other things girls have to to go through, she needs a mother more now imo. Kim's the one who did the hard part in carrying the child and the actual birth.

I'm sure Alec is smart enough and could handle a teenage daughter. How do you think single fathers do it? I personally just think that they should be able to come to an agreement where they both share custody.