Baldwin and Basinger get nasty

Alec Baldwin has accused his ex-wife Kim Basinger of deliberately trying to alienate him from their 10-year-old daughter Ireland in a bitter custody battle.

His lawyer told a judge that Basinger had tried to poison the child against her father.

"Basinger has so contaminated this child now that she doesn't even want to be with her father."

Basinger's lawyer said "I found it very disturbing that Baldwin's lawyers attempted to cast terrible aspersions toward Kim rather than focusing on the main issue before the court today, which is his daughter, Ireland."