By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 16:24 EST, 4 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:06 EST, 4 May 2012 Hollywood actress Salma Hayek feared she was carrying a baby with Down's syndrome, her French billionaire husband has revealed as he tackles his former flame, Linda Evangelista, in court. On the witness stand in Manhattan for the second day, Francois-Henri Pinault explained that his wife, then 41, was having a 'very difficult pregnancy' and almost lost their daughter Valentina, now four. 'We were told the baby had Down syndrome until late May 2007,' Pinault said. 'I asked Linda to delay the legal recognition process [of son Augustin] until after the birth of Valentina.'
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Linda Evangelista in Manhattan court for second day to face former flame
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Demanding $46,000 in childcare support from ex-boyfriend for son Augie
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Francois-Henri Pinault revealed he spends $260,000 on gifts on himself a year but cannot remember what he bought his son for his birthday
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Pinault admitted on Thursday he broke up with Evangelista when he found out she was pregnant
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Began dating Salma Hayek months later and they now have daughter, four
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