Peter Cook and Christie Brinkley Go To Trial Over Divorce
I’m calling it right now, this one is going to get UGLY!
Christie Brinkley’s divorce from her fourth (yes, I said FOURTH) husband, Hamptons architect Peter Cook, is about to be aired in full public view as a trial opens Wednesday on Long Island.
Brinkley, 54, opposed a move by a legal guardian for her children that would have closed the proceedings to the public, apparently comfortable with the prospect that Cook’s alleged affair with an 18-year-old employee and other intimate details of their 10-year marriage will be ripe for public consumption.
“So much has already been in the press about what happened,” said Brinkley’s Manhattan attorney, Robert Stephan Cohen. “We believe the only way to get at the truth is through an open courtroom. Mr. Cook shouldn’t be embarrassed. If he is, it’s his own fault.”
Brinkley filed for divorce from Cook in 2006 after reports surfaced that he had an affair with the teenager, Diana Bianchi, who claims Cook seduced her shortly after hiring her to work at his architectural firm.
The couple did sign a prenup so money is not the issue in the proceedings. It is the fact that cook wants full custody over the children.
Brinkley had a 9-year-old daughter, Sailor, with Cook. Her 12-year-old son Jack, from her marriage to Richard Taubman, was adopted by Cook. Brinkley also has a 22-year-old daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, from her marriage to Billy Joel. Her first husband was artist Jean-Francois Allaux. Anymore out there that I am missing?!?
“He wants custody,” said Cook’s attorney, Norman Sheresky. “He thinks he’s the better parent. Her rage has taken over; she’s really mad at him.”
“All this publicity has been generated by Peter’s abysmal behavior,” Brinkley’s attorney said. “The notion that he’s a candidate for custody is beyond anything.”
Sheresky countered that he’s puzzled by the focus on Cook’s adultery, saying his client “already conceded that point. I don’t know why this is an issue.”
Either way, Cook is in the wrong so this one should get mighty interesting as it unfolds.
Stay tune for all the dirt that is about to be uncovered!
It is time that people take responsibility and accountability for thier actions that occur within the sacred union of a marriage. If a man or woman defames this union and legal contract, making a mockery of the other person, ruining thier life and the lives of thier children, then they deserve to be seen publicly for who they are. This is crime like any other and probably worse than many because it leaves emotional damage that lasts a lifetime. People like Cooke need to be exposed so that not only the partner can be vindicated but so that other women know exactly who he is before they also become victims of a person who is likely a socipath and at the very least has many of the traits. This goes way beyond egos here. I just wonder when this society will get to a place where women are allowed to defend themselve against the abuse of men. Make no mistake, what Christy experienced was pure ambient abuse. I say to Christy, WAY TO GO! You are helping women in this country by what you are doing. Not only are you helping women but you are also helping to strengthen the sanctity of marriage. Maybe others from this point forward will have the guts to expose the disgusting lies that sit behind a pretty veneer. I think that Christie’s children will look up to thier mother for not allowing herself to be a doormat.