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Christie Brinkley Surfs to Maximize Time with Her Son
Originally posted 08/05/2008 02:45PM
Rather than worrying about sharing her two young kids with her ex, Peter Cook, Christie Brinkley is focusing on "positive things" – and catching waves.
"This summer, my son is really into surfing. So I've dusted off my old surfboard. And I'm out there with him," she told PEOPLE at the 19th annual Wild West Carnival at Diamond Ranch in Watermill, N.Y., for Einstein College of Medicine of her time with Jack, 13.
"I'm mainly getting beat up. Paddling out, when you've got a big set coming, your arms feel like rubber. But you know you're going to get clobbered if you don't keep going."
And as for whether Brinkley, 54, likes the free time that Cook's allotted "parenting time" with Jack and Sailor, 10, affords her, the model said she's "not really enjoying that yet."
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Christie Brinkley Attends Ex Billy Joel's Show
Originally posted 07/19/2008 12:00PM
Fresh from settling a bitter and very public divorce battle with ex-husband Peter Cook, supermodel Christie Brinkley is finding comfort in the company of another ex – singer Billy Joel, who is also the father of her daughter, Alexa Ray.
After spending the Fourth of July at Joel's Sag Harbor, N.Y., house, Brinkley attended his "The Last Play at Shea, From the Beatles to Billy" concert at New York's Shea Stadium Friday night. (It's the last concert at the ballpark and the last season for the New York Mets, who move into a new home at Citi Field in 2009.)
At the show, Brinkley seemed to enjoy the support of Joel's fans, who clapped for her as she walked by. "Everyone was yelling good job to her as she walked through the stadium," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. "She was so nice and sweet, saying thank you back to people."
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Peter Cook Sorry For Marriage-Ending Affair
Originally posted 07/14/2008 07:00AM
It may be too little, too late – but architect Peter Cook now says he's sorry for the tryst that destroyed his marriage to Christie Brinkley.
In 2006, the discovery of Cook's yearlong affair with Diana Bianchi – a teenage employee at his firm – effectively ended his decade-long marriage to the supermodel.
If he had the chance to do it over, Cook told the Fox News Channel on Sunday, he'd say: "No, I'm a married man."
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Christie Brinkley: Divorce Settlement Is 'All I Ever Wanted'
Originally posted 07/10/2008 12:05PM
An exuberant-looking Christie Brinkley said she "can't really regret" her marriage to Peter Cook, noting that "out of this union came Sailor, my beautiful little daughter."
Triumphantly addressing the media after reaching a surprise settlement Thursday morning in her divorce trial from Peter Cook, Brinkley called the settlement "a very bittersweet moment." She added: "It really is the death of a marriage, but it's also I think a new start for all of us and I'm very pleased with the results today."
Brinkley, 54, received sole custody of the couple's two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10, and gets to keep all 18 properties in the Hamptons – "several" places on Long Island and one house in the Turks and Caicos were being disputed. She also agreed to pay $2.1 million to Cook, 49, who was awarded "parenting time."
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Christie Brinkley Hopes and Prays for Settlement
Originally posted 07/09/2008 02:15PM
Christie Brinkley says that when it comes to a possible settlement in her nasty divorce case, "It's what I hope and pray for."
The supermodel, her eyes filled with tears, made the comment outside the courtroom Wednesday as her custody battle with estranged husband Peter Cook took an hours-long recess. Lawyers declined comment on the record but were seen furiously conferring with one another.
Still, the trial went on without any settlement Wednesday. After the recess, Brinkley's side called her children's piano teacher, Christine Glennon, to the stand. She testified that Brinkley is a "kind, warm mother who taught the children respect and is a stickler about their manners."
The head of the children's private school also testified, saying that both Brinkley and Cook are active, hands-on parents.
After court ended for the day, Brinkley declined to comment. When Cook was asked on the way out whether a settlement was near, he said, "I don't know. Do you know something I don't?"
– Stephen M. Silverman and Kathy Ehrich Dowd
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Christie Brinkley Gets the Kids in Surprise Settlement
Originally posted 07/10/2008 08:00AM
A little more than one week after it began, the explosively nasty divorce trial of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook has come to a sudden end.
After a night of intense negotiations, the warring exes reached a settlement Thursday morning at 6:15 a.m., a source close to the case confirmed to PEOPLE.
In the agreement, Brinkley received sole custody of their two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10, and gets to keep all 18 properties in the Hamptons – "several" places on Long Island and one house in the Turks and Caicos were being disputed. She's agreed to pay Cook $2.1 million.
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Brinkley Testifies She Never Would Have Married Cook
Originally posted 07/08/2008 04:15PM
Christie Brinkley provided more jaw-dropping testimony Tuesday afternoon while being cross-examined by Peter Cook's lawyer.
The supermodel admitted to using a magic marker to draw over Cook's face in a wedding photo and claimed she never would have married Cook if she realized the truth about his felony drug arrest while he was in his early 20s.
"When I drew a little black on his face [it looked like] an empty wedding outfit with no person in it. That's how I felt. There was a person I knew I loved and didn't know where he went," she said about defacing the photo after she learned of his affair with Diana Bianchi, adding that the photo was kept inside a drawer in her closet.
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Christie Brinkley's Husband Is a 'Narcissist,' Says Doctor
Originally posted 07/08/2008 12:40PM
Day four of the Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook divorce trial began with more drama Tuesday when a court-appointed psychiatrist testified that Cook is a "narcissist" and recommended that Brinkley be awarded sole custody of the children.
Dr. Stephen Herman, a Manhattan psychiatrist who examined the divorcing couple and their children, confirmed that he wrote in his assessment of the family that Cook's personality demands constant reassurance.
"While most people need some 'feeding' of their egos, Mr. Cook has an insatiable appetite," he said in his report, as read aloud by one of Brinkley's attorneys, Howard Roy.
Herman also answered "yes" when asked whether Cook's affair with Diana Bianchi reflected "colossally bad judgment," testifying that getting involved with her was a "major mistake and the beginning of the end of the family."
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Model Pal: Christie Brinkley Will Survive Court Ordeal
Originally posted 07/08/2008 11:00AM
Christie Brinkley will come through her current divorce woes just fine, predicts her longtime friend – and fellow former supermodel – Beverly Johnson.
"It's divorce. It's not death, thank God," Johnson told PEOPLE on Monday. "She'll be okay. She's a good girl. She's a strong girl."
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Christie Brinkley: Cook Used 'Overwhelming' Force with Kids
Originally posted 07/07/2008 05:35PM
Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook's divorce proceedings took another nasty turn on Monday as the former supermodel accused her estranged husband of manhandling their children.
"At times he was too strong, too overwhelming with his use of force," she testified as the trial entered its custody phase. She added, that Cook got too rough with the kids "about a dozen times."
Brinkley, 54, and Cook, 49, are fighting over the custody of their two children, Jack, 13, and Sailor, 10. Brinkley told the courtroom that she was concerned with Cook's "use of force" with the children.
After the proceeding ended for the day, Cook's lawyer Norman Sheresky told PEOPLE that Brinkley's assertions are "outrageously untrue and completely belied by all her cards and interviews."
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