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 Brinkley Ex Stops 
 Payments to Mistress 

Cook claims Bianchi broke confidentiality; her reps threaten suit over sex tapes

New York Post New York Post Oct 27, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - It appears Peter Cook’s ex-lover may not get the last third of her settlement, the New York Post reports, and her lawyers are to blame. Diana Bianchi, the teen whose affair with Cook led to his divorce from Christie Brinkley, signed a deal promising $300,000 as long as she kept quiet. But with sex tapes floating around, Bianchi's lawyers have threatened to sue. More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • settlement • Barbara Walters • sex tape • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • Diana Bianchi

Teen Mistress Accuses Cook
of Taping Sex

Bianchi may file complaint against Brinkley's ex

New York Post New York Post Oct 18, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie Brinkley may not be the only beauty battling Peter Cook in court. Diana Bianchi, Cook’s teenaged mistress when she worked at his New York office, is accusing him of videotaping their trysts without her knowledge. Bianchi’s lawyer says she may file a criminal complaint against the disgraced architect for second-degree unlawful surveillance, the New York Post reports. More »

More about:  New York • divorce • felony • sex tape • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • Diana Bianchi

(Newser) - Christie Brinkley doesn't want her kids seeing her ex spill his guts to Barbara Walters tonight, and a New York judge agrees—but he isn't on board with keeping the youngsters from seeing their dad in person, Newsday reports. The judge yesterday denied the ex-supermodel's bid for a temporary restraining order ahead of Peter Cook's 20/20 interview, set to air tonight, in which he discusses his affair with a teenager and his porn proclivities. More »

More about:  New York • ABC News • Barbara Walters • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • restraining order

 Ex Blames Brinkley for Affair 

Lack of emotional connection prompted cheating, Cook tells Walters

ABC News ABC News Oct 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie Brinkley’s adulterous ex-husband said that he cheated on the former supermodel because she did not offer the emotional connection he needed, ABC News reports. In an interview to be broadcast Friday, Peter Cook told Barbara Walters that by 2005 he and Brinkley felt “more like we were living with a brother and sister than a life partner.” More »

More about:  marriage • divorce • affair • pornography • Barbara Walters • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

 Brinkley Swears Off Marriage 

Supermodel vows fourth divorce will be her last

New York Post New York Post Jul 11, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the heels of this week's divorce settlement—and the messy dissolution of her fourth marriage—Christie Brinkley has learned her lesson. "I'm not going to marry again," she tells Andrea Peyser of the New York Post . "I know too much about the marriage laws and divorce laws. Getting married again would not be a very intelligent thing to do." More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • Long Island • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • remarriage

Christie Brinkley Settles Divorce, Gets Kids

Ex makes off with $2.1M; 'It's everything I asked for,' he says

New York Post New York Post Jul 10, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - After an intense all-night negotiation session, Christie Brinkley has settled her acrimonious divorce, the New York Post reports. The model got full custody of her two children, and will pay philandering ex Peter Cook a one-time $2.1 million, which will mostly cover legal fees. The rest of the settlement is private. “It’s everything I asked for,” said Cook. More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • child custody • divorce settlement • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

 Doc: Brinkley, Ex Need Therapy 

Court-appointed shrink wants custody of kids to go to Brinkley

New York Post New York Post Jul 9, 08 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A court-appointed shrink said both Christie Brinkley and her two-timing hubby needed time on a therapist's couch—adding that Peter Cook is a childish narcissist undeserving of custody, the New York Post reports. Psychiatrist Stephen Herman testified that “the father's behavior in this marriage has been terribly destructive and apparently continues to be." More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • celebrity parents • custody battle • Long Island • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • psychotherapy

Brinkley Takes Stand Against Porn-Lovin' Ex

Model slaps fourth hubby's bad judgment
in divorce proceeding

New York Post New York Post Jul 8, 08 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Clean-cut supermodel Christie Brinkley let her soon-to-be ex-husband have it today in divorce court, denouncing his sexual misdeeds, including his affair with a teenage girl, and his addiction to porn. “I mean, sneaking out of the house when you've got beautiful, loving children there, to go choose instead to masturbate on the World Wide Web, just makes me worry about his judgment,” she said. More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • pornography • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

OPINION

 How to Avoid Mr. Wrong 

As wacky breakups abound, Dowd goes in search of rules of engagement

New York Times New York Times Jul 6, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity couples aren't always models of marital stability, but as Christie Brinkley, A-Rod, and Madonna join forces to hold the planet hostage, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd goes off in search of those telltale signs of who to avoid ending up at the altar with. She finds her answers in a 79-year-old Catholic priest, Father Pat Connor, who's been giving a "Whom Not to Marry" seminar for 40 years. Avoid swapping rings with: More »

More about:  marriage • divorce • Alex Rodriguez • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Guy Ritchie • Cynthia Rodriguez • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

 Brinkley: 
 'I Thought We 
 Were Happy' 

Supermodel takes the stand in her celebrity divorce trial

New York Daily News New York Daily News Jul 3, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Christie Brinkley took the stand today in her increasingly lurid divorce trial, weeping as she recalled how her porn-loving husband cheated on her with a teenager, the New York Daily News reports. When an opposing lawyer reminded all she was an actress during a largely unsuccessful cross-examination, the supermodel shot back, "I'm no Meryl Streep." During a break, hubby Peter Cook sniped, " Shrek was more believable." More »

More about:  celebrity divorces • court • testimony • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • Diana Bianchi

Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up
to Sex Mania

Tearfully admits to affairs, $3,000-a-month porn habit

New York Post New York Post Jul 3, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger sites for “young, fit girls,” the New York Post reports. More »

More about:  New York • sex • celebrity divorces • pornography • celebrity trials • custody battle • cheating • Long Island • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook • mistress • cybersex • swingers

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