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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Christie Brinkley wants her ex-husband to shield their children from a televised interview in which he explains his affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities.

Brinkley lawyer Robert Stephan Cohen said Thursday that Peter Cook must keep the couple’s two children away from the Barbara Walters interview scheduled to air on ABC while he has custody of them this weekend.

“His parenting has to be away from his ... read more

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Christie Brinkley’s lurid divorce trial came to an abrupt end Thursday when lawyers for the former supermodel and her fourth husband reached an out-of-court settlement that gives her custody of their two children.

The settlement was reached at 6:15 a.m. after an all-night session that resolved all issues between Brinkley and her estranged husband, architect Peter Cook, Brinkley’s lawyer, Robert Stephan Cohen, told the ... read more

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A court-appointed psychologist says Christie Brinkley should get custody of her two youngest children.

Dr. Stephen Herman made the recommendation Tuesday at the Long Island divorce trial of Brinkley and architect Peter Cook.

Herman met 11 times with the parents, their 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter. He says Cook is a narcissist who constantly needs to have his insatiable ego fed.

The psychologist says shared custody “is ... read more

NEW YORK (AP) — When the media capital of the world meets a celebrity divorce, it’s a breakup made in tabloid heaven. So the city that has hosted the spectacular splits of Woody Allen, Liza Minnelli and Rudolph Giuliani now is feasting on the salacious details of model Christie Brinkley’s fourth marital breakup.

“It’s a freak show,” celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder said Friday of the latest chapter in divorce — New York-style — ... read more

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A tearful Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that she was devastated by her husband’s affair with a teenager and his attempts to find other paramours through pornographic Web sites.

“My world was completely shattered,” the former Sports Illustrated model said. “My life as I knew it had vanished.”

Brinkley took the stand in state Supreme Court a day after the trial opened with testimony from ... read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Christie Brinkley’s estranged husband spent about $3,000 a month on pornographic Web sites, the model’s lawyer said at the start of the couple’s nasty divorce trial.

“That is the man who’s come before this court and asked for custody of his 13-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter,” attorney Robert Stephan Cohen said of Peter Cook. The couple’s daughter, Sailor, had her birthday on Wednesday.

“It ... read more

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s not much the public hasn’t seen of Christie Brinkley.

Whether it’s in next-to-nothing swimsuits in Sports Illustrated or starring in ex-husband Billy Joel’s rock videos or in countless boldface tabloid mentions, the quintessential California blond cover girl has become a fixture on the cultural landscape.

And now Brinkley’s divorce from her fourth husband, Hamptons architect Peter Cook, is about to be ... read more