The latest battle in the divorce between Christie Brinkley and ex-husband Peter Cook has reached a settlement.
“Ms. Brinkley is completely vindicated. The parties’ settlement approved by the judge today does not grant any of the requests in Peter Cook’s motion which dragged Ms. Brinkley back to court,” says Peter Caronia, Brinkley’s lawyer, in a statement.
Peter requested that the former model undergo anger-management classes, that a parenting coordinator be assigned to their two children, and that someone other than Christie hold the children’s passports.
Well, none of those requests were granted and so Peter retaliates with the fact that those weren’t even the main reasons he took his ex-wife back to court.
“I have one reason I’m here: it’s because she interferes with my time with my children. It’s a pattern…If she had been a cooperative parent we could have avoided all this,” he tells People.
His lawyer, Steven Kuhn, also told People, “Mr. Cook was successful and got what he wanted, which was more parenting time with his children. Ms. Brinkley isn’t to interfere with his time with his children. Ms. Brinkley is under obligation to provide passports to Mr. Cook when necessary. She didn’t get what she wanted. All that happened here is that Mr. Cook’s parenting time was preserved. He will get makeup time for the time that was lost, according to Kuhn. He never conducted a smear campaign. This was all about that she interfered with Jack’s trip to Egypt. Had she done what she was required to under two different court orders, Mr. Cook would not have had to come to court.”
Wow, sounds to me like divorce is always messy…all this over a trip to Egypt?!!
Well Christie wasn’t going to let Peter have the final word!! Her lawyer released the following statement:
“Since Mr. Cook lost the custody battle in the divorce trial, he has staged a relentless smear campaign against Ms. Brinkley,” Caronia says. “Mr. Cook has tried repeatedly to tarnish Ms. Brinkley’s reputation by making defamatory statements during national television broadcasts, in print media and blogs. Ms. Brinkley chose not to exercise her right to hold Mr. Cook in clear violation of their original confidentiality agreement until Ms. Brinkley was served this unfounded and unwarranted court action at her children’s school holiday concert this past December. It was only at that time that she agreed to file her counterclaims which she hereby withdraws today in an effort to put this all behind her. For the sake of the children, she is hopeful that Mr. Cook will cease his attacks on the children’s mother.”
Yes, for the sake of their children, maybe the parents are the ones that need to grow up.
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