Brinkley-Cook Divorce Settlement
Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook have ended their divorce proceedings with a truly monstrous settlement.
Brinkley's attorney Robert Cohen announced the details of the agreement today.
The hard-fought deal's main sticking point - custody of the couple's two children, Jack, 10, and Sailor, 13 - was resolved with Brinkley getting sole custody and final decision-making power over the children.
Cook is allowed visitation and will be consulted regarding decisions about the children.
Brinkley retained ownership of all real estate holdings and her boat Sweet Freedom. She agreed to pay Cook a flat amount of $2.1 million, mainly to cover his legal costs. The rest of the terms remain confidential, the pairs' attorneys said.
The two have dragged each other through the mud for the last several days in proceedings open to the public. The testimony included allegations of Cook's abuse, his $3,000/month porn habit, and a teenage assistant paid six figures to stay silent about their affair. It culminated in yesterday's testimony
by a court-appointed psychiatrist, who "deemed Cook a self-obsessed egomaniac, and said Brinkley should have primary custody of the children."
Both Cook and Brinkley were happy with the settlement.
"It's to me a very bittersweet moment because it really is the death of a marriage," Brinkley said later, outside the courtroom. "I'm very pleased with the results today. I was here fighting for custody."
"It's everything I asked for," Cook said as he walked quickly away from the building.
We stopped reporting on this case because it was just getting too, TOO ugly. And this outcome really does make me feel vaguely ill. Brinkley has essentially purchased sole custody of her children from her ex-husband. Egomaniac or not, that's gross. I wonder how the kids feel knowing that they are worth exactly $2.1M to their dad?
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