Post | 06/25/2008 2:10 pm

Christie Brinkley Chose the Right Divorce Lawyer

Peter Cook and Christie Brinkley © AP
Which is worse: Finding out that your husband cheated on you with his 18-year-old employee, or finding out that he paid this young mistress nearly half-a-million dollars to keep mum?

Christie Brinkley’s soon-to-be ex, Peter Cook, paid his former teenage mistress (and employee) $300,000 in hush money, according to the New York Post. Brinkley’s lawyer told wowOwow.com that this latest allegation is just more fuel for the fire.

This morning, I asked Bob Cohen, Christie Brinkley’s divorce lawyer, about the pay-off revelation in the New York Post and he said, "The evidence just keeps mounting about Mr. Peter Cook’s deceitfulness."

All I know is this: Christie Brinkley chose the right lawyer. I know … he was my lawyer in the most horrible, long (seven years) divorce in history (only two years shorter than the nine-year marriage). He may hate this, but I call Bob Cohen "my pet Doberman." Christie has a winner.

Go get him, Bob.


Last week, a judge ordered the Brinkley vs. Cook divorce trial to be open to the public. We’ll be watching this trial and keeping you abreast of the latest details. Stay tuned.


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Linda Clark

My humorous side says “Christie……. take it all and then file a suit against the employee to prevent her from any future financial gain related to her relationship with your scab-of-a-man soon-to-be-ex husband.”

By Linda Clark on 06/25/2008 1:20 pm
E Flynn

My jaw dropped when I read
“… or finding out that he paid this young mistress nearly half-a-million dollars to keep mum?”

What a total loser.

By E Flynn on 06/25/2008 1:32 pm
Frank Peterson

Loser just doesn’t quite get it as a description for that ***********.

By Frank Peterson on 06/25/2008 2:21 pm
E Flynn

You’re right Frank.

‘Jackass’ sprang to mind.
‘Schmuck’ sprang to mind.
‘xxx!’ sprang to mind.

I’m currently in a process of self-improvement and went for a milder choice -lol- so I didn’t choose any of those.

By E Flynn on 06/25/2008 2:58 pm
Frank Peterson

Elizabeth—ah me, I gave up on self-improvement a long time ago—I finally settled fro profane old me l0l

By Frank Peterson on 06/25/2008 3:19 pm
I Love Money And Money Loves Me

Did he use Christie’s dough to buy-off his bad babe? Sue him for divorce and for the half-mil. Get it all Christie.

By I Love Money And Money Loves Me on 06/27/2008 5:13 pm
Diana T

Go get ‘em, Christie…
And, hopefully, you won’t have to pay the SOB one red cent.
Oh, and by the way, life will be sooo very much better when this is over.
And before there is a next time, I highly recommend David Richo’s CD set on Adult Relationships. It’s the best $75 I ever spent.. davidricho.com

By Diana T on 06/25/2008 1:33 pm
James Gemmell

Hard to believe that anyone would cheat on someone as beautiful and nice as Christie. At least, that’s the way she’s always appeared to me. If the allegations are true, then Cook is really a creep.

By James Gemmell on 06/25/2008 1:59 pm
N P

James, I think I know what you mean. Initially it does seem surprising when you hear about a celebrity or such, and they seem pretty and nice, etc. - one can be surprised by hearing such news.
But, is it that difficult to believe? It happens every day. Whether a woman is attractive or not, or nice or not.
Same goes for the man. Women step outside of their marriages, too.

The three top reasons that people consult with a divorce lawyer are:

Money problems, substance abuse problems, and sex problems (lack of).
Maybe Mr. Cook had his reasons for going outside the marriage. We just don’t know.

In any event, I feel badly for both of them. And for their children. I think divorce is usually always sad.

By N P on 06/25/2008 10:39 pm
Peggy Sue

Joni, seven years? UGH! I hope Brinkley trounces Cook.

By Peggy Sue on 06/25/2008 2:12 pm
Frannie Em

Didn’t she have a prenup? What happened, wasn’t she burned by the other one after Billy Joel as well? Christie, quit getting married. Take a break and relax for a while.

I am glad she has a great lawyer. Did he give the mistress Christie’s money? It will all be revealed and I hope they take his ass to the cleaners.

By Frannie Em on 06/25/2008 2:16 pm
N P

WHY should family matters be made public?

If either party objects to the public disclosure, the court should seal the file.
Why should the parties to a divorce have their financial lifestyle exposed to the public, simply because they are seeking to terminate their marriage.
There is NO public benefit to this information.

Would you want for your divorce to be made public?
Would you want everyone to know what your assets are, whether your husband was gay, and that you knew for the last few years, but you decided to stay with him for the sake of your children, that your husband was having an extramarital affair, on and on? It’s personal and would be embarrassing.

Of course, corporations have been able to seal their product liability cases from public purview. When they are sued by an injured party, they require, as part of the settlement, that there be no disclosure of the settlement, or the subject matter of the case, and have the file sealed. This is done as a matter of course, and it injures the public. It hides information of defective products and exposes customers to these products to injury and death. (Take Ford Motor cases, for example, where people were killed and maimed.)

I think the public should be demanding information that should be public, and not condoning the exposure of our private and personal lives.

By N P on 06/25/2008 4:54 pm
phyllis Doyle Pepe

The answer to your question is simple: It makes money. Many people love this kind of thing and the media thrives on it. This is why I said I would never, ever want to be in the public domain. I don’t have a tough skin–––I think it would eventually break something in me.

By phyllis Doyle Pepe on 06/25/2008 7:01 pm
N P

Hi Phyllis,
So true, and so sad.

I suppose my response to Joni’s question which began, “Which is worse:” … was not exactly on point.
I rather went off in a slightly different direction; however, I feel strongly about my segue.

Getting back to Joni’s question, I think that every divorce story has two sides.
You would hardly know that here. So many have accused, if not hung and quartered the husband.
Perhaps they know him better than I.

By N P on 06/25/2008 8:41 pm
No Way-No How -No McCain

She wants it public. Brinksmanship, me thinks. Turn up the heat so at the trial date threshold he’ll settle. Great some legal matters, but if it backfires and goes to trial, all comes out and lives forever. And as the saying goes; shame the father, shame the child.

By No Way-No How -No McCain on 06/27/2008 11:49 pm
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