Uptown Girl's 18 houses in divorce victory
Thursday, July 10, 2008
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She came out smiling – and Christie Brinkley certainly seemed a winner, as she walked away from her fourth marriage with 18 houses.
The original Uptown Girl must give ex-husband Peter Cook £1million but won custody of their two children after an all-night negotiation.
'It's a very bittersweet moment because it really is the death of a marriage,' said the former supermodel, 54.
'I'm very pleased with the results. I was here fighting for custody
Brinkley and Cook were wed for a decade before his affair with a teenager hit the headlines in 2006.
The architect admitted sleeping with Diana Bianchi, who he employed at his firm.
He gave a £150,000 payout to the girl, who was 18 at the time of their trysts.
It was also revealed Cook, 49, had spent thousands of pounds on ---- websites.
The lurid details came out in a battle which saw the two bitterly arguing over custody of their children, ten-year-old Sailor and Jack, 13.
The boy, Brinkley's son from her third marriage, was adopted by Cook.
Brinkley left court brandishing an elaborate dinosaur model she had helped her son make for school – it was used in the trial.
Despite a pre-nuptial agreement, the couple argued over the 18 houses which Cook had advised his then-wife to buy.
Cook's lawyer had repeatedly accused Brinkley of wanting to 'publicly flog' him, as she had supported keeping the hearing public.
But he was told he would get access to the children. Both were told to see psychiatrists by the New York court. Brinkley also has a daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, 22, with Billy Joel – who idolised her in his song Uptown Girl
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Uptown
adjective
moving toward, situated in, or pertaining to the upper part of a town: Take the uptown bus
noun
the uptown section of a town or city: Uptown is less crowded
tryst
- An agreement, as between lovers, to meet at a certain time and place
- A meeting or meeting place that has been agreed on lurid
- gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident
- glaringly vivid or sensational; shocking: the lurid tales of pulp magazines
