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Brinkley and Cook settle divorce

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Christie Brinkley arrives for the 6th Annual Wayuu Taya Foundation Gala at the Stephan Weiss Studios in New York on June 17, 2009. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) 
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Published: Oct. 13, 2009 at 5:51 PM

NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Christie Brinkley's publicist says the U.S. model and her ex-husband reached a settlement after both claimed the other violated the terms of their divorce.

Brinkley was married to architect Peter Cook from 1996-2008.They broke up after Cook admitted he had an affair with a teenage store clerk. Brinkley and Cook have two children, Sailor and Jack. Brinkley also has an adult daughter with her former husband, singer Billy Joel.

"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," the New York Post Tuesday quoted Brinkley's lawyer Peter Caronia as saying in a statement.

"Each and every one of Mr. Cook's vindictive requests including, among others, his request for Ms. Brinkley to undergo anger management, for the appointment of a parenting coordinator and for the children's passports to be held by a third party, are not provided for in the document agreed to by both parties," Caronia added. "Since Mr. Cook lost the custody battle in the divorce trial, he has staged a relentless smear campaign against Ms. Brinkley. 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."

Topics: Christie Brinkley, Peter Cook
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