Supermodel Christie Brinkley and her estranged ex-hubby Peter Cook finally reached a new truce Thursday in the on-going battle over their divorce settlement.
The feuding couple ended a morning of confusion and recriminations by signing an agreement on custody and visitation for their kids, Jack, 14, and Sailor, 11.
“The psychiatrist diagnosed him as an extreme narcissist and that’s all I want to say,” Brinkley said as she left the courthouse in Riverhead, L.I., in a blue trench coat, black Ray-Ban sunglasses and heels.
Cook, who left shortly afterward in a blue suit and striped tie, had some choice words for the mother of his kids.
“I’ll accept narcissist over parental interference,” he shot back.
“So if I’m going to be one or the other, I’ll take being a narcissist over being a parent who interferes with the other parent’s time.”
The latest court battle stemmed from a school trip Jack was scheduled to take to Egypt in November.
Cook claims Brinkley failed to supply their son’s passport in time and the vacation had to be cancelled.
Brinkley’s legal team claim an assistant dropped off the document at Cook’s home as the model was comforting a friend whose mother had died.
The passport was never found, and Jack had a new one issued, Brinkley’s side said.
Cook served Brinkley with papers accusing her of being in contempt of court for “custodial interference” in December.
He wanted a judge to appoint a parenting coordinator, demand Brinkley enroll in anger management classes and cover his legal expenses.
Brinkley filed a counter-claim claiming her former husband had also violated their divorce settlement by appearing on TV shows with Geraldo Rivera and Barbara Walters.
Lawyers for the two sides finally came to an out-of-court agreement at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Cook and Brinkley signed the paperwork.
One of Brinkley’s lawyers, Peter Coronia, then issued a statement claiming she was “vindicated.” Cook’s side objected and he threatened to renege on the agreement.
The judge called both sides back into court, where the pact was delivered and agreed upon, again.
“He got language that tightened up the delivery of the passport issue so that Christie Brinkley probably can’t find a way to deprive Peter of the passport next time around,” said Cook’s lawyer, James Winkler.
“[It was a] PR stunt,” he said about the day’s events.
“She’s more worried about her career than she is the truth.”
Brinkley’s side disagreed:
“[Peter Cook's] interest is nothing more than an attempt to get into the media and do everything in his power to damage Ms. Brinkley’s reputation, because his was so badly damaged during their divorce trial,” Brinkleylawyers Joe Quatela said.
“He settled and withdrew his claims, because they were completely frivolous.”
Brinkley and Cook continue to split the childrens’ vacation time.
She retains sole custody and full control of the passports, with Peter seeing them every Wednesday and every other weekend.
Cook dropped his demand the supermodel take anger management classes.
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