Christie Brinkley Teared Up When She Took The Stand
"The day my world was completely shattered," is how Christie Brinkley referred to the moment she found out her husband was cheating on her with an young girl. Christie learned of the affair when the girl's father said Peter Cook, her husband, wouldn't leave 18 year old Diana Bianchi alone.
"I turned to look at Peter. His face was so tense ... he was saying,
'No,' " Brinkley told the court, reenacting how Cook, 49, was shaking
his head."I thought 'Oh my god. It's true. He did it.' I knew from his face. It explained the feelings I'd been trying not to feel."
"I saw little Jack's face looking at his dad, the man and me," she said
referring to her son, who was with them. "I thought, 'I am going to
pass out.'"
Christy also testified about Peter's internet porn habit and how he offered to pay girls and take them shopping just so he could see their faces. But Peter shot back saying,
"Shrek was more believable than that."
She left Peter immediately,
"I drove away from my perfect life," she said, choking back tears. "I thought I had the picket fence. I thought we were happy."
If this is all true, how very, very sad.
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WHO IN THE HELL WOULD CHEAT ON THIS WOMAN?!?!? She still looks like an angel, for one thing! But even if she looked like, oh, say, Amy Winehouse aged thirty years, it still doesn't excuse such rampant GRODY behavior on his part. And I've already read part of Alexa's testimony, and her depiction of this douche is waaaaay worse. Trust me.
Why is it some people think ugly people get cheated on? so Mrs. Brinkley didn't deserved to be cheated on because she is so hot? Cheating is never about love, sometimes is about sex, lust, desire, power and the thrill of getting away with something, but never about love. Sometimes we confuse lust with love and that's when the other person decides to leave. They think they're in love when in reality is lust; how can you base a relationship on just sex? In my opinion, cheating for women is usually about need, companionship and then sex, for men is usually about sex, lust, sex, lust and more sex. Some men can have sex with other women without thinking is wrong, because they don't equal love=sex, to them is sex=sex. We women equal love=sex. But, that's just my opinion.
I agree. When a woman cheats the relationship is usually in trouble, and she's looking for what the relationship once held but is now lost. Sex is obviously part of the equation, but someone to talk to and feel good to be with is just as important. When a man cheats, he usually has no intention of ending the relationship he's in. He sees it as sex and a release, no more. Maybe we women equate love with sex because biologically, we are the ones who end up with the baby if conception occurs, and we need to be able to trust the man to stick around. Men are programmed to spread their seed, although they need to be more careful these days what with paternity tests and compulsory child-support payments!!!!! Who knows? There are couples who are happily monogamous, and those who will never be. In the end it comes down to personal values and choice. We humans are more than just our biology - I hope...
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Oh. No, no, no, no. I never meant to indicate that! It just startles me, is all. I would think that this jackass would have been kissing his lucky stars that he happened to marry a supermodel (like it or not, MANY men aspire to marry super-attractive women, and that's just all there is to it). Cheating is NEVER cool. No one EVER deserves it. I don't care if you're a goddess or a troll. I just wanted to clarify that!
i think this is terrible too... but at the same time... why do people always say stuff along the lines of, " WHY WOULD HE LEAVE HER SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, and blah blah blah."
Give it a rest. Just because someone is beautiful or handsome does not make them the best person in the world!
Don't get me wrong, I am not sticking up for a cheater, but.... ya get the point!
I agree with you (the first Passerby). Just because someone is beautiful on the outside doesn't mean they are on the inside. Just because you have a hot wife doesn't grant you automatic happiness.
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Honestly, her being married four times just goes to show that she's not the best judge of character. The flaws work both ways. She may look attractive but with that goes vanity and all that entails. Sure the guy screwed up but I doubt if that picket fence was all that it was meant to be.
It is sad that she had to find out like that, in front of her son... And even sadder that he was there watching all that take place. People who cheat are selfish pigs.
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While I am sure Christie has her flaws and she may not be easy to be married to, I doubt she is a pervert, unlike her ex. I just read her daughter Alexa's testimony about the day she was in the shower and I found it very disturbing. I am glad I never found myself divorced while my kids were small because of creeps like him I would have stayed single until the last kid turned 30.
I think it says more about the cheater here than it does Christie. He would have cheated on anyone! Sounds like a sex addict to me.
Too bad Christie didn't just STAY with Billy Joel :( I had such HIGH hopes for THOSE too! And, yes, Peter Cook sounds like the COMPLETE sex addict--Too bad!
Gosh do I feel sorry for her. Nobody is perfect and sure she may not be the best judge when it comes to choosing men, but my lord, what a complete sicko and b@stard this guy turned out to be. Not only did he cheat with a teenager, but he also paid her to shut up, and then he spent 3000 dollars a month on porn!, and then tried to also hookup with creeps online! Of course she is bitter! What do people expect her to be?? Happy and content!
He does NOT deserve the children! It has nothing to do with he just cheated and he is still a good father, he went beyond cheating....bribery, the coverups, the internet porn, the swinger sites, etc..... He in no way should be allowed to raise any children!
She may not be a angel, but she sure did not deserve to have to sleep with the devil.
Chloe said:
Not only did he cheat with a teenager, but he also paid her to shut up, and then he spent 3000 dollars a month on porn!, and then tried to also hookup with creeps online!
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You just describe every man...they all have some shady sh!t going on. Married or not men are always looking for a wet hole to stick their dicks in. If is not cheating, is the porn. Their dicks rule their minds. Some men just know how to control themselves more than others.
all I can say is he is one sick man!
I know I'm going to get a lot of falck when the women here but this just proves what I've been saing here. ALL MEN CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES ONE TIME OR ANOTHER Some men cheat and get caught, other men cheat and leave the wife for the other woman, some cheat but never leave their wives. Don't get hysterical ladies, is the truth. You don't have to agree with me, but is still the truth. A man can be with his woman 15, 20, 30 even 40 years, he has stepped out on his woman at least once. Don't think that man you have sitting next to you has been true all these years, you just haven't found out, and if he is good never will. When mean cheat, it doesn't mean they don't love their wives, cheating is never about love. I know plenty of you women get hysterical when you hear this, only because you are in love with your man and don't want to fanthom the idea of him ever being with another. Christie's comment sums up what every woman thinks of her man: "I drove away from my perfect life," she said, choking back tears. "I thought I had the picket fence. I thought we were happy." Don't always assume your man will never cheat; after all he is human and never above sin.
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I have two grandfathers who have never, ever cheated (though my grandmother DID have an affair, interestingly), a series of uncles who have NEVER cheated on my aunts, a father who is intensely loyal to my stepmother, and I happen to be in a relationship in which I'm secure enough to trust my boyfriend. He has no complaints, trust me. I just don't buy the whole Men Are Scum theory. It's like saying that all women love shoes and purses and are bad at math -- dumbass stereotypes. It makes falling in love and desiring monogamy absolutely pointless, and I'm just not that pessimistic!
Enerstine (BTW I love your name) how can you be so sure that your uncles, grandfathers and so forth have NEVER EVER cheated? we can never be sure of anyone, we just have to trust. You are not with your uncles and grandfathers 24/7. We all have skeletons in our closets. Today I hear on the radio, the DJs were talking about cheating, a listener called in and said he has been cheating on his wife for the past 10 yrs and she doesn't know. He also said that he loves her very much and she is the girl of his dreams. That she is the best wife ever, the DJs asked him why then does he cheat and he said " I don't know, I guess I'm looking for something out there, I just don't know".........I'm glad for you, you trust your man, but please don't ever say never, when it comes to the human mind it can be very tricky.
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While I do agree that most men will probably cheat on a wife or girlfriend at one time or another, I honestly do think that there are some men out there that would never do it. But then I have known married couples where the wife was the one cheating and not the husband. So it can work both ways.
wow. how embrassing for that teenage girl? she must be miserable right about now. i couldn't imagine what she's going through. but...then again...she has played a part in the pain this woman and her kids are feeling, so i guess she is getting what she deserves. what a pig this man is. he is truely sick. but, anyway, could someone feel me in on this alexa girl and about her testimony? i'm just tuning in to all this.
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Alexa(daughter with Billy Joel) was taking a shower when she was a teen and water was leaking downstairs. He barged into the bathroom while she was showering and made her get out and wouldn't let her put on any clothes, he made her go downstairs and clean up the water mess while he watched. There must have been a leak in the shower which wasn't her fault.
Right on Ernestine!!
She's delusional to think all those people don't cheat. Of course they do. If it makes you feel better, then just keep on believing all the crap these guy feed you.
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Hey, sorry you've been burned so badly in the past. Guess I just happen to have better family members AND a better boyfriend! Oh, well. Stupid ol' me for having confidence and NOT expecting the worst from people!
While I do not believe Christie Brinkley deserved what happened to her, her own daughter, Alexis described her as "idealistic". I remember reading a quote from her years and years ago in which she said "I have never had a bad day in my life". This as after at least 2 divorces. To me, that signifies someone who is living in a fantasy world, concerned more about "appearances" than reality. She keeps marrying inappropriate men, and at some point the clues ARE there. They say a woman always knows, but chooses to ignore. I do believe that.
As well, at the time of the shower incident with Alexis, did she tell her mom? What did her mom do? That is a huge, huge red flag that he has serious issues (anger, control, sexual). To do that to a teenage girl is sick. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Her husband is 100% responsible for his behavior and actions. However, I think Christie needs to not get married for a long time. She has issues with assessing a person.
I don't think any human deserves what happened to Christie, to say that she deserved to be cheated on says a lot about you. Yes, maybe she needs to chill for a while regarding marriage. There are people out there that do have a sunny outlook in life; regardless of what is going on, they try to always look at the positive side. Is not Chirsite's fault if her husband CHOSE to cheat.
Please re-read my post I did not say she deserved to be cheated on. This is what I wrote:
"While I do not believe Christie Brinkley deserved what happened to her"
Sunny outlook on life is one thing. Delusional is another.
I forgot to add: I also said he was 100% responsible for his actions.
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I don't know. It always takes two. You can never blame just one person 100% for everything that goes wrong. Yes, he cheated on her, which he shouldn't have but they need to ask why he has so in the first place. Communication is the A and O of a relationship and even more so when you have problems. I think sometimes people give up too easily.
I agree with you that it takes 2 to make a relationship work. However it seems that this guy has more going on than just relationship issues with his wife. The shower incident with his stepdaughter, having sex with a girl 31 years his junior whose father had to intervene to get him to stop and his addiction to internet porn depict a man with major sexual issues and an inability to control his behaviour. It wouldn't matter who his wife was, he would behave in this way, and probably still will in the future.
You do have to wonder why Christie can't seem to maintain a relationship. BUT Peter is totally responsible for his actions. However there must have been some red flags along the way. They both need to do some soul searching.
Christie Brinkley is a typical woman scorned. Shame on her for exposing her children to these details of her marriage. Peter should pay for his adultery but keep the kids out of it. Haven't they been hurt and confused enough? Also if that shower incident with Alexa was as horrible as it sounds, why didn't Christie leave him then? The man obviously has major control and sex issues...but people will only do what you allow them to do. She should have left his a$$ a long time ago.
It is hard to understand why Ms Brinkley stayed with this guy if the shower incident with her daughter is as reported. That kind of behaviour would have the alarm bells ringing non-stop for me and he'd be OUT. No man would ever come before the welfare of my children. Also, she chose to have it out with her husband in front of their son. What was she thinking? Sure, she's hurt and humiliated and the man she married sounds like he has major issues re sex, but perhaps thinking about the kids in the way she's going about this divorce wouldn't go astray...
Like her shoes!
Passerby...you must be dillusional to think that ALL men cheat. That's like saying ALL blondes bleach their hair!
My only concern was why she forced the whole spectacle to be public so that here kids (10 and 13?)and their friends all see the dirt slinging from both sides. Do the kids need to know their dad surfed porn (expensive porn lol) and had nude pics on the net...yeah they won't need therapy.
That is the saddest and most selfish part of this whole thing, I just don't understand why she would do that to them just to get even with him.
Sling the dirt in a closed court maybe tell them that the parents don't love each other anymore and let the kids know that both parents love them.
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