Settlement ends Brinkley’s bitter divorce trial

A SETTLEMENT has ended supermodel Christie Brinkley’s nasty divorce trial.

Brinkley was married to architect Peter Cook for a decade before his affair with a teenager vaulted their troubles into the public spotlight in 2006.

The trial has focused on the teenage mistress and Cook’s penchant for interactive internet sex liaisons. He has apologised for both.

The primary issue has been custody of the couple’s two children, aged 10 and 13. The dispute has also included properties Cook advised Brinkley to buy in the Hamptons on Long Island during their marriage.

The out-of-court settlement gives her custody of their two children.

Under the agreement, Brinkley will give Cook $2.1 million (€1.3) but will keep 18 properties in the Hamptons that were at dispute. Cook will get parenting time with the children.

“It’s to me a very bittersweet moment because it really is the death of a marriage,” Brinkley said after the settlement was announced in court.

“I’m very pleased with the results today. I was here fighting for custody.”