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July 9th, 2008

Christie Brinkley to A-Rod’s wife: Hire my lawyer

Posted by: Bob Tourtellotte
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christie.jpgIn the two high-profile divorces captivating New York, model Christie Brinkley has this advice for Cynthia Rodriguez, wife of Yankees baseball star Alex “A-Rod” Rodriguez: hire my lawyer.

It was the fourth day in the widely-watched divorce and child custody trial between Brinkley, 54, and Peter Cook, 49. Psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Herman tesitifed that Brinkley should get custody of their two kids – 13-year-old Jack and 10-year-old Sailor Lee — because Cook displayed poor judgment when he engaged in an extra-marital affair with a teenager, according to various news reports.cook.jpg

But Herman took Brinkley to task, too, for her parenting and for her choices in men — she’s had three other husbands before Cook, including singer Billy Joel.

Still, in a news conference after Tuesday’s court proceedings, Brinkley smiled when she was asked for a reaction to Herman’s determination on custody. ”I hope that the judge agrees with him (Herman). I just have to wait for him to make his decision.” Asked later if she had advice for Cynthia Rodriguez, Brinkley smiled again and said: “Yes, yes. I think that the best advice I could give Ms. Rodriguez is to hire Bob Cohen,” who is Brinkley’s lawyer. 

a-rod.jpgOne day earlier, Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce from her husband citing “extra marital affairs and other marital misconduct.” That’s them in happier days in the picture at left.

In New York, where Rodriguez is a major sports star, news reports circulated last week that the professional baseball player was having an affair with pop singer Madonna, who is married to film director Guy Ritchie. On Sunday this week, Madonna strongly denied those rumors.  

One comment so far

what a great idea. and now, another celebrity divorce that the public can all learn the gory details about. let’s hope it’s a quick settlement, so we all can move on

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- Posted by mal

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