Christie Brinkley's divorce trial: public or private?

[Seapharris7]

Originally Posted by Novice

I don't nec think she does, but the law guardian for the children is wanting it private to protect them. Maybe divorces are normally open to the public so this is what they need to do to make a motion, etc to have it sealed?

I know that parts of various other divorces are sealed - in the Sheen/Richards all child related parts are sealed; and practialy all of the Spears/Federline one was....

Where I live - the county I live in - divorce records are kind of public. Based on a free search, you can view any case taken to district court - child support/paternity/divorce. While not everything is viewable, but even on my own case, you can see who filed, when, the first trial for temp orders, the forms we filled out (1 Child/Child Support wages withheld, etc.), and when it was finalized.

But you dont actually see my child's name, or what the child support and settlement are.

[suede]

I think she's probably still pissed at being approach in public with her husband by his fling's uncle about his digressions.

Clearly this will never happen considering she has young children.

[Novice]

Originally Posted by suede

I think she's probably still pissed at being approach in public with her husband by his fling's uncle about his digressions.

Clearly this will never happen considering she has young children.

Jeez? Really? The uncle should've gone after Peter Cook not the wife....

[bellini]

Originally Posted by KandyKorn

Did he die or give up his kid cause he's an ass?

Christie paid him to go away.

[Novice]

Other Woman Rears Head in Brinkley Divorce

Mon., Jun. 23, 2008 1:26 PM PDT by Josh Grossberg
Jason Kempin/WireImage.com
Payback's a bitch.
With her divorce saga set to play out in a Long Island courtroom next month, Christie Brinkley is making sure all the main characters are accounted for, including the woman who wrecked her marriage.
Diana Bianchi, who was a 19-year-old office assistant when she had a fling with the supermodel's soon-to-be ex, architect Peter Cook, has been supboenaed to testify about the tryst.
Bianchi's attorney, Rosemarie Arnold, told E! News her client is "looking forward to getting on with her life and regaining her anonymity."
"She has no interest in becoming involved in a dispute between Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook. If she is compelled to testify however, she will do so truthfully," the lawyer said.
Separately, Arnold added that Bianchi, now 21, chose to give up her foray into the music business but, contrary to some gossip reports, "that choice had absolutely nothing to do with" the scandal.
After the affair became public, Bianchi sued Cook based on their relationship while he was her employer, and the two reached a settlement. Terms were not disclosed.


Meanwhile, Cook attorney Norman Sheresky lashed out at Brinkley's camp for making the pair's dirty laundry a spectator sport.
"Since Peter admitted to an affair two years ago, dragging in Bianchi is just one more example of Ms. Brinkley's thirst for revenge," he said. "Peter has moved on with his life. She should do the same."
The proceedings are due to kick off July 2.
Brinkley, 54, has been pushing to keep the case open to the media, while Cook, 49, insists that doing so could be damaging to son Jack, 12, and daughter Sailor, 9.


On Friday, New York Supreme Court Justice Mark D. Cohen overruled Cook's petition to close the courtroom, ruling that the case could "provide a basis for societal education."
It remains to see whether the lesson will be done with some semblance of class.





Other Woman Rears Head in Brinkley Divorce - E! Online

[crumpet]

Christy looks absolutely amazing.