Christie Brinkley's Divorce From Peter Cook Was Her Pettiest By Far

The end of a relationship can be traumatic and the same can be said for actor and supermodel Christie Brinkley's marriage to architect Peter Halsey Cook. The pair got married in 1996, and things seemed to be going great until Cook's affairs came to light. Brinkley found out her husband was cheating on her with his then-19-year-old assistant Diana Bianchi. The couple separated and then divorced in 2008 in a whirlwind of events that left the model embarrassed.

According to People, in 2009, Cook claimed that his ex-wife had seized their son's passport, barring him from a school field trip to Egypt. Another court battle rapidly ensued, which left the "Vegas Vacation" star feeling embarrassed. A representative for Brinkley, Amy Jacobs, told People that court is the last place the model wanted to be. "She's really upset and embarrassed that this is going back to court. She absolutely did not want to go to court. Peter is literally dragging her to court." 

According to Jacobs, the "Parks and Recreation" actor even let a lot of transgressions from her ex-husband slide, and while Cook insisted that Brinkley flat-out declined to hand over the passport, the model's lawyer painted a different picture. Apparently, Brinkley had an emergency and offered Cook another chance to collect the passport, but the architect didn't want to make the extra 10-minute journey to the actor's home. The whole situation seems ultra petty and it's hard not to see why Brinkley found it mortifying.