Most of us swear we’ll never talk to our ex again but former supermodel Christie Brinkley has made it official, signing a contract banning her former husband from speaking to her.
Christie, 58, divorced architect Peter Cook, 53, six years ago after her confessed to an affair with an 18-year-old girl, but they have been in a bitter custody dispute ever since.
They finally reached an agreement over the weekend, which included a strict ‘no verbal contact’ clause, which bans Christie and Peter from speaking again.
The former couple will hire a “parenting coordinator” to manage pick-ups, drop-offs and any other matters pertaining to their children Sailor, 14, and Jack, 17, whom Peter adopted when Christie’s previous marriage to Richard Taubman ended.
Christie was thrilled with the settlement, and particularly glad she would not have to communicate with Peter anymore.
“I finally won the right to establish boundaries with provisions such as an intermediary to deal with email bullying, verbal and emotional abuse,” she wrote on Facebook.
“It has been an odyssey of frustration as I have navigated the court system with one goal to find peace and protection for my family from the various forms of abuse at the hands of a narcissist.”
Peter also commented on the settlement, releasing a statement to the New York Post through his lawyer Jim Winkley branding Christie “frivolous” and claiming that her unreasonable behaviour had dragged out their custody battle.
The comments are the latest in a six-year public feud which has seen both parties repeatedly use the media to attack each other.
Peter has accused his former wife of “publicly castrating” him and “throwing her family under the bus” to promote her new Broadway musical, while Christie accused him of “intimidation” and carrying out a “smear campaign” against her.
