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Christie Brinkley divorce saw kids suffer needlessly for eight months
BY Tracy Connor
Daily News Staff Writer
Friday, July 11th 2008, 11:08 AM

Divorce lawyers are not usually known for treading lightly - but even
they were horrified the down-and-dirty Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook
battle lasted so long.

"One has to wonder why they put their children through this horrible,
horrible media circus that is going to impact on them for the rest of
their lives," divorce lawyer Robert Dobrish said.

He and others said that while Brinkley may have bested Cook, Jack, 13,
and Sailor Lee, 10, are the real casualties.

"The kids took this on the chin," Manhattan matrimonial lawyer Lois
Liberman said. "These kind of scars don't heal quickly."

Legal experts said the final deal - Brinkley got custody; Cook got
some cash - was close to what the judge would have decided.

"They could have settled that eight months ago," lawyer Bonnie Rabin
said.

The only quirk was the stipulation they sell their fishing boat,
"Sweet Freedom," and split the proceeds.

The modest vessel was a 40th birthday gift from Brinkley to Cook - and
she was determined he not get to keep it, a source said.

"In every divorce there's one thing that never makes sense," divorce
lawyer Nancy Chemtob said. "It's the chandelier, the boat, the dog. I
once had a case where it was skis."

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