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Husband's Affair 'Shattered' Her World, Brinkley Says

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 4, 2008

Christie Brinkley testified at her divorce trial Thursday that the day she learned her husband was having an affair with a teenager was the day "my life as I knew it had vanished."

The former Sports Illustrated model took the stand in New York state Supreme Court, a day after testimony by her architect-husband, Peter Cook, and his former mistress.

Brian Platt, a police officer and the stepfather of the 18-year-old mistress, informed Brinkley of the affair at a 2006 graduation where the model was a speaker.

He tapped her on the shoulder, she tearfully recalled, and said, "That husband of yours won't knock it off. He's having an affair with my teenage daughter."

Brinkley said she looked at Cook and when he shook his head in denial, she thought: "My God, it's true. He did do that."

"That was also the day that my world was completely shattered," Brinkley said.

Spielberg Group Donates To Museum

A foundation created by Steven Spielberg is giving $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History.

The money from the Righteous Persons Foundation will go toward a new, five-story museum building being built in Philadelphia.

With the donation, officials say the museum's capital campaign has raised $111 million toward its $150 million goal. The new museum is set to open in 2010.

Save Wild Horses, Crow Urges

Sheryl Crow is urging people to get involved in saving America's wild horses.

"I think it will be a real shame when we look back and we don't have these incredible species, and I guess my best hope would be that people, individuals, step up at this point and really protect these animals," the Grammy-winning singer says in the documentary "Saving the American Wild Horse."

The program airs at 9 p.m. Monday on the Documentary Channel. Directed by James Kleinert, it's narrated by Peter Coyote and features Viggo Mortensen.

Griffith Accepts Role In Paisley Video

Brad Paisley says he got to mark a biggie off his wish list when Andy Griffith agreed to be in the video for his new single, "Waitin' On a Woman."

"He has influenced my life more than most people that I grew up with - more than most people that I actually knew my whole life," Paisley said. "I wrote Andy a letter telling him what he has meant to me over the years and asked him to be in the video."

In the video, which began airing this week, the 82-year-old actor plays a kindly gentleman who advises Paisley's character to be patient when waiting for a woman.

Today's Birthdays

Advice columnist Pauline Phillips (the original "Dear Abby") is 90. Playwright Neil Simon is 81. Baseball team owner George Steinbrenner is 78. Broadcast journalist Geraldo Rivera is 65. Singer John Waite is 53.

Source: The Associated Press

CORRECTIONS

It is the policy of The Tampa Tribune to correct all errors of fact. To report an error, call (813) 259-7600.

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