Christie Brinkley, 54, has been granted her request to have her divorce open to the public. The trial starts on July 2 in Long Island and the sordid details will be published as soon as they're revealed in court. It is rumored that Christie's husband of ten years, Peter Cook, was cheating on her for over a year with a barely legal girl he hired to work at his architectural firm. Cook, 49, promised to help then 18 year-old aspiring singer Diana Bianchi with her career. He gave her a job and gradually convinced her to have an affair. People Magazine is reporting that Bianchi has been subpoenaed to testify at the divorce trial. Her lawyer said she will be honest if she's called to the stand:
Diana Bianchi, the young woman at the center of Christie Brinkley's split from Peter Cook, may take the stand during their upcoming divorce trial, her lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, confirmed to PEOPLE.
He said Brinkley's lawyers have requested her to testify in the public trial set to begin July 2 in Long Island.
"She's been subpoenaed to testify, and if called to testify, she will testify truthfully," said Tacopina.
Bianchi made headlines two years ago when it was revealed Cook had an affair with her when she was his teenaged assistant. Bianchi sued Cook and they settled out of court last year.
Asked how Bianchi's doing now, Tacopina replied, "She in a lot of ways is a very composed young lady and in a lot of ways a young girl."
"She struggled with this and her family struggled," he added. "The way it was brought to the public's attention is not the way anyone wants to be known. It was a difficult situation and that's why she escaped any attention from the last episode up to now."
He declined to reveal where she's currently living but confirmed she's still working in the arts and entertainment industry.
"She's a budding young singer with a terrific voice," he says. "She's dabbling in a bunch of things and also trying to keep her anonymity."
When the news came out two years ago that Brinkley was getting a divorce and that her husband cheated with a young employee he hired, another woman came out with a very similar story of being hired and seduced by Cook. Singer Samantha Cole said she was also 18 and looking to launch her singing career when she met Cook. He hired her to work for him and convinced her to date him even though he had an older girlfriend at the time. They were together for about year and eventually broke up. Cook got engaged to Christie Brinkley shortly afterward and Cole said she found it surprising that he would marry a woman five years older than him.
Brinkley is also said to be claiming that Cook was into Internet porn and often looked for women on swinger's sites. This is going to be an interesting trial.
Christie Brinkley, Peter Cook and their two children are shown in May, 2004 at the Prisoner of Azkaban premiere in May 2004. Their children are Jack Paris, now 13, and Sailor Lee, who will be 10 next month. The other woman Diana Bianchi is below.
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