Christie Brinkley under fire from husband, Peter Cook; gets support from ex, Billy Joel
Twitchell
Billy Joel stood by his ex, Christie Brinkley, as she battled fourth husband
Peter Cook in divorce court. What makes Billy's allegiance remarkable is that,
according to a former nanny, Christie put Billy through a similar hell.
Cook and Brinkley have officially reached a settlement, but he's continued to
charge that she's trying to turn their children - their daughter, Sailor, and
Brinkley's son with Rick Taubman, Jack - against him.
That's why Cook is cheered by the delivery of some fresh dirt on Christie,
courtesy of Alzirene Vianna, who looked after Billy and Christie's daughter,
Alexa Ray, from June 1993 to December 1994.
In 1995, when Billy and Christie were still dealing with matrimonial issues,
Vianna gave Billy's lawyers an affidavit, which we've obtained.
Vianna alleges in the never-aired 40-page statement that:
"Christie never encouraged Alexa to call Billy" and told Vianna to eavesdrop on
phone conversations Alexa had with Billy. When Vianna took Alexa for a visit
with Billy, Christie told Vianna to let her know if Billy was drinking again. "I
want you to spy for me," Vianna quotes Christie as saying.
After Christie had left Billy for handsome Colorado businessman Taubman, she was
packing her bags for Telluride when Alexa, then age 8, started "acting up."
"Christie told her in a very harsh tone that if she wanted to come with her to
Colorado ... she would have to stop behaving like this, because she didn't want
Alexa to ruin her relationship with Ricky."
It wasn't long before Christie and Rick were getting into arguments: "Ricky
would ... kick furniture and slam doors." Once, while staying at a hotel in
California, Rick wouldn't let Christie into their room. "Christie started
pounding on the door and kicking it ... Rick later told Christie: 'No wonder
Billy left you; who can live with you?'"
Once, while Rick was getting into a car outside their house, "Christie opened a
window, threw something and said, '[Bleep] you, you ass-!'"
People began to talk about "Christie's addiction to prescription drugs." Said
Vianna: "I remember going to the pharmacy every day in East Hampton to get
several prescriptions filled for [Christie]."
Christie wouldn't grant Alexa's wish for Billy to come to school events. Alexa
sobbed when she said goodbye to Billy after a visit and "seemed to withdraw."
Gary Smith, a spokesman for Cook, says Vianna's tales of "parental alienation
and interference ... unfortunately continue to this date and come as no surprise
to Mr. Cook."
Brinkley's lawyer, Loren Plotkin, calls Vianna a "disgruntled employee," adding:
"Christie, Billy Joel and Alexa Ray deny these baseless, false and malicious
allegations. ... One must question the motive of the individual who dredged up
this document as nothing more than a shameful, transparent and ultimately
fruitless attempt to hurt Christie and her family."