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Brinkley Swears Off Marriage

Posted Jul 11, 08 10:26 AM CDT in Gossip 

(Newser) – On the heels of this week's divorce settlement—and the messy dissolution of her fourth marriage—Christie Brinkley has learned her lesson. "I'm not going to marry again," she tells Andrea Peyser of the New York Post. "I know too much about the marriage laws and divorce laws. Getting married again would not be a very intelligent thing to do."

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Peter Cook will only get $2.1 million of ex Christie Brinkley's estimated $60 million fortune.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
If Christie Brinkley sticks to her word, this will be the last wedding photo for the cover girl%u2014her 1996 nuptials to now-ex Peter Cook.   (AP Photo)
Christie Brinkley got full custody in her divorce settlement against cheating ex Peter Cook.   (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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