Supermodel Christie Brinkley is anguished that her divorce battle is bouncing back into a New York court.

Brinkley divorced Peter Cook more than 18 months ago in a nasty battle that brought his infidelity onto the public radar.

Cook, an architect, is now alleging Brinkley is in contempt of court for failing to hand over a passport belonging to their son Jack, 14, in time for a class trip to Egypt last November.

The couple must now appear before a court. But her representative indicated this was the last thing Brinkley wants.

Amy Jacobs said: “She’s really upset and embarrassed that this is going back to court. She absolutely did not want to go to court. Peter is literally dragging her to court. She had chosen to look the other way for quite some time when he violated the confidentiality agreement by talking to Barbara Walters and other media outlets.”

Steven Kuhn, a lawyer for Cook, says he had no other recourse.

Peter Caronia, a lawyer for Brinkley, said his client’s timing was off. He said: “Ms Brinkley ran to her dearest friend’s side who had just lost her mother and made the passport available to Mr Cook a few hours after the agreed upon delivery time. Mr Cook refused to drive five to 10 minutes out of his way to pick the passport up from Ms Brinkley’s residence.”

Source: Splash News