Tax trouble for supermodel Christie Brinkley. The blonde bombshell featured in the 1983 comedy National Lampoon’s Vacation owes $531,000 in back taxes. The IRS has filed a lien against one of Brinkley’s four Long Island, New York estates.
Talk about “un-model behavior” for an “Uptown Girl!”
Uncle Sam has a bone to pick with Christie Brinkley. The ’70s/’80s-era supermodel, with more than 500 magazine covers to her credit, owes $531,000 in back taxes, The New York Daily News reported Saturday.
The debt has prompted the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to file a tax lien against Brinkley. On Nov. 21, the IRS placed a lien on Christie’s mansion in Bridgehampton, New York, one of four Long Island properties owned by the four-time divorcée.
Claire Mercuri, a spokeswoman for Brinkley, 57, says the star was surprised to hear the lien had been filed, but is working with tax officials on a resolution.
“Christie Brinkley …has instructed her team to resolve the matter immediately.”
This isn’t the first time Christie’s private life has become fodder for gossip gawkers.
Christie Brinkley loves her age, hates marriage >>
In 2008, Brinkley went through a very public, very nasty divorce battle with architect Peter Cook. Cook admitted having an affair with his 18-year-old assistant, Diana Bianchi, during the union. He also copped to spending thousands of dollars on Internet porn.
The legal spat ended with a $2.1 million settlement for Peter and custody of the former couple’s two children — Jack and Sailor — going to Christie.
“I feel like I should apologize to everybody for them having to read all of that tawdry stuff and having it delivered to their kitchen tables when their kids are around, you know? I would never get married again,” the one-time Prell spokesmodel told Ladies Home Journal in July 2009. “With what I know I don’t see why anyone would get married.”
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