Celebrity Divorce

Yesterday, as we reported, the ex-couple's lawyers were working OT to get a pact done, but couldn't do it during the day. We're told they worked "intensely" to make it happen at a L.I. hotel, and they will be presenting an agreement in court today.

For the first time since she filed for divorce, cameras caught C-Rod out in public with trainer Dodd Romero -- whom she went to Paris with -- but Cynthia still refused to comment on the split. The future ex-Rods have a $12 million, six-bedroom estate in Coral Gables, and she wants it as part of the divorce settlement.

Photographer Errol Sawyer discovered Christie and was the first to take professional photos of her way back in 1973.

Unlike her marital love, the 54-year-old's beauty does not fade.

Hulk told Bubba the Love Sponge that there are better ways to spend his fortune than on a $4.2 million "party palace" -- like the Graziano family. Memba' them?

Day four of the divorce cage match -- ding ding! Today a forensic psychiatrist testified that Christie Brinkley's jerk-off husband Peter Cook should not have custody of the kids. Brilliant analysis doctor!

Dr. Stephen Herman testified that pervy Peter's nasty habits were "narcissistic" and "self-destructive," but that doesn't mean he's a bad dad. Doc Herman did say, however, that Cook should not have custody of the couple's two kids.

Hulk and soon-to-be-ex wife Linda were in court in Clearwater, Fla., as Mrs. H. asked hizzoner to hold her estranged hubby in contempt for failing to close on a $4.2 million Vegas condo.

As we first reported, Hulk wants to bail out on the deal -- even if it means he loses his $840,000 deposit. Linda says they had an agreement to close on the condo and Hulk had no right to withhold the cash.

The judge is expected to rule this week.

UPDATE: Hogan's lawyers told us "It would be extremely unlikely that any judge would send Terry Bollea to jail for asking the court to consider what is appropriate and financially responsible."

That's Rabbi Michael Berg with A-Rod in NYC yesterday. Who needs a divorce lawyer, when you got Madge's spiritual adviser on your side!

A friend of A-Rod's tells the NY Daily News Cyn dropped $100k on her vacay in the City of Lights, going to the best spas and eating at all the best restaurants.

When this divorce is over, $100,000 will be the least of what Alex has to fork over.

The Diesel spent his 4th of July playing the role of a giant human arm cushion for his wife Shaunie in the Cayman Islands.

Even at 50, Madonna doesn't have time for dalliances. Cynthia Rodriguez's attorney Earle Lilly told us last night A-Rod and Madge had been together as recently as this weekend, hanging together at a Kabbalah event. Not so says Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's uber-publicist.

Rosenberg says not only is the story totally untrue, but also adds, "Madonna is in a studio rehearsing and I assume Mr. Rodriguez has some baseball games to play."

And just so you're clear, she told us, "To reiterate, Madonna has officially stated that she is not at all romantically involved with Alex Rodriguez. I would appreciate if your reporting would reflect that reality."

Lilly said Alex's "infidelity" was the "last straw."

Well-placed sources tell us the Ritchies plan to officially split in November or December -- after the Mrs.' upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" world tour. Why? Big bucks. The concerts are expected to earn close to $300 mil worldwide, and they've decided to ear mark that to provide for their three children's future.

And it gets better ...

In the documents, filed today in Miami, Cynthia says she's exhausted every effort to salvage the marriage. Alex has "emotionally abandoned" his wife, leaving her with no choice but to divorce him.

She says the marriage is "irretrievably broken" because of Alex's "extra-marital affairs and other marital misconduct." Note she said affairs -- plural.

She's seeking primary custody of the couple's two girls, Ella and Natasha, as well as child support to "maintain the existing lifestyle of the children." That includes life and health insurance and private school.

Cynthia says her man, a "prominent athlete" with "substantial earning power," has the "fiscal capacity to continue his high style of living" but she does not -- hence she's asking for alimony. She is asking to keep their $12 million, six-bedroom estate in Coral Gables, Fla. (and everything in it), as well as her sweet ride -- a Maybach.

She's also asking A-Rod to pay off their debt, as well as her attorney's fees.

The papers mention that a prenup was signed before the couple married in November 2002. Earle Lilly, one of Cynthia's lawyers, told TMZ last night it's too early to know if they will challenge the prenup. A lot is on the line, because A-Rod is reportedly set to rake in $445 mil over the course of his career.

Cynthia Rodriguez's lawyer tells TMZ, "A-Rod may be an All-Star baseball player, but he's flunked the All-Star team as far as marriage is concerned."

Earle Lilly is repping Cynthia in the divorce case, which will be launched tomorrow when she files legal papers in Miami. Lilly claims Alex Rodriguez, who's already banked more than $250 mil, and Madonna have been having an affair "and are still together." He says they were together after his game yesterday and together today as well.

Lilly says, "We're not gonna lose this case." He acknowledges a prenup exists but it's "too early" to decide if he'll challenge it. He says there will be a "huge settlement" in the case but "not hundreds of millions of dollars." Lilly says A-Rod's estate is "vast ... beyond what anyone knows."

He says, "Cynthia is tremendously traumatized and devastated," adding the legal papers he'll file tomorrow will claim she's the victim of "emotional abandonment." Lilly says A-Rod has seen his six-week-old baby "once, maybe twice, but that's it." He says there's no question -- when the ink is dry she will be the primary custodial parent.

Madonna will not be specifically named in the divorce papers. Lilly says infidelity is a "major cause" for the divorce, but not because of any one allegation. Rather, he says, there were a series of dalliances and "Madonna was the last straw."