Rumble in the Seymour - Brant Divorce Jungle
It’s a definite sign your divorce is getting ugly when both parties hire body guards. Former supermodel Stephanie Seymour is getting divorced from her polo-playing husband Peter Brant after 16 years of marriage. According to the New York Post’s Page 6, Seymour was issued a public-disturbance summons Saturday night after she yanked the keys out of a Brant-hired security guard’s car, threw them in the bushes, and then used her Range Rover to block the driveway of the couple’s Greenwich, Conn., estate. On Thursday, a Brant guard was busted for allegedly shoving Seymour. Seymour since has hired her own guards.
Seymour is a former Victoria’s Secret Angel and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model. Brant made his fortune with White Birch Paper Co., which operates pulp and paper mills.
The battle is expected to get even uglier because Brant is asking for custody of the couple’s three children, ages 4 to 15, and has accused Seymour of being an unfit mother. Proving someone is an unfit parent is pretty tough. Especially if, as it appears Brant has done, you leave the kids with the alleged unfit parent while you travel out of town. Or in this case, out of the country. It becomes a credibility issue when the parent is willing to leave the kids with the other parent while they’re married, but as soon as the divorce is filed, claims that parent is unfit. So we’ll have to stay tuned and see what happens.