By Richard Johnson, Bob Fredericks and Reuven Fenton
April 28, 2014 | 10:40am
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Singer Paul Simon, left, and his wife Edie Brickell appear at a hearing in state Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn.
Photo: AP/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff
Pop-music icon Paul Simon and his singer wife Edie Brickell were busted on disorderly conduct charges after they got into an ugly pushing match in their tony Connecticut home Saturday night, cops said.
But the couple was all lovey-dovey during a court appearance Monday, holding hands, telling a judge they get along fine and insisting that the dispute — which escalated into pushing and shoving — was “atypical.”
Sources said Brickell, 48, started the argument with Simon, 72, in a cottage on their property in New Canaan, a Fairfield County town about 45 miles from Manhattan that’s one of the wealthiest in the US.
Brickell admitted as much in a statement released by her and her husband’s lawyer, Allan Cramer.
“I got my feelings hurt and picked a fight with my husband. The police called it disorderly. Thank God it’s orderly now,” she said.
Cops responded about 8:20 p.m. after getting a 911 hang-up call from the couple’s $17.6 million home on Brookwood Lane — which Cramer said may have been placed by Brickell’s mother, Mary, who was visiting.
Cramer said after the argument started, Simon tried to leave the cottage but his 6-inch-taller, younger wife blocked her aging hubby’s way and then gave him a shove, which he returned.
“She wanted to talk about something, and Paul didn’t want to talk about it. Paul wanted to exit,” Cramer said, adding that one of the couple’s three children often stays in the cottage.
“Edie Brickell is from Texas, and he is from Queens. And you know what? Things are done one way in Texas, and there’s another way of doing things in Queens,” he said. “Paul’s the kind of guy who thinks things will settle themselves. Edie wants to settle things right now.”
April 28, 2014 | 10:40am
Modal Trigger
Singer Paul Simon, left, and his wife Edie Brickell appear at a hearing in state Superior Court in Norwalk, Conn.
Photo: AP/The Hour, Alex von Kleydorff
Pop-music icon Paul Simon and his singer wife Edie Brickell were busted on disorderly conduct charges after they got into an ugly pushing match in their tony Connecticut home Saturday night, cops said.
But the couple was all lovey-dovey during a court appearance Monday, holding hands, telling a judge they get along fine and insisting that the dispute — which escalated into pushing and shoving — was “atypical.”
Sources said Brickell, 48, started the argument with Simon, 72, in a cottage on their property in New Canaan, a Fairfield County town about 45 miles from Manhattan that’s one of the wealthiest in the US.
Brickell admitted as much in a statement released by her and her husband’s lawyer, Allan Cramer.
“I got my feelings hurt and picked a fight with my husband. The police called it disorderly. Thank God it’s orderly now,” she said.
Cops responded about 8:20 p.m. after getting a 911 hang-up call from the couple’s $17.6 million home on Brookwood Lane — which Cramer said may have been placed by Brickell’s mother, Mary, who was visiting.
Cramer said after the argument started, Simon tried to leave the cottage but his 6-inch-taller, younger wife blocked her aging hubby’s way and then gave him a shove, which he returned.
“She wanted to talk about something, and Paul didn’t want to talk about it. Paul wanted to exit,” Cramer said, adding that one of the couple’s three children often stays in the cottage.
“Edie Brickell is from Texas, and he is from Queens. And you know what? Things are done one way in Texas, and there’s another way of doing things in Queens,” he said. “Paul’s the kind of guy who thinks things will settle themselves. Edie wants to settle things right now.”
