New York- BRIDGET Marks, the former Playboy model who lost custody of her twin daughters earlier this year in a bitter court case, has written a post-9/11 potboiler called "September" so she can pay her lawyers.
"I wrote the book for the girls, during the trial, and it incorporates many of the things I went through. These were my darkest moments," Marks told PAGE SIX. "My poor children. I just feel so sorry for them."
The twins, Amber and Scarlett, celebrated their fifth birthday on Wednesday with their mother, who was allowed unsupervised visitation for the first time since their father, gambling tycoon John Aylsworth, got custody in June.
The court found that Marks had coached the twins to lie that Aylsworth had molested them and that she was poisoning the youngsters' relationship with their father.
"His kids are in Manhattan. His wife is in California. He works in St. Louis. And he's a better custodian for our kids?" Marks fumed. "Judge Arlene D. Goldberg should be tarred and feathered. She's not fit to sit in traffic court."
Marks will appear Wednesday on the "Dr. Phil" TV show to talk about both the novel and her personal ordeal.
"It's a romantic thriller about a beautiful New York socialite who loses her son on 9/11," she said. "She risks everything and travels the world to find out if the greatest love of her life was one of the masterminds behind the attack. It's a love story that spans 30 years and three continents."
Newscaster Linda Ellerbee liked the book so much she gave it a blurb: " 'September' is more than a novel. It's a first-rate lesson in the survival of love. No small thing, that."
Marks is showing the same grit as her protagonist in pursuing her case in the Appellate Division. She also plans to sue several court-appointed "experts" - psychiatrists, social workers and guardians - over their testimony.
"There is an epidemic in Family Court of good mothers losing custody of their children," Marks told us. "The court system is embarrassed.
"I'm thinking of running for the City Council on the Upper East Side," she added. "If there's any way I can help other women and children, I will do it."
