BRAUNSTEIN UPDATE

Fake Firefighter Targeted Anna Wintour
Fueled by Anger at the Fashion World, Peter Braunstein Wrote About His Desire to Kill Vogue Editor.
By MARCUS BARAM
May 15, 2007


PETER BRAUNSTEIN AND ANNA WINTOUR

The former fashion writer on trial in New York for kidnapping and sexual assault may have acted out his depraved fantasies on a former female colleague because he is mentally ill, according to a psychologist who testified at his trial as a defense witness.

And according to a personal manifesto recovered when he was arrested, Peter Braunstein had plenty of other targets in his sights, including powerful Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the inspiration for Meryl Streep's character in "The Devil Wears Prada." Braunstein's lawyers have admitted that he committed the assault, but they argue that he was too mentally ill to understand the implications of what he was doing.

The former media reporter for Women's Wear Daily, whose life went into a tailspin after he was fired from his job and dumped by his girlfriend, turned his feelings of rejection into an all-consuming anger at the perceived hypocrisy of the fashion world and the government, according to defense psychologist Barbara Kirwin, who interviewed him last year.

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FORMER LOVER SAYS BRAUNSTEIN THREATENED AND ABUSED HER.