Opinion
Marlene Cooke back in town
By: Jeff Dufour
Editor at Large/Columnist, "Yeas & Nays"
12/04/08 12:05 AM EST
Here comes troubleShe's back!!! Marlene Cooke, the legendary fourth wife of late Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke who earned a place in the Washington gossip hall of fame with her antics, was spotted Tuesday night at Saks Fifth Avenue in Chevy Chase for a fashion show with designers Mark Badgley and James Mischka.
"She looked beautiful," said one observer.
The Bolivia native was a constant source of headlines during the 1990s. She successfully fought deportation proceedings stemming from a cocaine charge in the 1980s. She was arrested in Georgetown after driving her Jaguar down M Street with a young man clinging to the hood, and later hurling her shoe at police officers. After Mr. Cooke died in 1997, it was discovered that he had written her out of his will, although she later won a reported $20 million judgment against his estate. Earlier this decade, she moved to Rome.
Besides her local friends, many of whom she caught up with at Saks we hear, she maintains other ties to the area. Her son, Rodrigo Garcia, is the manager of the L2 nightclub in Georgetown.
