The Devil and W.W.D.  When ousted Women's Wear Daily columnist
Peter Braunstein was charged with forcing his way into a former
fashion editor's apartment, disguised as a New York firefighter,
then sexually and psychologically abusing her for 13 hours, he
became a tabloid "monster." As Braunstein goes to trial, his
friends, family, and co-workers tell a much more surprising
story. Peter Braunstein is escorted in shackles out of the
Criminal Justice Center in Memphis on December 19, 2005. Peter
Braunstein is escorted in shackles out of the Criminal Justice
Center in Memphis on December 19, 2005—three days after his
arrest. His self-inflicted stab wounds are visible on his neck.
Lance Murphy/Polaris Images.  The photograph, an 8-by-10 in a
polished silver frame, rests on the coffee table in Alberto
Braunstein's apartment on Manhattan's East Side. Taken at the
1989 wedding of his son Peter, it shows the bride in an enormous
white taffeta gown and the groom in white-tie, both of them
beaming at the camera. It is a