Wednesday 23 November 2022 05:11 AM Socialite Libbie Mugrabi arrested for 'threatening her with a knife and mop ... trends now
Wealthy socialite Libbie Mugrabi, 43, was arrested for allegedly 'breaking her ex-housekeeper's phone and threatening her with a knife and mop handle' when asked for the money she owed her.
The 43-year-old, is the ex-wife of billionaire Andy Warhol art collector David Mugrabi and was arrested at her Sag Harbor home and charged with 'menacing, criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon,' police told the New York Post.
The fight allegedly broke out on July 31 after her housekeeper complained about money that she had been owed by Mugrabi.
Southampton Town Police said that the fight ended when Mugrabi 'forcefully and unlawfully' evicted the now ex-employee.
Mugrabi was released without bail following her arraignment in Southampton Town Justice Court, a source told the outlet.
'Libbie Mugrabi is a pillar of our community and a law abiding citizen,' Marianne Bertuna, of Aidala Bertuna & Kamins, said in a statement.
Wealthy socialite Libbie Mugrabi, 43, was arrested for allegedly 'breaking her ex-housekeeper's phone and threatening her with a knife and mop handle' when asked for the money she owed her
A source close to Libbie, who's acrimonious divorce was branded New York City's 'nastiest' split, said her ex-husband David (pictured) stopped paying her bills
'The evidence will show that she is innocent of all these charges. We look forward to this matter being swiftly dismissed in its entirety.'
Friends of Mugrabi said she denies the charges, with one Hamptons pal huffing, 'Libbie is innocent of the claims she is accused of.'
The mother of two, whose 13-year marriage to art world scion David Mugrabi collapsed in July 2018 after she caught him naked with another woman, is currently reinventing herself as a philanthropist and designer.
Her acrimonious divorce reportedly saw her walk away with $100 million.
Exact details of the settlement were never disclosed, and the Mugrabi family, which owns the largest private collection of Andy Warhols in the world, is worth an estimated $5 billion.
Mugrabi settled her divorce with her art collecting ex-husband in December 2020, but compared herself to the late Princess of Wales during the tumultuous split.
'I had the same thing as her — I got married young,' Mugrabi said in a 2021 interview with The New York Post.
'She was told what to do and wear,' she said.
The couple is seen above in New York City in April 2018. They had been married for 13 years before the bitter split in December 2020
Libbie has accused David of physically assaulting her when he caught her trying to move
