Arrested socialite Libbie Mugrabi claims she is the victim of ‘glamping’ housekeeper and aggressive cops
SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK: Libbie Mugrabi, who was arrested this week and charged with beating a maid, claimed to be the victim. The former even asserted that her 10,000 square foot home was taken over by domestic "workers who are not supposed to be living there" while she was abroad. In a statement earlier this week, the Southampton Police Department stated that Mugrabi had been charged with menacing, criminal mischief and criminal possession of a weapon.
An unidentified housekeeper said Mugrabi destroyed her smartphone and used a mop handle as a weapon to attack her on July 31. The housekeeper said the dispute was over money she is owed by Mugrabi in a police report that was made during the summer. However, Mugrabi told New York Post that the workmen invaded her house, the housekeeper beat her and she was taken advantage of and had her designer shoes taken. Additionally, she alleges that Southampton police officers roughed her up. "They should have been doing work on my house but not living in my house," Mugrabi said of the workers, adding they came from Latin America. "The night I came home, a lady was in my guest room — she was supposed to have been let go. I went to use the bathroom, saw her, and I got scared to death," she added.
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Mugrabi said that she had instructed the housekeeper to vacate the premises. "She started throwing stuff at me," the socialite said. "She threw a cellphone and the bottom of a stringy mop at me. She was screaming like a crazy person and threw a Bible at me. I went into my bedroom and locked the door. I heard more screaming and called her an Uber [at around 3.00 am on July 31]. My handyman convinced her to leave," Mugrabi added. "She complained that she had no cash. I gave her $500 or $600 out of my wallet. I just wanted her to leave … She got driven to Brooklyn. It cost me $268. Plus she had my vintage ballet flats, Chanel shoes and Balenciaga shoes in her bag," she said. Mugrabi responded to the accusation of an attack made against her by saying "I would never hit somebody. I’m not aggressive physically. I’m aggressive with my voice. Everything she said I did to her, she did to me.”
According to a person close to Mugrabi, the allegedly intrusive individuals "were living in the house during July, driving Libbie’s Porsche, sleeping in her bed and wearing her clothing — including a hat that had ‘Libbie’ on the front." Jane Scher, Mugrabi's mother and an aesthetic nurse in Manhattan, said she had personally witnessed the purported takeover. "I went to the house [in July] because Libbie said I could stay there while she was in Europe," said Scher. "The people there told me I could only go in the pool house and I was not allowed in the main house. At first I couldn’t reach Libbie on the phone and didn’t want to upset anybody. So I stayed in the [600-square-foot] pool house where I had to share a bed with my friend. She couldn’t believe that these people had taken over Libbie’s house,” she added. Meanwhile, Scher alleged, “They were in the pool and the hot tub and wouldn’t even give me a cup of coffee. I thought they had a better life than I do.”
Mugrabi was working with fashion consultant Marko Matysik at her Water Mill house on November 22 when Southampton police arrived. "All of a sudden, the police were aggressive for no reason," Mugrabi said. "They attacked me and handcuffed me. I said that they were twisting my wrist. They said, 'It's OK.' I asked them to read me my rights. They said, 'We don’t read rights for this,'" she added. Matysik observed her arrest from the terrace and confirmed "Next thing I knew, Libbie was in handcuffs. She was wearing a wife-beater and hot pants. I grabbed as many of her handbags and hand luggage as I could [in case she needed anything inside them] and got into the chauffeured Suburban and followed the police car."
Police "twisted my fingers," claimed Mugrabi, as they took her fingerprints. The socialite was detained for around four hours while the police completed paperwork. Matysik continued saying thwy were "very happy to have her in their jailhouse." "It seems that she is clearly the victim here,” attorney Arthur Aidala of Aidala, Bertuna & Kamins, who is representing Mugrabi, noted. "There is clearly a misunderstanding of what took place on the day of the incident. We look forward to working with the prosecutor’s office and having all the charges against Libbie dismissed," he added.