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Plastic surgery-loving ‘Catwoman’ accused of scratching boyfriend, slicing him with scissors

  • Wildenstein leaves court with her attorney Alan Kachalsky after her...

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    Wildenstein leaves court with her attorney Alan Kachalsky after her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.

  • Lloyd Klein accused Wildenstein of the attack about 2 a.m....

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    Lloyd Klein accused Wildenstein of the attack about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

  • Jocelyn Wildenstein earned the nickname "Catwoman" for her plastic surgeries designed...

    Alec Tabak for New York Daily News

    Jocelyn Wildenstein earned the nickname "Catwoman" for her plastic surgeries designed to render her face like that of a feline.

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The “Catwoman” is accused of using her claws.

Jocelyn Wildenstein, the 71-year-old Manhattan socialite who earned her nickname after multiple plastic surgeries designed to make her look like a cat, is accused of clawing her boyfriend and slicing him with scissors Tuesday night.

Wildenstein got into an argument with her 49-year-old beau, fashion designer Lloyd Klein, inside their apartment at the Trump World Tower on First Ave. by E. 47th St., cops said.

She scratched his face with her nails, and cut his chest with a pair of scissors at about 11 p.m., police said.

Wildenstein leaves court with her attorney Alan Kachalsky after her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Wildenstein leaves court with her attorney Alan Kachalsky after her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court.

He reported the alleged attack at 2 a.m., police said. He refused medical assistance, and police charged Wildenstein with assault.

“We put her through the system just like everybody else,” a police source said.

Wildenstein’s lawyer, Alan Kachalsky, downplayed the incident.

Lloyd Klein accused Wildenstein of the attack about 2 a.m. Wednesday.
Lloyd Klein accused Wildenstein of the attack about 2 a.m. Wednesday.

“They’re making a mountain out of a molehill,” Kachalsky said.

The so-called “Bride of Wildenstein” made bank in her high-profile divorce from her billionaire art dealer husband Alec in the late 1990s. He died in 2008.

Her 20-year marriage fell apart when her husband was arrested in their Upper East Side home on charges of pointing a pistol at her after she caught him in bed with his 19-year-old model girlfriend.