Real Housewives of New York City star faced a Kelly Killoren Bensimon appeared in court this morning for allegedly assaulting her ex, Nick Stefanov.
Kelly was arrested earlier this month for reportedly punching her boyfriend in the face, causing lacerations below his left eye and “substantial pain,” according to the complaint he filed with police. She could face up to a year in jail if convicted.
Bensimon’s lawyer Ed Hayes argued Stefanov was responsible for the altercation because he refused to leave her apartment after they split up. “I can’t believe the guy went to the police,” Hayes told New York’s Daily News. “It is very, very mean-spirited. It’s not like she’s in his apartment. He’s in her apartment.”
Prosecutors asked for an order of protection against Bensimon to be extended, but Hayes charged Stefanov with sending his ex threatening e-mails that said, “I’m going to make your life misery.”
The case was adjourned until June 8, a clerk at NYC Criminal Court. Stefanov was not present in court. “If he doesn’t show up from now until then, they’ll dismiss the case. It’s not a real case,” Hayes told Extra. “He just wants to make her life uncomfortable.”
“I’m devastated my girls and I have to go through something like this,” Bensimon told the Daily News. “They don’t need to be exposed to something like this.”
Bensimon said she was confident the case would be resolved in her favor. “The only time I’ll ever be here again is for jury duty,” she declared.