I pulled up to Libbie Mugrabi's Hamptons mansion in my modest Honda CR-V and left my car on the street outside the gates, while her $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom sat in the driveway beyond.
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The sprawling six-bedroom Bridgehampton estate, tucked away at the end of a long driveway on about seven acres surrounded by woods and multimillion-dollar homes, had been hers since her 2020 divorce settlement from billionaire art collector David Mugrabi.
Now, after a foreclosure auction last month, the Manhattan socialite was packing it up.
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When I arrived at around 12pm last Thursday, the 46-year-old was outside, loading belongings into a storage pod, dressed in a short red pajama set.
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She is being forced out of the home she once shared with David and their two children after it was sold at auction when she failed to keep up with the mortgage payments.
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She has about a month to move out or risk being evicted.
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After spending some time outside enjoying the grounds and listening to the birds chirping, Libbie invited me inside.
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Soon we were sipping expensive champagne and touring the house as we talked about our shared Jewish upbringing, art, fashion and her bitter divorce from David.
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Dressed in a short red pajama set, Libbie Mugrabi enjoys the last few days in her Hamptons mansion
I pulled up in my modest Honda CR-V alongside her $400,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom
Libbie's office was perhaps the clearest glimpse of the life she says she wants next: a career in fashion.
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Her L'Scher brand was splashed across a canvas in pink graffiti, while clothes, books, paperwork and merchandise covered the room.
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She showed me some of her latest designs, including a hat emblazoned 'DEFY.'
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Another, which made her laugh, carried the word 'C**tessa,' a deliberately profane play on Contessa.
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She then changed out of her pajamas and into a white feathered jacket of her own design before posing for photographs.
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Elsewhere, the house was filled with art, including a Damien Hirst work of unknown value in her all-white living room.
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We moved into her master bedroom where designer clothes, shoes, jewelry and handbags spilled out of her enormous walk-in closet.
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She showed me the bikinis she was packing for her move to Florida.
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She said she was ready for a new beginning.
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'I am really happy and excited to leave.
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I don't ever want to come back to New York.
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I think it is the dirtiest, most corrupt place.
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But despite insisting she was ready to leave, Mugrabi was clearly incensed about the way she had lost her home and the divorce that preceded it.
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Designer clothes, shoes, jewels and handbags spilled out of her enormous walk-in closet
Her L'Scher brand was splashed across a canvas in pink graffiti in her office
Her split from Mugrabi, which began in 2018 and was settled in 2020, became one of New York's most spectacular society battles, with their fortune and vast art collection at the center of the fight.
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Mugrabi has previously described the moment she discovered David with another woman in this very home as the final straw in their marriage.
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She told me the same story, saying she had gone upstairs to bed during a July 4 weekend party in 2018 before discovering David downstairs naked with another woman the following morning.
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The precise terms of the divorce settlement were never made public, although reports said she had sought $100 million.
'I was entitled to half of a billion in the divorce,' Libbie fumed, the conversation growing more heated.
'I settled for just a few paintings, this house and some monthly money.'
The Bridgehampton mansion, valued at the time at around $18 million, was one of the major assets she received in her divorce from David.
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Libbie took out a $3.5 million loan secured against the property but later admitted she stopped paying it back in October 2024, allowing ownership to cede to the lender.
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Movers pack up the sprawling six-bedroom Bridgehampton estate
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The house was sold at a fraction of the asking price after it went on sale at a public auction
A subsequent arrangement gave Libbie an opportunity to sell the house herself, which she listed for $25 million, later cutting the asking price to $19 million.
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When she failed to find a buyer before the deadline, the property was put up for sale at a public foreclosure auction.
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Libbie described the auction as 'bogus' and said she believed her house had effectively been 'stolen' from her.
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Normally, when you have an auction you have to advertise it [properly] to the public but it was never advertised,' she said.
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'The auction was rigged, unfair and unjust and my deed was taken.
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Taking occasional hits from her vape, Libbie described the series of 'humiliating' events that led to her home being sold for a mere $5.86m.
The auction itself was 'out of control,' with locals crowding into Town Hall to watch the drama unfold.
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Libbie's mother, Jane Scher, was among those in attendance, accompanied by her dog, Botox.
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At one point, she turned to the lender's attorney, Ryan Mitola of Vallely Mitola Ryan, and reportedly told him: 'Your client is a d**k.'
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The home has been hers since her 2020 divorce settlement from billionaire art collector David Mugrabi
Libbie's sister, Mia Rowe, meanwhile, appeared determined to save the house, repeatedly raising her bid as she was outbid by others.
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At one point, her $7.8 million bid was accepted, seemingly putting the property back within the family's grasp.
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She held up the auction as she ran to the bank to get the certified check she needed.
But when the bank couldn't provide it, the property went to the next bidder, Henry Ikezi, an investor and Queens politician.
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The drama did not end there.
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Police were called and Jane was eventually escorted from the auction with Botox, after an angry confrontation in which she was described as a 'lunatic.'
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Dan Russo, the attorney who acted as referee for the auction, later told the Daily Mail that the proceeding was 'out of control.'
Under the auction terms, Ikezi has up to 45 days to complete the purchase, according to the Post.
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