Billionaire George Soros 'slapped 28-year-old Brazilian ex-lover and tried to choke her after he refused to give her $1.9m Manhattan apartment'
The Daily Mail (UK)
Last updated at 3:28 PM on 11th August 2011
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Billionaire financier George Soros is being sued for $50 million by his former lover - a 28-year-old Brazilian soap star who claims he physically abused her and broke a promise to give her a Manhattan apartment.
Adriana Ferreyr claims her 80-year-old former boyfriend slapped her across the face and placed his hands around her neck in a bid to choke her while they argued about the $1.9miilion flat.
The details of the acrimonious split are to be aired in Manhattan Supreme Court, where Miss Ferreyr yesterday filed her $50 million suit.
It states that the actress was dating Mr Soros, estimated to be worth about £14.5billion, for around five years. During that time he promised to give her an apartment at 30 East 85th Street, worth $1.9 million and a city block from Central Park.
But before she got the chance to take possession of the generous gift Mr Soros abruptly called off the relationship.
Her lawsuit claims that, despite his 'heartless' rejection, the couple briefly reignited their relationship, and that it was during a passionate night in bed that the billionaire let slip with a whisper in her ear that he had promised the apartment to another woman.
Miss Ferreyr reacted badly to this news and an ensuing argument allegedly turned violent.
The lawsuit states: 'While still in bed, Soros slapped Ferreyr across the face and proceeded to put his hands around her neck in an attempt to choke her.'
It goes on to assert that Mr Soros allegedly threw a glass lamp at Miss Ferreyr. It missed her but shattered on the floor and cut Miss Ferreyr's foot, a wound which required three stitches.
This allegation is supported by a police report of the incident, after Miss Ferreyr called the police but did not lay charges.
The accusations contained in Miss Ferreyr's court papers are being strenuously denied by Mr Soros's lawyer William Zabel, who branded the lawsuit 'frivolous and entirely without merit'.
Mr Zabel told the New York Post: 'Mr Soros did have an on-again, off-again and non-exclusive relationship with Ms Ferreyr. The complaint is riddled with false charges and is obviously an attempt to extract money from my client, who is a very wealthy man.
'The police investigated the... incident referred to and concluded that no assault occurred. George Soros did not slap, choke or throw a lamp at her.'
One of Soros's friends added that he completely 'denies throwing the lamp and totally denies trying to choke her.'
'This is about a lot of money and an apartment,' he added.
Mr Soros and Miss Ferreyr met at a Hamptons luncheon in 2006 and a relationship quickly ensued. In happier times they enjoyed holidays all over the world, and Miss Ferreyr was showered with gifts.
The couple are said to have holidayed in St. Barts, where they mingled with a jet set crowd, including billionaire Ron Perelman and art dealer Larry Gagosian.
Her lawsuit reveals that she had her heart set on the apartment in 30 East 85th St and claims that Mr Soros, who lived just two blocks away, agreed to buy it for her.
But the ink had barely dried on the contract when Mr Soros ended the relationship and allegedly gave the apartment to another woman, unnamed in court documents.
Miss Ferreyr, a Columbia University student who found fame in Brazil on the soap opera Marisol in 2002, said she was devastated over being dumped.
Despite the yawning age gap between the pair, Miss Ferreyr has described her relationship with Mr Soros as 'serious and meaningful'.
The lawsuit goes on to say that Mr Soros apologised for giving the apartment away and offered to buy Miss Ferreyr another apartment, this one worth a whopping $4.3 million.
But he allegedly reneged on this promise as well.
Miss Ferreyr's attorney, Robert Hantman, said it was unfortunate his client 'had to resort to the courthouse, as it should have been resolved as a private matter. It will be up to the court to decide. It's 1/7000th of his wealth She just wants what he promised her.'
One on Ferreyr's female friends said Soros pulled out of the agreement to buy the apartment after she had worked hard to try to find it, labelling his 'disrespectful'.
'I don't think what he did was fair,' Selma Fonseca, 45, told the New York Daily News.
'She did all the leg work finding the place and then he tossed her aside. You don't do that to somebody and especially someone you have been with for five years. It's disrespectful.'
She described their on-off relationship as a fiery 'War of the Roses'.
Miss Ferreyr refused to comment in detail on the case, stating simply: 'It's a private matter for me. I'm really busy with my schoolwork and am trying to focus on that.'
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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