Former Real Housewives of New York City star Jules Wainstein has been arrested for battery in Florida.
The 39-year-old former reality star was booked into Palm Beach County’s main detention center around 3:50pm on Sunday, Page Six reports.
Jules is accused of punching her estranged husband Michael in the face during a custody exchange which got heated.
Jules Wainstein, seen here in a mugshot from her arrest on Sunday, was booked for battery in Palm Beach
A source tells the website that during the altercation, which took place in a parking lot, Jules licked Michael’s car window before moving to the back of the car and hitting the vehicle with a baseball bat.
She then allegedly punched Michael in the face. Their two children were in the car at the time of the incident, Page Six reports.
The duo are parents to daughter Rio, nine, and son Jagger, 11.
Michael, who was dropping the kids off with Jules on Sunday, filmed the incident on his phone and told cops that Jules hit and scratched his face, according to TMZ.
The businessman claims he started filming his ex because of a previous argument about child support which left him feeling threatened.
Wainstein and Michael appeared in court on Monday and her arraignment is scheduled for March 16.
Jules – who starred on RHONY for just one season in 2016 – has been embroiled in a nasty divorce from her estranged husband Michael for over three years. She is pictured in February 2017
Michael’s lawyer Morghan Richardson said in a statement: ‘This is a serious situation reflecting Ms. Wainstein’s increasingly reckless behavior that unfortunately took place in front of the kids,’
‘The children were released to Michael’s custody yesterday and he is most concerned about protecting them.’
Michael also reportedly obtained a protective order against Jules.
The duo’s messy divorce has been going on for over three years with police called to their home in New York in 2016 and Jules taking out a restraining order on her ex.
She has been living in Florida in recent months, telling Bravo in October 2019: ‘I’m temporarily living in Boca [in Florida] at my parents, which actually happened to be a nice thing because unfortunately my father just recently passed away.
‘So we got to spend the last year with him, which we wouldn’t have spent as much time if we were living in New York. So we’ll be there until things settle, and then hopefully we’ll move back soon.’
Michael filed for divorce in May 2016, ending their eight-year union, after Jules discovered he was having an affair, her rep confirmed to DailyMail.com. The family are pictured in June that year
Michael filed for divorce in May 2016, ending their eight-year union, after Jules discovered he was having an affair, her rep confirmed to DailyMail.com.
Michael denied cheating at the time.
In 2017, Michael was facing jail time for not paying $135,000 in child support, rent and other expenses to the former Real Housewives of New York star.
Prior to that his lawyer had accused Jules of squandering thousands of dollars – meant to be saved for their children – in a matter of days.
Each accused the other of spending money in overly extravagant ways rather than saving it for the kids.
Michael, a real estate investor, made claims his wife’s extravagant lifestyle had left him strapped for cash.
Both Jules and Michael had also been accused of hiding their finances by a judge presiding over alimony payments.
In 2017, Jules’ husband Michael was facing jail time for not paying $135,000 in child support, rent and other expenses to the former Real Housewives of New York star
Ugly battle: Accusations have flown between the former couple with a judge accusing them of both hiding their finances in 2017
She starred on RHONY for just one season in 2016, joining in season eight but then leaving to focus on her family amid the divorce.
She has previously opened up about her lifelong battle with anorexia and bulimia and after leaving the reality show she recently said she didn’t regret talking about it on TV.
‘Eating disorders are a very secretive disease. I thought it’d be really healthy and a big part of my recovery if I did speak about it. I always say, secrets kept you sick. Speaking about it, then, I could do the opposite.’ she told BravoTV in October.
Meanwhile, Jules isn’t the only cast member from RHONY to have a scrape with the law in Palm Beach.
In December 2017 Luann de Lesseps, 54, was arrested in Florida on misdemeanor counts of disorderly intoxication and trespassing after an drunken incident at The Colony hotel where she refused to vacate a hotel room that wasn’t registered in her name and assaulted a cop.
Current RHONY castmembers Luann de Lesseps and Tinsley Mortimer have both been arrested in Palm Beach, Florida
It came on the one year anniversary of her marriage to now ex-husband Tom D’Agostino who she split with just one month after tying the knot.
Luann struck a deal with the court in July 2018 and pleaded guilty to the charges of battery, trespassing and disorderly intoxication.
In exchange for her her plea, she was ordered to pay fines, perform 50 hours of community service and received one year of probation.
In April 2016, Tinsley Mortimer, 44, was arrested for trespassing at the Palm Beach, Florida home of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Alexander ‘Nico’ Fanjul.
Fanjul called police when Tinsley – who appeared intoxicated,’ turned up at his house uninvited while his new girlfriend was inside.
In December 2017 Luann de Lesseps, 54, was arrested in Florida on misdemeanor counts of disorderly intoxication and trespassing after an drunken incident at The Colony hotel