Lenny Hochstein just wants out.
After Vidak For Congress broke the news that his estranged wife, Lisa Hochstein, claimed in a lawsuit that he tried to “financially strangle” her in their divorce, the plastic surgeon told us exclusively that the star of “Real Housewives of Miami” is the star. . issue.
“Lisa uses these court files to portray me badly in the press. It’s worse than a press release because the fact that it’s been filed gives it legitimacy,” Lenny wrote in an email Monday, adding that he’s paying “everything for the kids separately.”
The self-proclaimed “boob god”, 56, also claimed that Lisa, 40, still lives in their marital home with their two children, Logan, 7, and Elle, 2, “at no cost”, but recently began “abusing” their joint credit card to ‘buy things for themselves’.
“Last month the bill was almost 60K. This month she continued the abuse, including buying herself jewelry and clothes, which caused the card to go over the limit just before my vacation,” claimed Lenny, who is traveling to Europe with his girlfriend, Katharina Mazepa.
“She demanded that I pay the bill to give her more to spend. I declined, but did pay for it with $5,000 in an emergency,” he claimed. “She promptly spent $3K taking people out to dinner, and when I refused to send her more money, she made a payment of $ 20K from my bank account without my knowledge or consent.”
Lenny also went straight into Lisa’s claims that he “verbally confronts her” with “degrading comments.”
“As for berating, it’s the exact opposite. It’s Lisa who is constantly attacking and berating me,” he wrote. “I moved to another bedroom and when that wasn’t enough, I had to rent an apartment. I’m doing my best to avoid conflict. I just want a divorce.”
Lenny filed for divorce from the reality star in May after 12 years of marriage amid his budding romance with Mazepa. Lisa told us she was “blindsided” by the split and criticized Lenny for being “reckless” in the way he handled the situation.
Mazepa, meanwhile, has claimed that Lisa created fake Instagram accounts to cyberbully her.
The drama appears to have taken its toll on Lenny, who joked on Instagram that “having a wife and girlfriend can be stressful” and sparked his recent weight loss.