By Steve Huff 12/08/12 4:50pm

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Tabber Benedict (photo courtesy of Patrick McMullan)

‘Gatsbaby’ Tabber Benedict Pleads Guilty To Multiple DWI-Related Charges

As November ended, Tabber Benedict, a “Gatsbaby” featured in a June, 2012 report in The Observer, pleaded guilty in a Suffolk County court to ten charges related to a drunk-driving incident on July 4, 2011. According to a report in Newsday, Mr. Benedict, a 35-year-old corporate attorney, will lose his law license and will serve time in jail.

Suffolk County D.A. Thomas Spota issued a statement about Mr. Benedict’s plea that called the penalties “completely proportional” to the crime. Read More

By Daniel Edward Rosen 6/29/12 8:00am

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Tabber Benedict (photo courtesy of Patrick McMullan)

“Gatsbaby” Tabber Benedict Was Involved in 2011 DWI Accident in The Hamptons

The Observer has learned that Tabber Benedict, one of the three men featured in this weeks’ cover story on Gatsbabies, has something in common with Jay Gatsby that’s a little less charming than his wardrobe and extravagant lifestyle.

Mr. Benedict, a 35-year-old attorney who runs his own fledgling law practice, is facing charges of aggravated vehicular assault, leaving the scene of the accident, and driving while intoxicated for the 2011 Fourth of July accident in which he is accused of hitting a bicyclist while driving a 2011 GMC Acadia on the Montauk Highway. Read More