By Drew Grant 2/12 1:00pm

Post Drama

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Update: Gatsbaby Tabber Benedict’s New York Post Drama Just Got a Little More Personal

Updated after the jump

Last week, The New York Post came out with an incendiary item about the high-flying socialite (and New York Observer Gatsbaby) Tabber Benedict, who had allegedly thrown himself a “going-away” party at Number 8 on the night before he was actually due to be sentenced in court for his 2011 DUI.

But according to the gossip site Scallywag & Vagabond, the attack might have been more personal than just a good tip from Justin Ross Lee…and that the Post‘s author, Tara Palmeri, had it out for Mr. Benedict for another reason. Read More

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

An Unbroken Series of Successful Gestures

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‘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 8/07/12 2:34pm

Doucherrari

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Ferrari Snob Claims He Was Concussed by Cop Whose Foot He Did Not Crush, Lawyer Sez

Julien Chabbott, the co-founder of the now-defunct smartphone app Line Snob, was arrested and charged with felony assault after he allegedly drove over Police Officer Felix Recio‘s foot early Saturday evening.

“He had a concussion and some other injuries,” said Mr. Heller, who claimed Mr. Chabbott had to be taken to Bellevue Hospital for treatment after his arrest. Read More