Bethenny Frankel's ex Jason Hoppy arrested for 'stalking Real Housewives star after sending abusive emails and threatening to destroy the reality star in confrontation at daughter's school'

  • Jason Hoppy was arrested in New York City on Friday after allegedly trying to provoke ex-wife Bethenny Frankel into a fight and saying he would 'destroy her'
  • He is charged with stalking and harassing Frankel, having also allegedly sent her abusive emails and hundreds of Facetime requests
  • Hoppy is denying the charges and was released shortly after being charged with harassment in the first degree and stalking in the fourth degree
  • The couple wed in 2010 and then split two years later, with Bethenny giving birth to their daughter Bryn
  • Their divorce was not finalized until July of 2016, and they were forced to live in the same apartment for two years after the split
  • Frankel has not commented on the incident, fleeing the city with her 6-year-old daughter for the Hamptons over the weekend and then skiing in Vermont 

By Chris Spargo For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:46 EST, 31 January 2017 | Updated: 15:04 EST, 31 January 2017

The ex-husband of Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel was arrested in New York City on Friday on stalking and harassment charges.

Jason Hoppy sent a number of abusive emails to Frankel while also trying to Facetime the reality star hundreds of times in the past two months despite a cease and desist letter that was sent to him on November 22 of last year according to a complaint filed in the case.

Page Six also spoke to an NYPD spokesperson who confirmed that it was an incident that allegedly occurred early Friday morning that ultimately led to a complaint being filed against Hoppy.

'On Friday, January 27, the suspect approached [Frankel] and a friend at her child’s school at around 8:15am and tried to provoke a fight,' said the spokesperson.

'He said, "I will destroy you, you can get all the lawyers you want, you’ve been warned."' 

Frankel, 46, was photographed a few hours after the alleged incident as she left her home and headed to pick up her daughter at school.

The millionaire creator of the Skinny Girl empire showed no signs of what had happened earlier that morning however, smiling for the cameras as she made her way back home with Bryn.

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Bad break: Jason Hoppy was arrested in New York City on Friday for stalking and harssing his ex Bethenny Frankel (couple above in 2012) 

Brave face: Bethenny was seen a few hours after the incident going to pick up her daughter at school (left) and then returning home (right) 

Deny: Hoppy is denying the charges and was released shortly after being charged with harassment in the first degree and stalking in the fourth degree (Bryn and Bethenny above on Friday afternoon) 

Frankel has not commented on the incident, and instead fled the city with her 6-year-old daughter, posting a photo on Saturday of the beach near her home in the Hamptons.

'What a beach,' wrote Frankel.

She also posted a video on Tuesday while skiing in Straton, Vermont, sharing footage as she went up in the gondola and writing: 'Up up and away.'  

Later she posted a picture on Snapchat as she enjoyed a a margarita and some french fries, writing: 'Priorities'

Hoppy’s attorney Robert C. Gottlieb did offer a comment, saying: 'There are no words to express how saddened Mr. Hoppy is over his ex-wife’s unjustified actions. His only concern is his daughter and intends to vigorously fight these false charges.' 

Frankel's boyfriend, banker Dennis Shields, sent a cease and desist letter last year from his attorney threatening to take legal action if Hoppy did not stop harassing the Bravo star.

The letter claimed that Hoppy had sent 49 emails in just 70 days, in which he frequently attacked Frankel over her looks, age and fame.

TMZ reported at the time that Hoppy wrote in one email that Shields was just part of a 'revolving door of men' and would 'be gone soon.'

Soon after, reports emerged that Frankel and Shields did in fact split, though Frankel responded by shooting these down and saying he was still a part of her life.

The two also spent the holidays together, and were spotted frolicking on a beach in Mexico just before the new year.

On the run: Frankel fled the city after Hoppy's arrest heading to the Hamptons on Saturday (left) and Vermont on Tuesday (right)

Getting serious: Frankel's boyfriend Dennis Shields (pair above in June) had his lawyer send Hoppy a cease and desist letter in November after he allegedly sent 49 harassing emails

The incident is just the latest bit of real life drama between the pair, who wed in March of 2010 and then split two years later.

Frankel, who was very pregnant with her first child when she said 'I do,' gave birth to the couple's daughter Brynn shortly after the nuptials in May of that year.

Their wedding and the lead-up to the ceremony even became its own reality series that aired on Bravo, 'Bethenny Getting Married.'

At the time the show had the highest rating for a series premiere in Bravo history, so the couple got another show that was called 'Bethenny Ever After.'

That ran for two seasons and ended just as the couple's relationship began to fall apart, leading to their split in December of 2012 and Frankel filing for divorce the following month. 

The two then lived together for approximately two years after the split as Hoppy refused to move out of the $5million apartment that his then-estranged wife had purchased in Manhattan's price Tribeca neighborhood. 

He was able to do this because Frankel had purchased the property under a trust in which both she and Hoppy were named as beneficiaries.  

The way they were: Frankel and Hoppy married at the Four Seasons in March of 2010 (above)

Frankel was eventually forced to start living out of hotels, which she did for over a year before buying a new apartment in Soho. 

The stress and sadness caused by her living situation and ongoing divorce drama was featured in the past two season of 'Housewives,' which Frankel rejoined following a hiatus from the show.  

 

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