Allegedly shooting his millionaire hedge-fund dad in the head certainly worked up his appetite.
After Thomas Gilbert Jr. was taken into custody Jan. 4, he scarfed down two slices of pizza, an Egg McMuffin, an apple and a sandwich, according to court papers released at his arraignment Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court.
The spoiled son, who’d allegedly murdered his father, Thomas Gilbert Sr., after the dad cut his allowance by a measly $200, bragged to cops about how he stayed in such good shape.
“A lot of diet and exercise,” the frequent surfer boasted.
He then described his technique for losing weight, including a formula for reducing caloric intake, court papers say.
When officers showed up at his Chelsea pad to arrest him, the savvy accused killer opened the door and stated: “Hello, sir? I’m on the phone with my lawyer,” court papers say.
Once in custody, he politely asked to speak to his lawyer three times.
The handsome Princeton grad was brought into court Thursday in an orange jumpsuit, sporting shaggy hair with the roots of his blond highlights peeking out and a reddish beard.
When asked to enter a plea on the charge of murder and other raps, he replied, “Not guilty,” in a steady voice.
The trouble for Thomas Gilbert Jr., 30, started Jan. 4 when he showed up uninvited at his father’s tony Beekman Place pad, authorities said.
He asked his mother, Shelly, to get him a sandwich.
When she returned, she discovered the lifeless body of her husband, Gilbert Sr., 70, on the floor of their bedroom.
The founder of hedge fund Wainscott Capital had a gunshot wound to his head and a .40-caliber Glock resting on his chest, according to the criminal complaint.
“My husband’s been shot by my son!” she told 911 operators, law enforcement sources said.
Gilbert Jr. tried to stage the murder as a suicide, police said.
When he was arrested at his apartment, cops found ammunition for a .40-caliber Glock firearm, a skimmer device and 21 blank credit cards, court papers say.
The slain dad had been giving his son about $3,000 a month, cops said.
His high-powered defense lawyer, Alex Spiro, declined comment.
“As alleged in the indictment, the defendant intentionally shot and killed a member of his own family,” said District Attorney Cy Vance. “He also possessed a private cache of ammunition and firearm attachments that might have enabled him to do even more tragic harm.”