Hedge funder Todd Meister — the ex-husband of Nicky Hilton — now has a courtroom Valentine’s date with his accused embezzling “personal” assistant.
A Manhattan judge today set Feb. 14 as the trial date for the allegedly filching assistant, Ukranian beauty Renata Shamrakova, accused of swiping $900,000 from Meister.
Prosecutors say Shamrakova had no authority to ring up the nearly $1 million in expenses on Meister’s credit card. Shamrakova counters that she was only hired in the first place to be Meister’s very personal assistant. Meister let her run up the card as a gift during the course of their romantic relationship, she says.
Shamrakova may try to break her Valentines date, her lawyer told Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jill Konviser in court today, as his petite brunette client stood at his side, looking glum in a tight green printed dress.
“We have been given 1.75 terabytes of discovery as of a month ago,” the lawyer, Joshua Kirshner, said, referring to the scads of financial documents, emails and other correspondence that has passed between the two.
“We are sifting through it,” the lawyer said. “We won’t be ready … It’s an extraordinary amount of evidence. It’s well beyond the average grand larceny.”
“You need to be here on that date,” the judge answered — though she left open whether the date could be moved.
Shamrakova remains free on a $300,000 bond.