He’s got a right to stand by his daughter — and snatch back his money from the man who hurt her.
Real-estate big Harry Macklowe and his wife, Linda, won a $200,000 judgment against their estranged son-in-law, Kent Swig, Monday when Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ellen Coin ordered Swig to repay the loan Macklowe gave him while he was still happily married to his daughter Elizabeth in 2009.
“We’re pleased with the decision,” Macklowe’s attorney, Stephen Meister, told The Post. “Now we’d like Mr. Swig to pay it.”
Macklowe, who lives in a lavish Plaza apartment with his wife, lent Swig the money to pay attorneys when he was fighting off lawsuits for debts related to the real-estate crash.
Coin, the judge, also dismissed counterclaims Swig brought against his father-in-law, alleging that Macklowe had conspired with Elizabeth to forge Swig’s signature on a $270,000 insurance policy for the couple’s Park Avenue pad.
In court papers, Swig had fingered Macklowe as the likely forger because he was “deeply loyal” to his little girl and “does not lack for derring-do.”
The Swig Equities head insists he’s owed half the proceeds from a water-damage claim at the couple’s home at 740 Park Ave., where Elizabeth still lives with their two kids.
The judge also said Macklowe has a right to defend his daughter in the ongoing divorce battle.
The judge said, “While the court understands [Swig’s] frustration with [the Macklowes’] apparent involvement in their daughter’s divorce proceedings, the language of the [loan] note does not mandate [the Macklowes] to oust themselves from [Swig’s] personal life.”
Meister added, “It shouldn’t be a shock that parents love their children and want to stand behind their child and support her through the divorce.”
Meister and colleague David Ross said their clients were traveling and couldn’t be reached for comment.
A Swig spokesman said he was weighing an appeal.