The show’s going on for Broadway scion Eric Nederlander, and not in a good way.
Nederlander – best known as the first Mr. Jessica Seinfeld – was arraigned tonight on felony contempt of court charges for violating an order of protection.
The troubled heir was arrested at the West Village apartment of a woman named Nancy Okun at around 2:30 this morning.
Okun had a limited order of protection against Nederlander, prosecutors said – one that he violated when he pulled her hair while she was sleeping and said, “Your cheating on me.”
A police source said Okun was his girlfriend, and his actions placed “the victim in fear for her safety.”
One of Nederlander’s lawyers, Evan Lipton, said his client denied the allegations, and noted that there was no claim that the woman was physically injured.
“There are serious issues undermining the complainant’s credibility,” he said, without elaborating.
Prosecutors asked that he be held on $15,000 cash bail, but Judge Abraham Clott let him out on $5000 bond after Lipton argued that he’s a lifelong New Yorker with “family ties here.”
That was an understatement – his father’s a part owner of the Yankees and his family owns six theaters.
Bail bondsman to the stars Ira Judelson posted the bond, which was secured by $50,000 in property belonging to Nederlander’s dad, Robert Nederlander.
Clott also issued a full order of protection barring Nederlander, 46, from having any contact with Okun, and said that if he violates it, “you will be remanded.”
Nederlander’s had orders of protection issued against him before.
During his nasty split from his second wife Lindsay Kupferman, a Manhattan judge issued her an order of protection “based upon a finding of danger to person or property and domestic violence.”
Police had been called to their home on two occasions, but Nederlander was never charged criminally.
He denied any wrongdoing at the time.
Despite his family’s pedigree, Nederlander’s claim to fame is his brief marriage to Jessica Sklar.
She left him after about three weeks of marriage for funnyman Jerry Seinfeld. The couple later tied the knot and are still happily married.
Nederlander’s considered the black sheep of the Broadway clan – he made headlines in 2003 for bouncing checks and stiffing people who worked on his musical “Dream a Little Dream,” and he’s on the outs with the producing side of the family, sources said.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona, Michael Reidel and Dareh Gregorian