Bethenny’s Little Black Book Exposed: Frankel Grilled About Sordid Sexual Past In Court
Mar. 27 2019, Updated 12:25 a.m. ET
Bethenny Frankel was grilled about her dating and sexual history in court this afternoon by her ex-husband Jason Hoppy’s attorneys, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.
In a New York courtroom on March 26, Hoppy’s attorney Robert Wallack pressed the 48-year-old Real Housewives of New York star, demanding to know how many boyfriends she had introduced to their daughter Bryn, 8, since the bitter exes’ 2012 split.
“Three…well, actually you have to define boyfriend,” Frankel responded.
“How many men have you been romantically involved with?”
“Define romantically.”
“How many men have you had sex with?” Wallack asked bluntly, to which Frankel responded, “I think three.”
She admitted to dating businessman Warren Lichtenstein, whom she was rumored to have romanced in 2014.
“He was at some point someone you had a sexual relationship with?” Wallack asked.
“Yes, I have had sex with him,” she responded.
The star also confessed to visiting Lichtenstein in Aspen, Colorado with Hoppy and then-newborn Bryn while she was still married, and later hanging out in the mogul’s apartment when her daughter was older.
Then Wallack moved on to Frankel’s financier ex Michael Cerussi, whom she dated from 2013 to 2015.
“I had read that Mac was expelled from college after a frat house rape,” Wallack said, before referring to a RadarOnline.com exclusive about the scandal.
“I don't believe he was expelled, and I believe it got dropped,” Frankel said in his defense.
As RadarOnline.com reported in 2014, Cerussi was expelled from New York’s Union College after he was accused of sexually assaulting another student in 2000. (He was never charged with a crime in the incident.)
Wallack then asked Frankel about Cerussi’s drinking habits.
“Have you seen him have alcohol more then twice a week?”
“I’m sure,” she responded.
Frankel was then grilled about her relationship with Dennis Shields, who died of a reported drug overdose in August 2018. (Due to religious reasons, an autopsy was never conducted.)
“Did Dennis have an opioid addiction?” Wallack asked.
“I don't know,” she responded.
“Did you ever see Dennis take opioids?”
“No.”
“Did he ever tell you he was taking opioids?”
“No.”
She then confirmed Shields proposed to her while he was still technically married.
The reality star admitted she first dated Paul Bernon in 2017 during a break from Shields. The pair split, but reconciled in September 2018.
“So less then a month after Dennis had died?” Wallack asked.
“Maybe a month after,” Frankel said, adding that she introduced Bryn to her new man “a couple months” later.
Wallack then said this violated a custody agreement about waiting to introduce Bryn to new romantic partners. Frankel admitted the violation: “Well, technically, yes.”
Earlier on Tuesday, a therapist claimed Frankel’s boyfriend once stepped out of the shower in front of Bryn, though the star insisted it was a mistake and would never happen again.
The custody battle will pick back up in May.