More heat in Cohen legal feud

Is there something about matters surrounding Steve Cohen that causes tempers to flare?

Less than a month after the billionaire hedge-fund manager’s ex-wife, Patricia Cohen, made a splash alleging he cheated her of millions in their divorce 20 years ago, her lawyers are doing battle with each other.

Yesterday, the ex’s former attorney, Paul Batista, withdrew her suit against Cohen. A single line filed with Manhattan’s federal court says they “hereby dismiss this action without prejudice.”

The move infuriated the new lawyer, Gaytri Kachroo, who also represented Bernie Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos.

“We are shocked by Mr. Batista’s actions,” Kachroo said. “He acted without our client’s approval and without providing notice to us, her attorneys. We continue to investigate the case and are looking to file an amended complaint on behalf of Ms. Cohen.”

Batista filed the original suit, and told The Post he moved to dismiss because he hasn’t heard from Patricia since last month, when Kachroo called to say she was taking over the case.

Steve Cohen’s camp, meanwhile, continues to proclaim his innocence.

“As we have said from the outset, these decades-old allegations . . . were patently false and entirely without merit,” said spokesman Jonathan Gasthalter.

In the suit, Patricia said she gave Steven $900,000 she earned from a real-estate transaction to invest for her, and alleged he hid some of the gains when they divorced a decade later. She also said he admitted to trading on confidential information.