A prominent Manhattan neurosurgeon allegedly tried to bribe a court clerk after he was caught red-handed trying to steal confidential custody documents related to his contentious multimillion-dollar divorce, it was revealed Thursday in court.
The latest revelation came out at Dr. Eric Braverman’s misdemeanor bench trial for trying to purloin two one-page psych reports recommending that he not be permitted visitation with his three sons.
Court clerk Kathy Quammie testified that she had turned her back for only moment when she caught the doctor pass the documents to his medical practice’s in-house lawyer Diana Moyhi. She allegedly attempted to put them in her bag Jan. 24, 2014.
“What are you doing?” Quammie demanded, she testified Thursday before Judge Robert Mandelbaum in Manhattan Criminal Court. “Mr Braverman said, ‘It’s not what it looks like.’”
But moments after Quammie snatched the papers back, Braverman, 57, allegedly tried to pay her off.
“He said I’ll give you, I don’t remember how much, if you let me keep the record,” Quammie said.
Matrimonial Judge Deborah Kaplan had already told Braverman he was not permitted to remove the papers from the courtroom.
He’s charged with one count of attempted petit larceny and faces up to 90 days in jail.
Braverman, whose patients have included former Gov. David Paterson and actress Suzanne Somers, has been in a contentious divorce and custody battle with his wife Darya for over four years.
He no longer practices as a neurosurgeon and now runs the anti-aging clinic Path in Gramercy, which was the target of a state’s attorney general probe.