REAL Housewives of Miami's Lenny Hochstein has accused his estranged wife, Lisa, of eavesdropping and wiretapping in new court papers, The U.S. Sun can exclusively report.
In the midst of Lenny and Lisa's nasty divorce battle, the Miami-based plastic surgeon has filed an emergency motion to forbid his ex from listening in and recording his private conversations.
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In court documents obtained by The U.S. Sun, Lenny, 56, claimed "an extremely disturbing incident" occurred, which had "potential criminal ramifications."
He claimed Lisa's "suspected bad-faith, intentional and violative actions" led him to file the emergency motion.
Lenny stated that he "noticed the presence of an unknown electronic device with tape affixed...to the bottom of the driver's seat" of his new 2023 Mercedes-Maybach SUV on March 31.
After going to experts, he wrote that he learned the mystery object was a "specialized and skillfully constructed electronic transmitting device built for purposes of eavesdropping and wiretapping."
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He claimed the device held data, which was "suddenly deleted by the device or by an operator."
According to an expert's opinion, Lenny also claimed he learned the device was "planted" in his vehicle for purposes of "permitting the unauthorized and illegal transmitting of his confidential and privileged communications" taking place inside his car.
The private conversations, he noted, were between him and his attorneys and other advisors in his vehicle amid divorce proceedings.
The top Miami surgeon then claimed Lisa, 40, was responsible for planting the device in his car.
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Lenny detailed: "During the week of March 27, 2023, Husband strongly suspects that it was Wife who planted said device in his vehicle at some point while Husband visited the former marital home to spend time with the children, or when she borrowed the Maybach vehicle and Husband acquiesced to Wife's request as a courtesy to her and to stay in her good graces."
According to the documents, Lenny turned his findings in to the Miami Beach Police Department.
The MBPD confirmed to The U.S. Sun that the case is under criminal investigation.
When reached for comment, Lisa's rep told The U.S. Sun: "There is no truth to that- what nonsense. It seems as if they are just trying to distract everyone with their lies.
"The court has already sided with Lisa on many of these issues including the lies that are being presented by the woman who broke up their home and family."
ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
At the moment, the former couple is fighting to resolve issues of alimony and equitable distribution, which is detailed in the prenup they signed off on prior to their marriage.
Lisa is seeking to invalidate the agreement from October 2009, while Lenny is fighting to enforce it.
A judge is left to determine the validity of the prenup during a hearing that's scheduled to take place at the end of May.
Prior to this, the Real Housewives of Miami star has a scheduled deposition on May 16.
They still have issues such as time-sharing, parenting, and child support to resolve after the prenup issues are settled.
DRAMA DOESN'T END
Lenny and the RHOM star had been married for nearly 13 years prior to the doctor filing for divorce in May 2022.
They share two children together: Logan, 7, and Elle, 3.
Lisa has previously claimed that Lenny cheated on her with model Katharina Mazepa, 27.
Lenny has denied cheating during the marriage.
Earlier this month, Lisa filed new court documents in which she claimed her "part-time" Housewives salary is not enough to pay for her and her kids’ lifestyle.
Lenny had revealed in court docs back in October that she was earning $30k per episode of the Peacock series.
She wrote in court docs: "[Lenny] has significant and substantial assets and earns millions of dollars a year as [a] successful plastic surgeon.
"Without [Lenny’s] contribution, [Lisa] cannot provide the needs and necessities of life as they were established during the marriage."
Lenny was ordered to pay Lisa $8,000 per month in temporary support starting May 1.
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He was also ordered by a Miami judge to "maintain the status quo" financially for his ex and their two children.
Katharina, for her part, finalized her divorce to ex Shilo Mazepa last month as reported first by The U.S. Sun.
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