A former regular on “The Real Housewives of New York City” is stuck with legal troubles in the Hamptons.
Barbara Kavovit, who appeared on seven seasons of the show, filed for bankruptcy last week on her Hamptons mansion at 68 Wainscott NW Road.
The filing came four days before a foreclosure auction scheduled for Jan. 7 for the property, which has been in litigious limbo for over five years.
Kavovit purchased the property with her father, Joseph, for $7 million in 2006 and took out a mortgage of $2.4 million.
In 2018, Deutsche Bank sued Kavovit, claiming she owed $2.5 million on the loan, which came due in April 2015.
Kavovit tried claiming that it was the estate of her late father, who died in 2013, that was on the hook for the loan and that the terms of the loan were illegal. But the foreclosure process appeared to be moving ahead prior to this most recent bankruptcy filing.
Deutsche Bank is the sole creditor listed with a claim of $3.3 million, according to the bankruptcy filing.
Lawyers for Kavovit and Deutsche Bank did not respond to requests for comment.
Outside of her reality TV stint on the Bravo franchise, Kavovit helms a construction company. She made headlines in 2021 when she announced her intention to run for mayor of New York City. (Kavovit, who didn’t qualify for the ballot, later dropped out of the race.)
Kavovit told the New York Times in a 2021 interview that she lived on the Upper East Side in a “non-fancy apartment building.” In her bankruptcy filing, Kavovit’s place of business is listed as a two-bedroom, two-bathroom Upper East Side unit that last rented for $4,900 in 2013, according to StreetEasy.
Kavovit also purchased a $2.1 million apartment in the East Village on Avenue A, according to public records. The condo was listed for $2 million in 2024 before it was delisted and transferred to a limited liability company with Kavovit’s same address.
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