Millionaire linen magnate George Bardwil is seen pointing a loaded gun at an acquaðŽintance at his posh Upper East Side pad in stunning surveillance footage played Thursday in Manhatðītan Supreme Court.
With pistol in hand, Bardwil can be seen frantically rushing from his messy bedroom to the topðģ of a staircase in his E. 51st St. townhouse as his startled Yorkie barks in the background.
The owner of Bardwil Home, the countryâs biggest table-linen company, is charged with possessing an illegal gun after he used ðit to scare away anâ intruder, prosecutors said.
Bardwil called cops after the encounter but ended up in handcuðffs after theyāž saw the security footage.
The Sig Sauer .40 āđcaliber firearm was registered to his bodyguard according to his defense lawyer Michael Bachner.
Prosecutors also showed a videotaped statement Bardwil made tðo prosecutor a day after the incident last JanęĶuary.
He identifies the âburglarâ as Andres Lopez, a former pal whðo once swiped $3,000 off his dresser.
âHe came from the ï·―roof down the fire escape into the apartment and walked in took a pair of sunglasses and the money and left,â Bardwil says in the video.
He met Lopez three or four times at social eveðnts but stopped returning his calls after he stolÜŦe from him, he said.
Bardwil pulled the gun on Lopez after he snuck into his backyard during hiðs latest robbery attempt, he told the DAâs Office.
âI just wanted to scare him,â Bardwil said.
Bachner is trying to have the surveillance video, gun and Bardwilâs statements thrown out because the arresting officer didnât read him his Miranda rights or obtain aę§ warrant to search the home.
Justice Richard Carruthers said heâd issueā·ī his decision November 20th.
Bardwil, 60, still faces assault charges for allegeâdly pummeling his ex-wife, Emiko, 26, lasę§t May.
He remains free on $250,000 bail.