Disgraced city “Taxi King” Gene Freidman told a Manhattan judge Monday he’s so broke that he had to put his daughter🔯 on Medicaid — but his estrang♏ed wife’s lawyer scoffed that he’s just been spending all his dough on his new girlfriend.
Freidman, 47, was hauled into court because he owes his ex, Sandra Freidman, more than $400,000 in child support.
H𒁏e showed up with his stunning 20-something Ukrainian girlfriend, Iryna Balagurak, who he introduced to a news p🐟hotographer as “my daughter.”
Before the proceeding, his ex and new flame sat in the same row ꧒but on opposite sides of the gallery, with Sandra at one point leaning forward and staring intently at the other woman.
During the hearing, where Freidman is repping himself, he told Justice Tandra Dawson, “I don’t have any m♑on𝕴ey.”
But Sandra’s lawyer,𒅌 Laurence Greenberg, insisted to the judge: “Mr. Freidman comes to this court driving a Mercedes G Wagon while claiming he has no financial resources. He supports his girlfriend — and has the audacity to bring her here to court today — paying for her travel all over the world while she openly posts pictures of the extravagant lifestyle she is living on social media.”
Greenberg added that Freidman owns two villas in the south 🐟of France and lives in a multimillion-dollar townhouse on t🌄he Upper East Side with his girlfriend, who doesn’t work.
On Facebook, Balagurak recently posted photos of herself in Monte Carlo, the south of Fra꧒nce and at the Billionaire Club in Bari, Italy.
Freidman insisted his creditors own everything, that he couldn’t afford private insurance for his daughter and that even h༺is lights were cut off because hꦛe couldn’t pay the electric bill.
As for his𒅌 girlfriend, “She’s just a friend — she’s not here for any money or any travel,” he said.
Unmoved, Dawson ordered Freidman, who was still ple🌊ading his case, be held for 60 d♍ays until he pays at least $200,000 of his child support tab.
“Your Honor! Your Honor!” Freidma🔴n blurted as court officers took him into custody.
On Thursday, the fallen “King’’ was arrested on a warrant for failure to make the $30,000-a-month support payment — after fleeing to the rooftop of his Upper Ea🎶st Side building and hiding in an elevator shed.
He was released on $25,000 bail. This time, it will cost him eight🌄 times that figure.
Freidman ๊once owned more than 800 taxi medallions before the rise of Uber and other e-hailing apps destroyed his business.