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‘Cat Woman’ staves off eviction

Jocelyn Wildenstein, who spent $4 million on plastic surgeries to make herself look like a cat, has been fighting eviction from her Manhattan pad after she fell $73,500 behind in rent. The “Bride of Wildenstein” — the 72-year-old New York socialite who famously received $2.5 billion in her 1997 divorce settlement with husband Alec Wildenstein and $100 million each year for 13 years after — was nearly kicked out of her apartment on the 57th floor of the Trump World Tower at 845 UN Plaza for failing to pay the $18,000- plus monthly rent since October. The landlord started eviction proceedings in Housing Court, and the parties were due to appear in front of Judge Sabrina Kraus on Feb. 1. But we’re told Wildenstein wired the full back rent from Europe last night. The source said: “Wildenstein glamorizes herself as a jet-setter with many homes around the world, but it appears she doesn’t have quite as much money as everyone thinks. Has she spent it all on plastic surgery?”Her lawyer didn’t respond to calls and e-mails last night.