Annabelle Bond may be crying poverty, but she could be the most pampered, high-maintenance heiress in the world, according to court papers filed on behalf of her ex-boyfriend, Warren Lichtenstein.
Annabelle’s father, Sir John Bond, who built HSBC into a banking colossus, is a billionaire. Her boyfriend, Andrew Cader, co-owner of the Tampa Bay Rays, has hundreds of millions of dollars. And Lichtenstein, who runs the Steel Partners hedge fund, is also a billionaire.
Lichtenstein, repped by lawyer Stanley Arkin, is seeking in Manhattan Supreme Court to prevent the enforcement of a one-time $600,000 child-support judgment that Bond, 44, obtained in Hong Kong.
That’s where she lives with Isabella, her 6-year-old daughter with Lichtenstein — who had already been paying $180,000 a year in child support according to the papers.
The court papers state, “At the same time that she is crying poverty in this case, she nonetheless lives in the most expensive section of Hong Kong, has two full-time maids, is driven about in a chauffeur-driven Range Rover . . . and lavished herself with fur coats and horses.”
The document says Bond globe-trots about 100 days a year. So far this year, she’s been to Austria, Los Angeles twice, Aspen twice, St Barts, London, Kuala Lumpur and Japan.
Her boyfriend Cader — with whom she lives and who has “loaned” her $4.1 million (Arkin claims the cash was a gift) — “owns an equestrian estate in New York, a mansion in St Barts, a home in Aspen, a sailing yacht, a 15,000-bottle wine collection and a private jet.”
Arkin declined to comment, but alleges in court papers, “Another aspect of the fraud was the incredible assertion that Sir John — one of the richest men in the world — could not afford to continue making £2,000 per month allowance payments to [his daughter] due to his pending retirement.”
Bond’s lawyer, Seth Lapidow, said Arkin’s arguments are “based entirely on mischaracterizations of both the law and the facts.”