Socialite and reality star Tinsley Mortimer was arrested over the weekend after police found her “crying and screaming” outside the Palm Beach home of her wealthy ex — who was inside with another woman.
The former Dior beauty ambassador and “High Society” star — who now goes by her maiden name, Mercer, following her divorce from oil heir Topper Mortimer — was outside the home of Nico Fanjul, the son of sugar baron Alexander Fanjul, when she was hauled away on Saturday.
According to the police report, Mercer was “crying and screaming irrationally stating that her boyfriend ‘Nico’ was inside the house with another woman.”
She claimed at the time that she only wanted to retrieve her purse from inside, but Fanjul said he did not have it.
“Fanjul stated that he was inside the house with his new girlfriend while Mercer was outside screaming at him,” the report added.
Mercer – who starred in her own short-lived CW reality series “High Society” in 2010 – had previously been issued a warning last October for trespassing on his property on posh El Dorado lane. The police report later concluded, “After multiple attempts to calm Mercer down from screaming, Mercer was placed under arrest for trespass after warning.”
Instead of looking like her usual self on Saturday, Mercer was pictured scowling in her police mugshot, her usually flawless make-up smeared and her glossy blonde hair straggly. It was a far cry from her days of being photographed in designer gowns gracing red carpets at New York galas.
Sources tell us that Mercer, 40, and Fanjul, 30, had been dating on and off for three years, but had recently ended their relationship. One source in Palm Beach — where Mercer moved to from New York with her mother Dabney Mercer following her divorce from Mortimer — said, “Tinsley and Nico recently broke up. His family didn’t approve of her, she’s ten years older, and loves attention.”
The Cuban-born Fanjul brothers — Alfonso, Jose, Alexander and Andres — own Fanjul Corp, a huge sugar and real estate conglomerate in the US and the Dominican Republic. The enormously wealthy family is said to be the toast of Palm Beach society.
Another source told Page Six that, “Nico is making his own way in the insurance business, rather than the family’s sugar empire. He’s barely 30 years old. It was a fling, but to her Nico was a very eligible prospect.”
A third friend added that Mercer and Fanjul broke up as recently as last week, and he had been texting her saying, “I love you.”