EXCLUSIVE: Von Dutch co-founder Bobby Vaughn is arrested by armed cops at girlfriend Libbie Mugrabi’s $9.1M NYC townhouse after ‘barricading himself in a bedroom’ – as she accuses ‘brutal’ officers of making her leave house in her UNDERWEAR

• Vaughn, 49, was arrested for assault at Mugrabi’s luxury brownstone townhouse 
• He barricaded himself inside her bedroom before refusing to come out
• Mugrabi told DailyMail.com that she didn’t want to press charges in the incident 

Fashion designer Libbie Mugrabi was forced to call the police after her boyfriend Bobby Vaughn barricaded them inside her luxury Upper East Side townhouse.

Vaughn, 48, was arrested on suspicion of assault following a 30-minute stand-off at the $9.1million brownstone townhouse on swanky Madison Avenue on Sunday.

Speaking to DailyMail.com, Mugrabi said that her boyfriend locked himself inside her bedroom and wouldn’t open the door. She does not want to press charges.

‘The police were completely brutal,’ she said. ‘They asked me to go outside in my underwear. They wouldn’t let me in my bedroom to get my clothes. There were 11 cops in my room and I couldn’t talk to him.

‘I told them everything was OK and it was an accident. He grabbed my phone and I bit my lip. I didn’t know what to do. I never thought they’d arrest him. It’s a false arrest.’

The founder of the iconic Von Dutch fashion label was snapped in handcuffs leaving the 19th Precinct after a 911 call at 9pm. 

Vaughn being marched into custody by police on Sunday night following the siege at Mugrabi’s home

The photo featuring matching his and her sunglasses posted by L’Scher boss Libbie Mugrabi, 43, in July to announce her relationship with Von Dutch founder Bobby Vaughn

Heavily armed cops with rifles and shields swooped on the house and led Vaughn away in cuffs. He was wearing signature diamond Louis Vuitton dark sunglasses and a black t-shirt.

Police confirmed that Vaughn was charged with assault, adding: ‘Upon arrival, officers observed a 43-year-old female with a laceration to the face. 

‘A preliminary investigation determined that the female victim and a 48-year-old male individual were engaged in a dispute inside the residence when the individual pushed the victim, causing the victim’s cellphone in her hand to hit her face. 

‘The individual then barricaded himself in a third floor bedroom for approximately 30 minutes before he surrendered to officers without incident. 

‘The male was taken into custody at the scene. The victim sustained a minor injury to the lip and refused medical attention on scene. The investigation remains ongoing.’

He is expected to appear in court on Monday morning. 

Vaughn went public on his relationship with L’Scher boss Mugrabi, 43, when she posted a loved-up photo of them wearing matching diamond-encrusted sunglasses in July.

‘We’re the new power couple, we’re going to be bigger than Posh and Becks,’ Libbie exclusively told DailyMail.com at the time.

Heavily armed police were deployed to the home on New York’s East 67th Street at 9pm

Vaughn appeared emotionless as he was taken into custody after surrendering to police  

He was arrested by police from the NYPD’s 19th precinct

Dennis Rodman, Paris Hilton, and Hillary Duff were among those who wore Vaughn’s label during its fashion heyday in the early 2000s.

But he had lost his stake in the company by 2005 when he was arrested for shooting dead his friend Mark Rivas in a drunken fight during which Rivas slashed his neck with a broken bottle.

On the Hulu show ‘The Curse of Von Dutch’, he admitted to shooting dead his friend and business partner Vaughn’s home in Venice Beach in 2005 in a dispute over a girl.

Vaughn was charged with first-degree murder, but was acquitted after a jury ruled the friends death was justifiable homicide.

Recently he had been advising Mugrabi on her fashion line following her messy $100million divorce from art mogul ex-husband David Mugrabi in 2020.

David and Libbie were fighting over a $72million Manhattan townhouse, his family’s art collection estimated to be worth $5billion, and their Hamptons home.

Despite the tumultuous breakup, her ex-husband David posed in a Von Dutch shirt following the news of Libbie’s new man – seemingly giving his blessing.

Earlier this summer Libbie was accused of failing to pay her staff minimum wage.

Police said they were called to the brownstone townhouse on New York’s Upper East at 9pm 

Police with rifles and shields were among those who took part in the 45 minute stand-off 

Vaughn and Mugrabi appeared loved up as they shared intimate photos earlier this summer

Vaughn’s Von Dutch fashion label was one of the world’s most recognizable brands during its early noughties heyday with patrons including Dennis Rodman, Paris Hilton, and Hillary Duff

In the pending civil court case, the plaintiffs allege Mugrabi failed to pay them minimum wage when they were employed by Libbie as domestic workers.

According to the Manhattan Supreme Court filing, Libbie, 43, owes $17,912 in damages, together with approximately $3,200 in interest and $19,912 in civil penalties.

Libbie told DailyMail.com: ‘They keep dropping this maid lawsuit to my houses.

‘They’re really going for it’, she said, referring to a previous case in which housekeeper Janneth Gonzalez Duarte sued Libbie, having accused her of ‘violently attacking’ her in Libbie’s Hamptons manor in July 2022.

Duarte told the court Libbie broke her cell phone and threatened her with a knife and a mop handle.

Earlier this year, Libbie showed up to the Manhattan Family court in a $25,000 bulletproof vest to obtain a retraining order against ex-husband David Mugrabi, who Libbie claims hired a Russian hitman to kill her.

Libbie and Vaughn met when she whisked him to her Hamptons abode to advise her on her fashion brand, L’Scher.

Over the course of the month, she said they developed feelings for each other and became not only partners in business, but in love too.

A friend told DailyMail.com at the time that Libbie had completely mellowed: ‘She’s so happy with Bobby, he’s a great guy, he’s put a spring in her step.’

Friends had claimed they had not seen Libbie so happy since her divorce from David.

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