New York socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, nicknamed the “Catwoman” because of how plastic surgeons have altered her appearance, filed for bankruptcy this month in Manhattan.

Wildenstein’s bankruptcy comes nearly two decades after she received a reported $2.5 billion in her divorce from former French billionaire Alec Wildenstein, an art dealer and horse enthusiast who died in 2008. The split between the Wildensteins, covered in a 1998 feature story in Vanity Fair, resulted in one of the largest settlements in history.

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