A Princeton graduate who killed his hedge-fund millionaire father flew into rages over a fantastic, blonde socialite in the chaotic months before the shooting, according to new claims.
Tommy Gilbert Jr, 30, is currently being held at Rikers Island on a second-degree homicide fee after Thomas Gilbert Sr, 70, was once discovered with a gunshot wound to the head in a staged suicide at his Upper East Side home on January 4.
As the Daily Mail Online first reported in January, Gilbert Jr used to be additionally the prime suspect in a fire which destroyed a ancient Hamptons home belonging to the investment-banking father of a former pal, Peter Smith.
Now Vanity Fair has published that in the months leading up to the murder, Gilbert had attacked Mr Smith, an established pal and former roommate, over a misplaced trust that he used to be in Lizzy Fraser.
Gilbert had dated Miss Fraser, a blonde Columbia art history grad with style appears who had additionally loved a rarefied Manhattan upbringing.
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Tommy Gilbert Jr, 30, and New York socialite Lizzy Fraser (pictured in April 2014). The couple dated, friends told Vanity Fair. Gilbert flew into rages and assaulted friends who he wrongly believed were interested in her on two separate occasions while descending on a path of damaging conduct
Miss Fraser, a Columbia artwork historical past grad from a wealthy Manhattan background, posted a lot of pictures on social media with Gilbert
This image of Miss Fraser perched on a boardwalk at the seashore used to be taken by means of Gilbert who she fondly credited in her Instagram post #photocreditThomasGilbert. Thirteen of her friends 'appreciated' Gilbert's shot
Miss Fraser and Tommy Gilbert (pictured left in 2013). Miss Fraser tagged Gilbert in the picture, right, taken in Southampton Seventy six weeks in the past hints at the depth of their friendship
An unshaven Gilbert, 30, seemed in courtroom closing month in his orange jail jumpsuit to plead no longer guilty to the second-degree murder of his 70-year-old father, Thomas Gilbert Sr
On September 15 remaining year a blaze destroyed this ancient Hamptons home owned by way of retired funding banker Peter Smith Sr and his family. Many believed Thomas Gilbert Jr to be the top suspect
Daily Mail Online reached out to Miss Fraser, who has labored as an assistant at a nice art and antique dealer in Manhattan, for comment.
On Wednesday, a receptionist at her named LinkedIn employer, 1stdibs, in downtown Manhattan, stated that Miss Fraser not worked there.
Like Gilbert Jr and friends, Miss Fraser, who also attended the elite Barnard College, has been robotically pictured at black-tie opening nights, a number of galas and benefits and book launches.
Mr Smith had no interest in Miss Fraser, friends advised Vanity Fair in a piece of writing published this week, however it did not quell Gilbert Jr's fury as he accused Smith with Fraser all through a vacation in Costa Rica.
Smith, who runs an e-commerce web page, used to be reportedly scared by the habits of his old classmate - especially after he had stuck up for him when others had no longer.
Gilbert 'have been given a cross as a result of his looks', another acquaintance shared with Vanity Fair, , allowing his abnormal habits to often be lost sight of.
But those society credentials - trained at $35,000-a-year The Buckley School the place he used to be captain of the soccer team, and at $50,000-a-year Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts before graduating to the Ivy League - misplaced meaning in the face of Gilbert's escalation into violence.
Following the nastiness on vacation, when the two men returned to their shared Brooklyn flat, Smith made up our minds he wanted his female friend to move in and so requested Gilbert to move out.
The 30-year-old's response was once to throw more accusations at Mr Smith, accusing him of abusing a recently acquired puppy and then stealing the flagpole from the family's East Hampton home and spearing it through the front door.
In October 2013, Gilbert Jr violently attacked Smith outside of his home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, leaving him hospitalized.
His former pal filed a restraining order amid reviews from friends that Smith was 'terrified' of Gilbert.
Sources also instructed Vanity Fair that for all his training and alternatives, Gilbert 'looked like a guy who was a failure to release' - failing finance exams and registering corporations which got here to nothing.
There was once talk of changing into an actor and a fashion - however likewise came to not anything.
Others reportedly famous that he had discussed a history of mental well being problems and had dabbled in drugs.
Lizzy Fraser pictured at a New York gallery event in 2010. Like Gilbert, the socialite has been pictured at plenty of opening nights, launches, balls and benefits
Pictured left to right: Jamie Prentice, Peter Smith, Bettina Prentice and Chris Smith pictured at an art get advantages in October 2013. Mr Peter Smith brought a restraining order in opposition to Gilbert after he used to be attacked in the boulevard
Gilbert additionally dated former Hell's Kitchen contestant and chef Briana Swanson (pictured) who helped police with their investigations into the space fireplace
Last 12 months used to be dotted with ominous incidents where Gilbert flew into rages. In April 2014, he threatened to kill the golf professional at the exclusive Maidstone club in the Hamptons after he used to be requested to depart whilst sound asleep in the men's locker room, Vanity Fair reported. He was once barred.
Both the Gilbert and Smith households have been participants of the elite Maidstone Country Club. The 120-year-old establishment sits in the village of East Hampton and has sweeping ocean perspectives along with a non-public seashore, tennis area and 18-hole golfing course.
Former golfers on the links included Jacqueline Kennedy's father, John Vernou 'Black Jack' Bouvier III, and socialite Edith Bouvier Beale, of 'Grey Gardens' repute.
And then on July 5, whilst gazing a gig at a bar in Amagansett, Gilbert assaulted friends Bosco Diaz and Timmy Briggs, attempting to choke one man, recalled every other pal, James Bohannon in Vanity Fair.
On September 15, the Nineteenth-century mansion of retired Lazard Freres banker, Peter Smith, was set alight in an arson attack.
Three days later, Gilbert was once arrested for violating the restraining order.
No one has ever been arrested or charged in the arson attack, however, a gas can and gasoline-soaked fabric had been discovered in a nearby cemetery and Southampton police were investigating the case as arson, with the 30-year-old named an individual of passion.
Gilbert's female friend at the time, former Hell's Kitchen contestant and chef Briana Swanson, later informed police that the rags found in the cemetery gave the look of a suite of red mattress sheets that her boyfriend had just lately purchased, Vanity Fair reported.
And the first thing a couple of acquaintances mentioned of Gilbert Jr when requested to remark through Daily Mail Online, was the rumor that he'd burned down his one-time buddy's house last summer time.
Additionally a long-time resident of East Hampton and acquaintance of Thomas Gilbert Sr also repeated the allegation.
Peter Smith Jr, 32, and his sister, Bettina Prentice, declined to comment on the allegations.
The home, which was once built in the 1800s, was totally gutted through the flames in a single day on September with hearth crews taking several hours to contain the ferocious blaze
The beautiful home was once totally destroyed through the blaze. No one has been charged with the suspected arson even if Tommy Gilbert was once widely thought to be high suspect
Thomas Gilbert Jr, 30, being transported from Manhattan Central reserving through police for the murder of his father Thomas Gilbert Sr in January
The allegations that Gilbert Jr was once behind the arson attack at a fortunately empty home, have been being brazenly mentioned amongst the elite seaside group he was as soon as a part of, when on January 4, occasions took a tragic turn.
Towards the finish of closing yr, Gilbert appeared to be isolated from his friends and frightened about cash after his father threatened to reduce his weekly allowance back from $600 to $300 and stop paying his $2,400-a-month Chelsea condominium hire.
It was widely known among friends and former girlfriends that Tommy had a strained courting with his father, who had additionally attended Princeton before going on to Harvard Business School and a 40-year occupation on Wall Street.
But it gave the impression that his father's hedge fund, Wainscott Capital, used to be also now not doing in addition to he anticipated. Three years after it used to be set up, Wainscott used to be value just $7.3million - a small quantity in a world of billion-dollar funds. The circle of relatives's summer season home in the Hamptons was once up on the market.
On the first Sunday afternoon in January, Gilbert Jr visited his parents' $6,000-a-month rental condo at 20 Beekman Place on fiftieth Street, a few blocks north of the United Nations on the Upper East Side.
After convincing his mom to go away to purchase him a sandwich, he allegedly shot dead his father and positioned the gun in his left hand to make it appear to be a suicide, before fleeing.
Gilbert Sr's wife Shelley, 67, returned and found her husband dead in the bed room inside mins of the alleged attack and referred to as 911, police later stated.
Police later found ammunition at Gilbert Jr's Chelsea home after breaking down the door to find him hiding within. They additionally found a credit-card skimming tool and a stack of blank playing cards.
Gilbert Jr final appeared in courtroom in February, dressed in an orange Department of Corrections jumpsuit.
The 30-year-old is charged with murder and felony possession of a weapon along side 21 counts of felony ownership of forgery units..
Seated with his protection lawyer, Alex Spiro from prestigious defense company Brafman & Associates, Gilbert responded in a deep, degree voice: 'Not guilty.'
Defense legal professional Alex Spiro objected to the presence of press photographers in courtroom to Judge Jackson. His request was once denied.
Mr Spiro stated outdoor court that his objection used to be because the murder case is circumstantial with out eyewitnesses.
'Because of the garb that they'd him dressed in, I feel it's prejudicial to have his picture revealed,' the lawyer stated. He did not remark further.
He is next due in court docket on April 30. It is unclear who is paying his prison fees.
Gilbert Jr.'s ex-girlfriend Anna Rothschild, 49, advised Daily Mail Online in January that he used to be a loner whose phone best rang when his mom known as. The two are pictured in combination at a charity gala at the Jane Hotel in January 2014
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ShareThe day after the shooting, a shocked friend instructed Daily Mail Online: 'He [Tommy] was once a in point of fact great person. He used to be sensible, athletic and he went to Princeton.
'He took some depart of absences from Princeton which is why it took him see you later to graduate. He must were in reality indignant to do something so out-of-character.'
Following the tales from Gilbert's former internal circle, who most commonly have chosen to stay anonymous, an ex-girlfriend spoke overtly to Daily Mail Online about his dark side in an interview in January.
Manhattan socialite Anna Rothschild, 49, whom the accused killer dated in 2014, mentioned Tommy used to be a loner with few friends who deeply resented his father and was obsessed with how he would 'by no means be good sufficient' for his dad.
The twice-divorced Upper East Side mentioned he used to be jobless - and gave the impression to have few possibilities, and little passion, for locating critical paintings. Instead, he spent maximum his time in the Hamptons, going to the gymnasium, doing yoga and browsing.
His one skilled aspiration was once founding his own hedge fund - but he complained that his father would not give him the seed cash to get started it, Miss Rothschild stated.
Miss Rothschild mentioned Gilbert Jr. used to be additionally preoccupied with how controlling his father used to be with his cash and used to be satisfied that he may just by no means do the rest to acquire his approval.
Gilbert Jr. has an investment corporate registered to his rental - although it is not transparent the firm has any assets underneath funding. The corporate was called Mameluke Capital - mamelukes being 13th-century Muslim slave infantrymen.
The socialite said she was once repeatedly warned by her friend that Gilbert 'would cut her into tiny pieces'.
The socialite, who is not similar to the powerful Rothschild banking dynasty, completely informed the Daily Mail Online that when she first started seeing Tommy, after meeting him at a chum's dinner birthday party, a close friend had known as her out of deep concern.
Ms Rothschild stated: 'Very soon after going out with him, a mutual good friend of ours instructed me: ''Anna you've gotten to be actually cautious - Tommy is going to chop you up into little items.'''
A sullen taking a look Anna Rothschild with Tommy Gilbert at a 2013 New Year's Eve celebration at a chum's New York rental. Ms Rothschild stated Tommy rarely drank and used to be no longer specifically excellent in social settings
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