Nederlander Charged With Contempt

Broadway producer Eric Nederlander has been charged with contempt of court for allegedly breaking a protection order by confronting his girlfriend at her home.

The theatre boss is accused of letting himself into Nancy Okun's New York apartment on Thursday (12Jan12), pulling her hair and demanding to know if she was cheating on him.

The alleged incident is said to have been in violation of a protection order issued against Nederlander for unknown reasons in September (11).

He was arrested and charged with felony contempt of court before being freed on $50,000 (?31,000) bail, according to the New York Daily News.

Okun was granted a full restraining order against the producer - son ofthe theatre tycoon Robert Nederlander - and a judge warned he will be jailed if he breaks the protection order again.

Nederlander's first wife Jessica famously left him for comic Jerry Seinfeld in 1998.