MIAMI — Jody Glidden, the ex-boyfriend of “Real Housewives of Miami” star Lisa Hochstein waived his right to appear in court Thursday for his arraignment where his attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf.
Glidden, 52, and Hochstein, 43, are each charged with one count of interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications after authorities said they both planted a recording device in a silver 2023 Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 SUV, owned by Hochstein’s ex-husband, Dr. Leonard “Lenny” Hochstein.
Local 10 was at Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Wednesday when Lisa Hochstein was greeted outside the jail by friends and castmates Alexia Nepola and Adriana de Moura.
Lisa Hochstein briefly addressed supporters, saying, “I just love them all. I love all my fans” and sending them well wishes, but did not directly comment on the allegations.
Her attorney, Jayne Weintraub, said, “We’re not talking about recordings,” adding that the case has “started the process” and that she hopes it “will be resolved very soon.”
According to Lisa Hochstein’s arrest warrant, she and Glidden planted a recording device in the driver’s seat floorboard of Lenny Hochstein’s SUV in March 2023 after the reality star asked if she could borrow the vehicle because she was thinking of purchasing one of her own.
Lenny and Lisa Hochstein were still going through divorce proceedings at the time.
Lenny Hochstein, a prominent plastic surgeon in South Florida, told detectives in May 2023 that he immediately informed his attorney after discovering the device and the attorney then hired a private investigator to examine it, the warrant states.
According to the warrant, a total of 98 recordings were recovered from the device, including a conversation between Lisa Hochstein and Glidden as the device was being “wrestled into place.”
In addition to conversations between Lenny Hochstein and others he spoke to while in his vehicle, a detective recovered deleted recordings from the device, including a recording of Lisa Hochstein and Glidden engaged in “intimate activities,” the warrant states.
Records show Glidden was taken into custody Saturday. He has since been released from jail.
Lisa Hochstein surrendered to authorities Wednesday before also being released.
Lisa and Lenny Hochstein’s divorce was finalized in November 2024. They share two children.
Weintraub, Lisa Hochstein’s defense counsel, and attorneys Howard Srebnick and Frank Gaviria, Glidden’s defense counsel, released a joint statement to Local 10 News on Monday afternoon saying, “This matter is part of a contentious divorce proceeding and does not belong in criminal court.”
Lisa Hochstein is set to be arraigned on April 20.
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