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#Nightmare ‘serial grifter’ returns to West Village pad with NYPD escort

#Nightmare ‘serial grifter’ returns to West Village pad with NYPD escort

An accused roommate from hell returned Sunday to the West Village digs where she’s allegedly been squatting and wreaking havoc for more than a year — armed with an NYPD escort.

Kate Gladstone — described in court papers as a nightmare “serial grifter’’ who has become a menacing scourge in the well-heeled Manhattan neighborhood — pulled up to 129 Barrow St. in a police SUV around 2:30 p.m.

Two uniformed cops escorted the 44-year-old woman inside the building — with one of the officers carrying Saturday night’s city Housing Court order preventing her from being booted amid the coronavirus.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen now,’’ lamented co-op owner Heidi Russell, who sued Gladstone to try to evict her, to The Post on Sunday after the return of her alleged rogue short-term tenant.

“I just want my life back,’’ Russell said.

The homeowner said Gladstone offered to leave the pad about a week and a half ago — but only for a $24,000 payout.

Russell said she balked at paying the amount to the “grifter” — who previously refused to the leave the Christopher Street home of an ex-girlfriend in the Village until she was paid $20,000, court papers allege.

Gladstone arrived at Russell’s brick Barrow Street apartment building Sunday in a sleeveless black shift and black Birkenstocks while holding a large black satchel to block her face from the camera. She refused to comment.

Russell, who was not in the two-bedroom home when Gladstone arrived, entered the apartment  shortly after to quickly retrieve something, but the pair did not interact, the owner said.

“I’m feeling very uneasy not knowing what’s going to happen [and] how she’s going to act, if she’s going to retaliate in any way, if she’s feeling more emboldened,’’ Russell said after leaving the home again.

Russell said she installed a camera inside her bedroom — and that she plans on returning for the night.

“I don’t want her to feel she’s won, so if I stay away overnight or [for] longer periods, she’s going to feel she won and just keep taking over the apartment,’’ Russell said of Gladstone.

“It’s a hard balance — you want to protect your home, but you also want to be safe.’’

Russell has said she and her partner decided to rent their spare bedroom in June 2019 while her partner was on an extended international trip.

Gladstone — a self-described documentary filmmaker and divorced mom from Pittsburgh — was to pay $2,000 a month.

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell awaits renter's return

Short-term renter Kate Gladstone returns to the apartment of Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell

James Keivom

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell awaits renter's return

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell speaks to a neighbor as she waits for the arrival of short-term renter, Kate Gladstone

James Keivom

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell awaits renter's return

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell speaks to a neighbor as she waits for the arrival of short-term renter, Kate Gladstone

James Keivom

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell awaits renter's return

Short-term renter Kate Gladstone returns to the apartment of Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell

James Keivom

Barrow Street resident Heidi Russell awaits renter's return

Short-term renter Kate Gladstone covers up her face with a purse

James Keivom

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But when Russell and her partner said they needed the room again at the end of that June for the partner’s mom, who was recovering surgery, Gladstone allegedly flew into a rage — creating a months-long showdown that still hasn’t ended.

A judge then ruled over the weekend that because of the coronavirus, Gladstone, aka Katherine Klein, according to court papers, could stay in the pad at least till Oct. 1.

It’s at least the third time Gladstone has squatted in someone’s home, refusing to leave, court documents allege. She allegedly sometimes brings her young daughter along, too.

Gladstone has been arrested twice: for alleged stalking and grand larceny. She’s set to appear in court on the raps next month.

Meanwhile, Russell, who helped with accounts at a private equity firm in Midtown before being laid off last year, said Sunday, “It’s crazy to know that systems are so one-sided and we can’t get any due process.

“This could happen to a tenant who has a roommate,’’ she said.

“Once I get through this, I hope I can help others and help change the laws and show how systems are unbalanced and allow this type of grifting to happen.”

Russell’s partner has steered clear of the co-op at least partly to avoid Gladstone, court papers say.

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