The heir to the Barneys retail fortune called his mistress a gold digger and claims she tried to extort him for millions of dollars.

Robert Pressman's grandfather Barney Pressman founded the Fifth Avenue clothing store in 1923.

Pressman met Anna Purcell at the Ritz Carlton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April and fell head over heels in love with her, according to the New York Post.

Following the end of a whirlwind romance, both parties have filed lawsuits against each other.

Robert Pressman (pictured left with his wife) met Anna Purcell (right) at the Ritz Carlton in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in April and fell head over heels in love with her, according to the New York Post. Following the end of a whirlwind romance, both parties have filed lawsuits against each other

Robert Pressman's grandfather Barney Pressman founded the Fifth Avenue clothing store in 1923

Purcell filed a lawsuit in a Brooklyn federal court in November, accusing Pressman of lying to her and telling her he was single.

The 38-year-old mother from North Carolina said he took her to expensive restaurants and tried to impress her by lying about his job.

She says he claimed he 'had an IQ of over 200, that he worked for Mossad... and he hinted at having various connections in the US Government and with certain questionable and dangerous parties,' Purcell said, according to court papers.

Pressman and his siblings sold the family's interest in Barney's in 2004 for upwards of $937million.

In a lawsuit he filed in Connecticut against Purcell, he claims they had a whirlwind romance during which he showered her with expensive gifts.

He said he took Purcell on extravagant vacations and to Broadway shows and bought her a $127,300 Cartier engagement ring, a $40,000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and lavish jewelry, including a pair of sapphire earrings, a 22-diamond ring and a black-faced Rolex.

During that whole time Purcell claims she never knew he was married.

Purcell sued Pressman in a Brooklyn federal court, claiming that the heir made contractual promises to her about a life they would live together and that he lied about being married to her. She says she didn't find out until accidentally answering a call from his wife

In a lawsuit he filed in Connecticut against Purcell, he claims they had a whirlwind romance during which he showered her with expensive gifts. He says she stole from him and said if he didn't meet her expensive demands she would go public with their affair. Pressman also says Purcell is now trying to extort him for more money and gifts

In August Pressman claims he told his wife that he wanted a divorce and moved with Purcell into a six-bedroom, 9,000-square-foot rental home in Greenwich Connecticut, which he paid $17,000 a month for.

But two days after moving in together Pressman had a stroke. When Purcell went to visit him she answered his cell-phone for him and said she was shocked to find his wife Mallory Samson on the other end.

Until the end of their relationship Purcell claims she never knew Pressman was married. She is suing him to hold him to his alleged contractual promises. Pressman's wife Mallory Samson is pictured

'My client did not discover until the 59th minute of the 11th hour that he was in fact married,' Purcell's lawyer Bernard Kleinman said. The lawsuit would hold Pressman to his alleged contractual promises.

But according to Pressman - Purcell is a con-woman.

He claims that when he had his stroke, instead of taking him to a doctor Purcell 'ignored a very serious situation,' and left the house for multiple hours. He also says in the lawsuit that she took a video of him 'sleeping and twitching on the bed.'

Despite suffering two strokes Pressman said he managed to call 911 and get himself to a hospital.

He claims that once he was at the hospital Purcell took all of the cash he had, including $7,000 around the house and $5,000 in his wallet.

Pressman says that he then dumped her - which prompted her to make a laundry-list of demands including buying a phone, laptop and Mustang for her teenage son, and funding two years of rent at the Greenwich home.

He claims he never offered her any contract. The copy of the document that Purcell included in her lawsuit is not signed by Pressman.

Pressman also said in court documents that Purcell threatened that she would go public with their affair if he didn't pay her $12million.

His lawyer, Philip Russel, said Pressman is 'actively investigating' his ex-lover.

He claims Purcell never intended to marry him but was instead 'playing a part in a scheme to defraud him,' for the benefit of herself and her long-term boyfriend.