
These are the shocking claw marks the feline-featured socialite known as the Catwoman inflicted on her fashion designer boyfriend.

Jocelyn Wildenstein, 71, is accused of slashing boutique boss Lloyd Klein with a pair of scissors and gouging his face with her manicured nails.

Klein, 49, was forced to shove the 'Bride of Wildenstein' into a closet to prevent another attack before cops arrived to book her on felony assault charges.

DailyMail.com can reveal the Canadian-born fashion mogul fled their ritzy Trump World Tower apartment today before Wildenstein's release tonight.

The shocking marks 'Catwoman' socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein allegedly left on her designer boyfriend Lloyd Klein were on full display as he walked around New York on Wednesday

Wildenstein, 71, is accused of slashing boutique boss Klein with a pair of scissors and gouging his face with her manicured nails

Klein, 49, was forced to shove Wildenstein into a closet to prevent another attack before cops arrived to book her on felony assault charges, sources said

The glamorous duo have been dating since 2003 but the relationship is now over because Klein considers Wildenstein a 'ticking time bomb'.

'She can go blow up anytime, anywhere and with absolutely no reason,' said a source close to the couple.

'He says she is truly a beautiful person when she's on her best behavior. But when she flies into one of her incredible rages - look out.'

Wildenstein and Klein are believed to have enjoyed a meal Tuesday evening before the wealthy divorcee accused him of spending too much time on social media.

'They had a relaxing dinner, everything was normal then Jocelyn suddenly got angry as she often does,' said the source.

'Lloyd was using his laptop and evidently not paying her enough attention. So she screamed at him to get off the computer then picked up a lit candle and threw the hot wax all over him.

'He was very scared, he asked her to calm down but she just got angrier and angrier and threatened to kill him.

'She then went at his face with her nails, which are real and very sharp, before finally grabbing some scissors and stabbing them twice into his chest.'

Wildenstein appeared in court on Wednesday facing charges of assault in the second degree and inflicting injuries with a weapon

It is not clear whether Klein, whose A-list clients include Nicki Minaj, Pink and Joan Collins, will press charges against his longtime girlfriend

Wildenstein completely covered her face as she was escorted out of Manhattan Criminal Court after her arraignment on Wednesday

Wildenstein, who is most famous for the plastic surgeries that have left her almost unrecognizable, also allegedly stabbed Klein twice in the chest with scissors

Klein told police that he reacted by pushing plastic surgery-loving Wildenstein into a walk-in closet in the hallway of their $5million Manhattan pad.

He denies locking her in or forcing the door shut and says she could have left at any time had she merely calmed down and opened it from the inside.

'Lloyd just pushed her inside to get her to calm down. He told her this couldn't be happening and this was wrong but he didn't lock her up.

'She started calling her agent, calling 911, calling security, calling anyone she could to say she was being attacked and held prisoner.

'But when the cops arrived it was patently obvious that she could have opened the door herself.

'By now Lloyd's face was all scratched and swollen, he had two scissor stabs to his chest. The police took one look at the blood and realized he was the victim.'

Wildenstein appeared in court facing charges of assault in the second degree and inflicting injuries with a weapon.

The alleged attack may be the end for the couple, who have been dating since 2003

A source says Klein considers Wildenstein to be a 'ticking time bomb' and knows it will 'happen again if they live under the same roof'

The couple are pictured here with supermodel Carol Alt and TV anchor Katie Couric backstage at Klein's fashion show in New York in 2004

It is not clear whether Klein, whose A-list clients include Nicki Minaj, Pink and Joan Collins, will press charges.

The source added: 'He knows it will happen again if they live under the same roof. Lloyd is very private and focused on protecting his image and his brand but Jocelyn gets a kick out this.

'The remarks about her facial features don't worry her. She likes a good scandal.'

John Arguelles, executive director of the Lloyd Klein fashion label, told DailyMail.com: 'I am most certain he has no comment to offer at this time. The situation which is private unfortunately has been made public.'

Wildenstein is most famous for her multiple plastic surgeries.

She also made headlines in 1999 when she won the largest settlement in divorce history.

Wildenstein was awarded $2.5billion and an additional $100million a year for 13 years after splitting from her husband of 21 years, Alec Wildenstein.

Alec, who married Liouba Stoupakova in 2000, passed away in 2008 of prostate cancer.

Wildenstein detailed her wild spending and acrimonious separation in a 1998 interview with Vanity Fair.

She recounted dropping $350,000 on a Chanel dress, building a $3million mansion for her daughter on the family's Kenyan reserve Ol Jogi for her 17th birthday and the many plastic surgeries.

Wildenstein and Klein (pictured in Beverly Hills) are believed to have enjoyed a meal Tuesday night before she accused him of spending too much time on social media and became angry

A source said Wildenstein screamed at him to get off the computer and then threw hot wax all over Klein from a lit candle before scratching him with her nails

The couple pictured in 2009, when they had already been dating for around six years

'She was crazy. I would always find out last. She was thinking that she could fix her face like a piece of furniture. Skin does not work that way. But she wouldn’t listen,' said Alec at the time.

Things got so bad between the two during the separation that Alec's father Daniel had Jocelyn banned from the family properties - a New York town house, their Paris chateau (the largest private residence in the city at the time), the 66,000-acre Ol Jogi ranch, and the private compound in the British Virgin Islands.

At the same time her credit cards were cut off and her monthly allowance was lowered to just $50,000, which her lawyers fought in court.

That all changed however with her massive settlement in 1999, which has allowed her to live comfortably ever since.

Jocelyn and Alec first met when she was 31 and they were both on a safari with friends in Kenya at Ol Jogi.

'A lion had to be killed at a neighbor’s ranch,' Alec recalled in Vanity Fair. 'The night before, Jocelyn asked, "Could I go with you?" I said, "As long as you keep your mouth shut."'

The next day they went and killed the lion, rode motorcycles and kissed for the very first time, with Jocelyn calling the moment 'quite intense.'

She was born and raised in Switzerland and, according to Alec, had dated some very high-profile men before him.

A source said Klein is trying to keep the fight private and protect his image but that Wildenstein 'loves a good scandal'

Four years before the couple began dating, Wildenstein made headlines in 1999 when she won the largest settlement in divorce history

Among the men she had been linked with were European filmmaker Sergio Gobbi, Cyril Piguet, and Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.

The pair eloped to Las Vegas in 1978, and one year later they both went in for their first plastic surgery operation - his-and-hers eye lifts.

'I don’t think I’ve known her when she wasn’t healing from something,' said a friend of Jocelyn in 1998.

Her looks then became more and more feline, though Jocelyn said the resemblance was always there.

'If I show you pictures of my grandmother, what you see is these eyes - cat eyes - and high cheekbones,' she said.

'I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and other than the tightening up my appearance never change,' said Wildenstein in a 1999 interview with New York Magazine.

'My clothes, I am still the same size when I was 16 years old. You like to stay young - to stay healthy. I do a lot of water skiing with my son.'

She also said she had never had her nose done.