New York event planner Lauren Pazienza was charged on Friday in the death of a beloved 87-year-old singing coach on Broadway, amid complaints from her attorney about her portrayal in the press.

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The exact charges against Pazienza, 26, remain sealed, but she was arrested for first-degree manslaughter and violent assault for allegedly pushing Barbara Gustern so hard she fell and hit her head on the sidewalk.

She did not appear in Manhattan Criminal Court for the brief hearing, but her attorney, Arthur Aidala, said her parents had posted her bond and she was due for release from Rikers Island later Friday.

Pazienza has been locked in the notorious jail on $500,000 cash bond and $1 million bond since surrendering on Tuesday.

Aidala told a group of reporters gathered outside the courtroom on Friday that his client was not from a wealthy family.

“I love how his dad is portrayed as a rich man,” Aidala said of Dan Pazienza, owner of Suffolk County Cesspool Service, a sewage company run from a modest office in Holtsville, Long Island. “He literally, literally digs holes where our human waste goes in, and he works alone with two helpers with a shovel to dig ditches.”

Mugshot of Lauren Pazienza next to a photo of Barbara Gustern
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Lauren Pazienza, who had worked as an event coordinator for luxury furniture brand Roche et Bobois, has been dubbed a “cesspool girl” and a “socialite”.

The Fashion Institute of Technology graduate’s parents bought their home in an upscale suburb of Port Jefferson, New York, for around $570,000 in 2017, according to public records.

“She is far from a young woman who grew up in a very spoiled and privileged environment,” said Aidala, who added that her fiancé, Microsoft employee Naveen Pereira, stood by her side.

The couple’s wedding was scheduled for June – but it’s unclear if they will go ahead with the ceremony.

It will be a personal matter that they will have to discuss,” Aidala said of the nuptials. “The whole family is traumatized but everyone is very supportive of her.”

Lauren Pazienza’s parents leave the criminal court followed by members of the media following their daughter’s arraignment on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Prosecutors say Pazienza, who did not know Gustern, called her “bi—” before pushing her on March 10 in what they described as an unprovoked attack. Gustern bled profusely before losing consciousness and later died of her injuries.

No motive has been offered for the violent outburst against the famous vocal couch whose students have included Debbie Harry.

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Former classmates told Fox News Digital that Pazienza, who had no criminal record, was a school bully.

She is due back in court on April 25. If convicted on the charge, she faces up to 25 years in prison.