When it comes to schmucks...

...Hedge fund manager Richard Grubman holds a special place in our spleens. Yesterday, he was just another super-rich guy - today he's the jerk who parked his silver 2007 BMW X5 SUV in the wrong place and then went ballistic, throwing his car keys into a valet's face. From the Boston Herald:

Grubman pitched his alleged curbside fit Tuesday at about 7 p.m. when he tried to head into the Ritz's Blu restaurant and was instead asked by a residential valet to remove his from residential-only parking, according to witnesses and police. Grubman is accused of then yelling "obscenities" at a valet before throwing his keys in his face "striking him in the upper lip area," according to a police report. "He was excited and arguing with everybody," valet manager Ephrem Temesgen told the Herald yesterday. "He accused us of keeping his keys. I said, 'Sir, we don't have your keys.' "

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Grubman said he "did throw his car keys on the hood of the car but denied hitting" the valet, according to the police report. The officers stated in their incident report that Grubman "began to yell and scream, stating he was being abused," as they placed him under arrest.

At least there's some modicum of justice in the world (or at least in Boston). Grubman was ordered by Judge Annette Forde to steer clear of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Towers after he pleaded not guilty to felony assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon.