Luxury interior designer’s unhinged remark to cops after ‘drunkenly crashing his Porsche in Hamptons’
A luxury New York interior designer has been accused of drunkenly crashing his Porsche on Christmas Day.
Edward Yedid, 46, was reportedly driving at a high rate of speed along the road in East Hampton when he swerved into oncoming traffic and struck another car. New York Post.
Yedid’s silver 2021 Porsche Taycan 4S crashed into a black 2016 BMW SUV carrying a family of three on their way to the movies on December 25.
When police asked how much he had drunk, the co-founder of design agency Grade New York allegedly replied: “Just today?”
Yedid started the company with his business partner Thomas Hickey in 2004 after they met when Yedid was a student in one of Hickey’s classes at the Parsons School of Design.
The company has gained fame by designing luxury homes around the world, including multimillion-dollar projects in New York City, Florida and Israel, according to their website.
Yedid, a married father of one, reportedly said to the family in the other vehicle after the accident: “Sorry, my car just drives really fast.”
Arianna Thomas, 30, of East Hampton told The Post she was driving with her partner and father to visit Wicked when the Porsche crashed into them.
Edward Yedid (pictured), 46, was allegedly speeding on an East Hampton road when he swerved into the oncoming lane and struck another car
Yedid’s silver 2021 Porsche Taycan 4S crashed into a black 2016 BMW SUV carrying a family of three
“We only had a second to react, and he just crashed into us,” Thomas said. She noted that Yedid asked if the family was okay, but she told him not to talk to them.
‘We could immediately smell alcohol. He was wearing designer clothes from head to toe when he got out of the car, his eyes completely bloodshot.”
Thomas said her right knee is bruised, her partner has a cut on his nose and a bruised head. She also said her father has back pain.
“We were in the hospital at Christmas,” she lamented.
An arrest report viewed by the outlet noted “the odor of an alcoholic beverage.” [Yedid’s] breath’, stating that he was ‘unsteady on his feet’ and had ‘bloodshot glassy eyes’.
The police report stated that he “performed poorly on all standardized field tests… provided a breath sample” and “was subsequently arrested,” but his blood alcohol level was not revealed.
Yedid was arrested and then transported to Southampton Hospital, where he was eventually released and ordered to return to the police station on December 27 to complete his arrest.
He was charged with driving under the influence, failure to keep to the right, unreasonable speed and driving an uninspected car.
Yedid (pictured with wife), a married father of one, is the co-founder of design company Grade New York
Yedid was released and told to appear for his arraignment on January 8, according to police records.
The interior designer is well-known in the area and was featured in an interview on The invisible collection about his favorite places in the Hamptons.
Yedid and Hickey wrote a book in 2019 titled ‘New York Contemporary: Grade Architecture and Interiors.’