It’s a case of sour grapes.
The head of Goldman Sachs is suing a wine dealer for buying $1.02 million worth of rare vino stolen by his personal assistant, who killed himself last week as he was being brought to face justice.
Multimillionaire financier David Solomon and wife Mary Solomon’s insurance company brought the Manhattan Supreme Court suit in their names late Thursday.
The Solomons are suing dealer Ryan Chaland, who owns an online company called Wine Liquidator, for theft, fraud and conversion.
They’re seeking the $1.02 million plus interest and legal costs.
Chaland, 30, did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
Between 2014 and 2016, the Solomons’ then-trusted assistant Nicolas DeMeyer swiped hundreds of rare bottles from the family’s Manhattan apartment and sold them to Chaland under a pseudonym, according to prosecutors.
DeMeyer was caught when a savvy Napa Valley buyer traced the vintage bottles — including six-figure ones from the French estate Domaine de la Romanée-Conti — back to Solomon.
DeMeyer admitted the theft to the Solomons in 2016 before hopping a jet to Rome, the feds said.
The 41-year-old was facing up to 10 years in prison on one count of interstate transportation of stolen property when he leaped to his death from the Carlyle Hotel on Oct. 9.
His lawyers were awaiting his arrival in Manhattan federal court at the time.
