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From the beginning of “America’s Most Smartest Model,” I was convinced that Andre, the hyper-gangsterized Russian — sorry, Soviet — rage queen was too over the top to be real, and that he’d been planted on the show specifically to serve as an agent provocateur to the other models. Well, this evening I saw two pieces of evidence that suggested he may be relatively legit (aside from shaving a few years off his age).

First, Mandy Lynn, the sweet balloon-lipped Playboy model who got ejected from the show this week, wrote about her experience on her incredibly successful Myspace page. I’d quote it, but the good parts are covered over at Buddy TV.

Besides, the big news is that Andre got arrested for sexual assault yesterday, and it’s far from the first time this has happened. From today’s NY Post:

A male model currently starring on a VH1 reality show was busted yesterday for a sex attack in which he allegedly groped a 19-year-old actress during a fashion party at a posh downtown restaurant, police sources said.

Andre Birleanu, 29, of Manhattan - who has earned a reputation as a volatile hothead on the cable channel’s “America’s Most Smartest Model” - was charged with sexual misconduct.

“He’s just a very, very scary, intimidating person,” his accuser told The Post. “He’s so explosive. You can see it in his eyes. He has this insane thing inside of him.”

The woman, whose name is being withheld due to the nature of the alleged attack, said that she is an acquaintance of Birleanu’s and that he grabbed her at a party at Cipriani Downtown on Oct. 10.

Birleanu, who has been featured in ads for Converse and Saks Fifth Avenue, has served a half-dozen prison stints since 2000 on charges including assault, harassment, criminal contempt, criminal mischief and trespassing, law-enforcement sources said.

The woman said she met him on a train. Before the attack, she said, she saw signs of his temper and was worried.

“He grabbed me inappropriately,” she said. “It was midnight or 1 a.m. when this happened. It was upstairs. It’s like a very exclusive lounge, snobby thing - young, aspiring models and all the men who can afford to look at them.

“He touched my genitalia, and I immediately moved away,” she said. “Then I looked over, and he looked really upset … I went up to him. And he was standing there with his head down. He said something along the lines of ‘no.’

“He then grabbed my boob.”

At the time of his arrest early yesterday morning, he was free on ,500 bail for yet another bizarre incident involving a woman.

On Oct. 17, Birleanu was charged with stalking, aggravated harassment and attempted assault on a model friend.

He is accused of leaving the woman a series of menacing messages, including two in which he allegedly threatened to break her legs. He tracked her down in the street and grabbed her hair, according to police records.

“I was in total shock,” that woman told The Post. “He pulled my hair once. He stopped. I crossed the street … I started running, and he screamed at me, ‘I’m going to break your f—ing legs.’”

Birleanu’s longest stint behind bars was a six-month stay in Rikers in 2003 for harassment, contempt and assault.

VH1 was not immediately available for comment.

On “America’s Most Smartest Model,” Birleanu competes against other dim-bulb hotties in a test of brains and beauty hosted by actor and one-time Richard Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein.

Birleanu’s temper has put other show contestants on edge, and the Russian native has become known for going on anti-American rants.

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