USA: JUDGE GIVES MORE TIME FOR LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS AFTER WINONA RYDER APPEARS AT BEVERLEY HILLS COURT HEARING ON ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING CHARGE

Record ID: 392308

  • Title: USA: JUDGE GIVES MORE TIME FOR LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS AFTER WINONA RYDER APPEARS AT BEVERLEY HILLS COURT HEARING ON ALLEGED SHOPLIFTING CHARGE
  • Date: 10th January 2002
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) VARIOUS, WINONA RYDER AT HER STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME VARIOUS, WINONA RYDER AT ANTHONY HOPKINS CEREMONY ON HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME SMV RYDER ARRIVAL FOR RECENT ACADEMY AWARD PRESENTATION
  • Embargoed: 25th January 2002 12:00
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  • Location: BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES AND FILM LOCATIONS
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA7QAXKLAW7POCYJT5K878FGR7T
  • Story Text: - A judge on Thursday (January 10) gave prosecutors
    more time to consider whether to bring criminal charges
    against "Girl, Interrupted'' star Winona Ryder, who was
    arrested last month for allegedly shoplifting nearly $5,000
    (USD) in clothing and accessories from a posh Beverly Hills
    store.



    Dressed in a black skirt, white blouse and black
    sweater, Ryder, 30, was brought into the Beverly Hills
    Municipal Court through a back entrance for a brief hearing at
    which Judge Elden Fox extended her bond until Feb. 8, pending
    further investigation of the case, a spokeswoman for the Los
    Angeles County District Attorney's office said.

    The Oscar-nominated actress has not yet been formally
    charged with a crime, District Attorney spokeswoman Jane
    Robinson said, adding: "We want to review all the possible
    evidence before we make a decision on this case.''
    Ryder, who starred as a troubled teen in "Girl,
    Interrupted'' and won Oscar nominations for "The Age of
    Innocence'' and "Little Women,'' was arrested Dec. 12 at Saks
    Fifth Avenue on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills in the
    heart of one of the world's most expensive shopping districts.

    Her arrest came after clerks said they saw her cram
    clothes and accessories into a bag after ripping off their
    security tags, police said.

    Ryder also faced possible drug charges after she was
    found carrying a small amount of pills without a prescription.

    Ryder's attorney, Mark Geragos, said at the time that
    Ryder's arrest stemmed from a "misunderstanding'' and
    predicted charges against her would ultimately be dismissed.

    "It will become clear that there was no theft here,''
    Geragos said. "Ms. Ryder had no intent of depriving anybody of
    any property.''
    Geragos added that the painkillers Ryder was carrying with her
    had been prescribed and that she was not under the influence
    at the time of her arrest.


    ENDS
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