DA Seeks Counseling, No Jail, for Winona
The prosecutor in the Winona Ryder shoplifting trial recommends drug and psychiatric counseling along with restitution and community service for Winona Ryder, convicted last month of shoplifting at Saks in Beverly Hills.
The People filed their sentencing memorandum Monday, you can read the whole thing at Smoking Gun, which summarizes the DA's recommendations as a request for the Judge "to order the actress to serve 480 hours of community service and to cease using aliases, specifically the handle "Emily Thompson." When the 31-year-old actress was arrested last December for shoplifting, Beverly Hills cops found Ryder carrying a remarkable array of painkillers (liquid Demerol, Percodan, Vicodin, Morphine Sulfate, etc.), some of which were prescribed to the Thompson alias. Prosecutors also want Ryder sentenced to a provision that would allow law enforcement officers to search "her person and property" at any time, "with or without a warrant or probable cause."
Sentencing is set for Friday. With the DA not seeking jail, the hearing will likely focus on conditions of probation.
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