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<\/p>\nShoplifting can be a compulsion even for the rich and famous.<\/p>\n
Whatever their reasons these celebrities were all caught, accused of or even bragged about taking a five-finger discount.<\/p>\n
Take a look at these famous shoplifting tales involving Hollywood stars…<\/p>\n
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1.<\/strong> Lindsay Lohan<\/strong><\/p>\n Back in 2011, Lindsay Lohan was going through a difficult time — which included getting caught shoplifting. She was captured on camera stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in Venice Beach. In the days that followed, she was even spotted wearing the stolen piece of jewelry.<\/p>\n Ultimately, Lindsay ended up in court where she was sentenced to 480 hours of community service and 120 days in jail, which she served at home due to jail overcrowding. She was also required to undergo psychological counseling and complete a shoplifters alternative course.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Winona Ryder<\/strong><\/p>\n Winona Ryder was caught shoplifting in 2001, walking out of a store with $5,000 worth of merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. She was arrested and taken to jail but was later released on $20,000 bail. She was charged with felony grand theft and possession of pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription.<\/p>\n The following year, she was sentenced to 480 hours of community service and forced to pay more than $10,000 in fines. While she didn\u2019t face any jail time, she was warned that if she stole again, she would be locked up. Following the incident, Winona took a step back from acting.<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Megan Fox<\/strong><\/p>\n When Megan Fox was a teenager, she was caught shoplifting from Walmart while she was trying to steal items from Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen\u2019s cosmetics line. When she was taken to court, she was offered some unique punishments.<\/p>\n “They actually took me into the court, and I had two choices and I took the second choice, which was wrapping [gifts] for Christmas, which was awesome, it wasn’t really a punishment. The other one was they were gonna make me wear a sign that said I stole from Walmart and stand outside Walmart for three days,” she admitted to Express.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Amy Schumer<\/strong><\/p>\n Amy Schumer admits she was a major shoplifter in her younger years. Between the ages of 14 and 21, she estimates she stole over $100,000 worth of merchandise. While she started off small, she says it became “grand larceny” in college.<\/p>\n “I just discovered this department store where you could just take whatever and then return it for cash — no tags, no receipt, nothing,” she told GQ. “You know, thousands of dollars. It was exciting. It was the adrenaline — the actual act of getting away with it. It wasn’t about the money, even though the money was nice. And I didn’t feel bad about it. It was this huge corporation. You know, I never stole from people. I never stole from a little store.”<\/p>\n Amy officially said goodbye to her shoplifting hobby in her early 20s when she was caught stealing from Bloomingdales and was taken to court.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Kim Richards<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cReal Housewives of Beverly Hills\u201d star Kim Richards was caught stealing from Target in 2015. The reality star had taken $600 worth of merchandise from the store and was sent to jail. She was eventually released on $5,000 bail but was later sentenced to 36 months of probation, 300 community service hours, and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. She was also banned from the Target where she was caught.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> Amanda Bynes<\/strong><\/p>\n Amid personal struggles, Amanda Bynes was allegedly caught shoplifting from a Barneys store in New York City. Security reportedly caught Amanda leaving the store wearing a $200 hat she hadn\u2019t paid for. After they got Amanda to return the hat, she signed a trespass waiver, agreeing to never return to the store.<\/p>\n \u201cPolice responded to a [petty larceny],\u201d an NYPD official told People. \u201cAmanda Bynes placed a hat on her head and left the store. Security brought her back in and called the police, but the security decided to release her\u2026She was gone when the NYPD arrived on the scene.”<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> Britney Spears<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2007, Britney Spears is alleged to have shoplifted from a store in Los Angeles. Britney was reportedly shopping at Hustlers when she attempted to try on a pair of underwear. The singer was then told she wasn\u2019t allowed to try on undergarments in the fitting room — so she allegedly proceeded to try them on in the middle of the store. Britney was then told she had to purchase the underwear, to which she obliged, but on the way out, she allegedly stole a wig off of a mannequin.<\/p>\n Later that year, she was also photographed allegedly stealing a lighter from a gas station store.<\/p>\n 8.<\/strong> James Franco<\/strong><\/p>\n When James Franco was a teenager, he started shoplifting — and then made a business out of it. James says that he and a friend started stealing cologne from a shop and began selling it out of their lockers at school. They eventually got caught and were reported to the police.<\/p>\n \u201cBy the time I got to high school I didn\u2019t have a \u2018thing.\u2019 So I ended up just getting into a lot of trouble. Like in 8th grade we started stealing cologne. We had like thirty bottles of cologne each in our lockers at school and then we could sell cologne at the dances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n 9. <\/strong>Kristin Cavallari<\/strong><\/p>\n Before Kristin Cavallari became a household name on \u201cLaguna Beach,\u201d she allegedly was caught shoplifting. According to actress and shop owner Tawny Kitaen, she says Kristin and her friends stole from her store and were taken to jail. She decided not to press charges, but was surprised to see Kristin on TV just a few weeks later.<\/p>\n \u201cI call the cops and when the girls come back, they’ve got pants, underwear, tops. They take them to jail, handcuffed, the whole thing. I don’t press charges. Cut-fade, two weeks ago, there’s a split picture of Jessica on one side and this girl, Kristin from Laguna Beach, on the other and my daughter is like, ‘Oh my God. She was the one who stole from your store?’ And now she’s this big thing,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/41\/5by4\/2023\/03\/17\/41f11295d43e41259ed2785ad5f453b9_xs.jpg\")
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