On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:45:07 GMT, Richard Steven Hack
<richardhack@prontomail.com> wrote:
>Winona Gets Gold Star
>
>by Marcus Errico E! Online
>Dec 15, 2003, 2:45 PM PT
>
>Here's a switch--Winona Ryder actually cracked a smile in court
>Monday.
>
>The Age of Innocence/guilty of shoplifting actress, who has logged
>some serious court time since her arrest, conviction and subsequent
>probation for her illicit Saks spree, flashed a quick smile as a judge
>gave her a gold-star-worthy progress report.
>a d v e r t i s e m e n t
>
>"Ms. Ryder, I want to compliment you on your conduct on probation,"
>said Judge Elden S. Fox during a brief hearing in his Beverly Hills
>courtroom. "This is a very positive report...things are going well."
Winona probably gave her stolen Saks merchandise to the judge. He
doesnt have to buy his wife anything for Christmas now!
>So well, the judge intimated, that he could strike the felony counts
>against her down to misdemeanors if she keeps up the good work.
>
>That prompted the usually stoic Ryder, in her typical all-black court
>attire, to show her pearly whites. Otherwise, the 32-year-old,
>two-time Oscar nominee was mum.
>
>Ryder was convicted in November 2002 of felony grand theft and
>vandalism, stemming from a four-figure shoplifting rampage at the
>Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue in December 2001 (she was acquitted on
>a commercial burglary charge). She was placed on three years'
>probation, and ordered to pay about $10,000 in fines and restitution
>and undergo counseling. She has already completed the mandated 480
>hours of community service at the City of Hope Medical Center near Los
>Angeles.
>
>Although her actual progress report was sealed, Fox said Ryder had
>been doing a bang-up job with her counseling, too.
>
>Fox ordered the Reality Bites star to return to court May 26 for a
>six-month review, and said he would decide then if she needs continued
>probation supervision.
>
>On a side note, Ryder was repped in court Monday by Shepard Kopp, not
>Mark Geragos who had fronted for her in previous court appearances,
>including an earlier progress report last April. Geragos, of course,
>has his hands full with the Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson cases.
>
>Aside from behaving herself, Ryder has been back at the day job. While
>she lost out on a potentially plum post-arrest part in Woody Allen's
>next comedy because, take your pick, (a) she couldn't come to contract
>terms or (b) her felon status made her too expensive to insure, Ryder
>does have a role in the independent drama The Heart Is Deceitful Above
>All Things, due for art-house release next year, and is also on board
>for the romance Embers.
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