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Winona Ryder To Be Sentenced December 6
Aired November 07, 2002 - 10:15 ET
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LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Another star is also dealing with legal problems this morning. Actress Winona Ryder yesterday was found guilty of shoplifting in connection with her now infamous excursion to a Saks Fifth Avenue store, but Ryder likely will not have to do any jail time.
Our Rusty Dornin is following the case for us this morning, and she is in Beverly Hills this morning with the very latest.
Good morning -- Rusty.
RUSTY DORNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Leon, you know, prosecutor Ann Rundle said all along this was never about Ms. Ryder doing jail time. She said yesterday, she just wants her to be held accountable for her actions. She feels that restitution, community service and probation would be good enough in this case.
Now, the judge conceivably could come in on December 6 -- that's her sentencing date -- and reduce those felonies to misdemeanors. That's also a possibility, because as you know, as a convicted felon, Ms. Ryder would not even be able to vote in California.
Now, meantime, the jurors -- some of the jurors have been talking. One did say that the thing that clinched it for him was that the merchandise that had been cut, the security tags had been cut off, that that was something that really stuck in his mind.
We spoke to one alternate juror, who I am sure the defense attorney, Mark Geragos, had wished was on the jury, because he said he had a lot of questions. And one of them had to do with the $1,200 Gucci dress that was discovered on Ms. Ryder when they caught her outside. Now, as you remember, they caught her outside with $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks, plus this dress. But when they asked her where she got it, she claimed it was hers.
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SHERMAN PORE, ALTERNATE JUROR: They could not determine that the Gucci dress wasn't hers. They didn't even look at it, apparently, to see if there were any rips where any tags had been -- any security tags had been taken off of it. That says to me: big mistake.
Well, if they made that big mistake, they're asking us to believe that that was the only big mistake -- the only mistake they made.
(END VIDEO CLIP) DORNIN: Now, after the verdict was announced yesterday, Ms. Ryder and her attorney left very quickly. They did not speak to reporters, although someone asked her in the hallway how she was feeling. She said, "Thank you very much, but I don't feel like talking now."
We can probably expect a very low profile from now until December 6. Ms. Ryder doesn't want to say anything that might compromise her position or anger the judge -- Leon.
HARRIS: All right, Rusty Dornin reporting live this morning from Beverly Hills -- thanks. We'll see you.
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Aired November 7, 2002 - 10:15 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Another star is also dealing with legal problems this morning. Actress Winona Ryder yesterday was found guilty of shoplifting in connection with her now infamous excursion to a Saks Fifth Avenue store, but Ryder likely will not have to do any jail time.
Our Rusty Dornin is following the case for us this morning, and she is in Beverly Hills this morning with the very latest.
Good morning -- Rusty.
RUSTY DORNON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Leon, you know, prosecutor Ann Rundle said all along this was never about Ms. Ryder doing jail time. She said yesterday, she just wants her to be held accountable for her actions. She feels that restitution, community service and probation would be good enough in this case.
Now, the judge conceivably could come in on December 6 -- that's her sentencing date -- and reduce those felonies to misdemeanors. That's also a possibility, because as you know, as a convicted felon, Ms. Ryder would not even be able to vote in California.
Now, meantime, the jurors -- some of the jurors have been talking. One did say that the thing that clinched it for him was that the merchandise that had been cut, the security tags had been cut off, that that was something that really stuck in his mind.
We spoke to one alternate juror, who I am sure the defense attorney, Mark Geragos, had wished was on the jury, because he said he had a lot of questions. And one of them had to do with the $1,200 Gucci dress that was discovered on Ms. Ryder when they caught her outside. Now, as you remember, they caught her outside with $5,500 worth of merchandise from Saks, plus this dress. But when they asked her where she got it, she claimed it was hers.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
SHERMAN PORE, ALTERNATE JUROR: They could not determine that the Gucci dress wasn't hers. They didn't even look at it, apparently, to see if there were any rips where any tags had been -- any security tags had been taken off of it. That says to me: big mistake.
Well, if they made that big mistake, they're asking us to believe that that was the only big mistake -- the only mistake they made.
(END VIDEO CLIP) DORNIN: Now, after the verdict was announced yesterday, Ms. Ryder and her attorney left very quickly. They did not speak to reporters, although someone asked her in the hallway how she was feeling. She said, "Thank you very much, but I don't feel like talking now."
We can probably expect a very low profile from now until December 6. Ms. Ryder doesn't want to say anything that might compromise her position or anger the judge -- Leon.
HARRIS: All right, Rusty Dornin reporting live this morning from Beverly Hills -- thanks. We'll see you.
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