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Kirsten Dunst's Purse Snatcher Gets 4 Years

dunst0910a.jpg The over three year long saga behind Kirsten Dunst's stolen Balenciaga bag is finally coming to an end! In 2007 the actress was staying at the SoHo Grand hotel during the filming of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, when the bag and some other items went missing. James Jimenez and Jarrod Beinerman were pinned for the crime, and Beinerman has been paying the price behind bars, while Jimenez was only sentenced this week, after years of courtroom drama.

That drama has included claims that Beinerman was there selling the starlet drugs for a wrap party. Indeed, marijuana was found in the stolen bag, which suddenly became her assistant's stolen bag, since Kiki doesn't do drugs (the actress was in rehab shortly after the bag was stolen).

Anyway, Dunst is rich and famous and now Jimenez has been handed down the same sentence as Beinerman of 4 years behind bars. According to the NY Post, Jimenez told the judge, "I don't understand the charges. I don't understand why I'm being charged." He was assured by the judge, "I understand, because I presided over this trial and I'm familiar with all the evidence."

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  • dgeee

    How many years in prison would you get for spitting on her?

  • John L

    What a waste oF taxpayer money!

    Between the three years of litigation and the two people serving time now for a nonviolent crime like this, I can only wonder what the totally tally is.

  • CaptainMXC

    And the cop who was drinking and driving and killed a preacher's daughter got 90 days. yeah, that is some real justice.

  • Wza

    Snowflakes.

    Gotta love 'em.

  • Stevennnn

    Say if Linsday Lohan,Pars Hilton etc they'd probably get 10 hours of community service.

  • Jen S

    How to Lose Friends and Alienate People: like this.

  • duder

    4 years for a purse? Jesus christ...

  • Ishtar

    He can't possibly be doing 4 years for snatching a purse. It would be insane for the tax payers to pay for housing him for that for so many years.

  • Guest

    dunst, the franco of female acting.

  • JacqueMehoff

    not to worry, it will all balance out in the end. may not be now but it will happen.

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