The maid who worked for and stole from Robert De Niro and Candice Bergen pleaded guilty in a New York court to stealing from her celebrity employers, but boasted she didn't steal from Isabella Rosellini because "she treated me well".
Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz, 35, a Polish national, admitted to stealing a pair of $95,000 earrings belonging to De Niro's wife, Grace Hightower. She also admitted taking a leather jacket and cameras belonging to "Boston Legal" star Bergen.
The maid told authorities that she stole from Ms Hightower because she thought she was a bad employer. "If she [Hightower] treated me better, with more respect, I probably wouldn't have done this," the maid told police after her arrest. Then Turyk-Wawrynowicz dished, "She is mean. If Mr. De Niro knew how badly she treats her kids, he would leave her."
"I didn't steal from Isabella Rossellini because she treated me well. I only stole from people who didn't treat me with respect."
As for Bergin, the actress confronted Turyk-Wawrynowicz about a missing jacket, and the maid told her: "If you have me arrested, I will go to the press and tell them the reason I was fired and accused of these crimes is because your husband sexually harassed me and I refused his advances."
When confronted by another employer about purchases she had made using a forged credit card at the upmarket New York store Barney's, she allegedly said: "I didn't think you would notice." She had made charges to the card 18 times over three days.
The maid will likely get up to three years for the theft and fraud. After her cellblock vacation as a guest of the state prison, she'll be deported to Poland.
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