Stefanie Lackner
A glamorous Manhattan socialite is spending Christmas behind
bars after being sentencing to 30 days for stealing a designer sweater with a
price tag of more than $5,000.
Stefanie Lackner, 46, a realtor married to the CEO of Fisher
Island Club resort Bernard Lackner, pleaded guilty last week to misdemeanor
petit larceny in connection to a shoplifting incident that took place in August
2012 at the high-end Madison Avenue boutique Brunello Cuccinelli.
According to court documents, Mrs Lackner entered the store
located a few blocks from her office at the real estate firm Douglas Elliman
and picked up a sweater priced at $5,135.
The blonde real estate agent initially took the garment to a
fitting room to try it on. She then requested the sweater in a different size
while holding onto the original.
The criminal complaint cited by the New York Post states
that when Lackner emerged from the dressing room, she was carrying only one
sweater, but a black shopping bag she had in her possession was noticeably
bulging.
The crime was described by a police officer who reviewed
surveillance footage from inside the store
'The defendant did then exit the store without paying for
the remaining sweater,' the court papers state.
Mrs Lackner was arrested in November 2012 and initially
faced a charge of felony grand larceny, which was later downgraded as part of a
plea deal.
When contacted by the Post for comment, Lackner's manager at
Douglas Elliman said he was not aware of the broker's legal troubles.
All references to Lackner have since been removed from the
real estate firm’s website, suggesting that she may have been let go.
According to its website, Douglas Elliman is the largest
residential real estate brokerage in the New York metropolitan area and the
fourth largest real estate company in the U.S. employing 4,000 agents.
Mrs Lackner has a child with her hotelier husband, 59, but
the couple are reportedly no longer living together.
Bernard Lackner was appointed last year the chief executive
officer of the swanky hotel and resort complex Fisher Island in Miami Beach
where suites cost more than $1,000 a night.
The Lackners own a mansion valued at $1.2million in
Southampton - but for the next three weeks the sticky-fingered realtor will be
calling the Rikers Island jail home.
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