Bai Ling has copped a plea in her shoplifting case.
The actress was charged earlier this week with petty theft for trying to take a pack of batteries and two Star magazines worth $16.22 from a store at Los Angeles International Airport.
In the plea deal requested by her attorney, she agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to disturbing the peace and to pay a fine and penalties totaling $700, city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan said.
The misdemeanor infraction "carries the same penalty as petty theft," Mateljan said.
In a message posted on her blog, the actress proclaimed "I am innocent" below a photo of herself with her thumb up.
"Theft dismissed! Yes! This is it! All the darkness went away," she wrote.
The actress, who has appeared in such films as "The Crow" and "Anna and the King," was arrested Feb. 13 after she was detained by a store employee who summoned police.
She later told E! News that she was having an "emotionally crazy" day because she and her boyfriend broke up right before Valentine's Day.
Via associatedpress
Actress Bai Ling is blaming her recent shoplifting bust on a case of the Valentine's Day blues.
The 37-year-old former Playmate was arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport after reportedly shoplifting $16 worth of celebrity magazines and batteries from a terminal convenience store.
It was an "emotionally crazy" day, she explained to E! News on Thursday. Why? She was coping with the "huge problem of breaking up [before] Valentine's Day."
Ling, a former guest star on Lost and Entourage added, "Wrong boyfriend."
E! reports that the actress was on her way to Albuquerque to work on the film Love Ranch, costarring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci.
Via people.com
Chinese-American actress Bai Ling has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for alleged shoplifting, a published report said Thursday.
Ling's big-screen credits include "The Crow," "Red Corner" and "Anna and the King." She also appeared in an episode of the TV show "Lost."
TMZ.com said Ling is accused of stealing two gossip magazines and a package of batteries from one of the terminal shops Wednesday afternoon.
A store employee made a citizen's arrest and Ling was taken by airport police to the station where she was booked for theft, the report said.
Sources told TMZ.com Ling was "cooperative but crying" during the incident.
Via upi.com
