Every globe-trotting, British royals-kissing Manhattan socialite who is accused of stealing an $11,000 fur-lined scarf gets one hilarious defense—and fashion designer Beata Boman already used that up, when she claimed that she inadvertently put the scarf in her handbag because she was distressed after receiving a call from a friend "about to have brain surgery." But now, Boman is supplementing the brain surgery excuse with a Starbucks Defense: "We believe the Starbucks video will reveal an 'OMG' moment." If the lady had no drink, then she must have meant to return it.
Boman's lawyer said he plans to subpoena the footage from a Starbucks close to Richards Of Greenwich, the store in Connecticut where Boman took the scarf, to prove she really was planning on returning it once she realized she had walked out of the store with it: "She rushed out without buying coffee." Without buying a Venti Chai Latte, people!
Will Boman go down as another Privileged Girl Who Steals Expensive Things Even Though She Can Afford Them? Or will this turn out to be the first time in history that someone really was planning on returning the thing they stole?
