BERRY’S JEWEL THIEF ARRESTED=20
The aged jewel thief HALLE BERRY will play in young producer JUSTIN BERFI= ELD’s new movie has been arrested for stealing a coat from a department s= tore in Costa Mesa, California.
Doris Payne, 79, attempted to leave a Saks Fifth Avenue store on Friday= (22Jan10) without paying for a $1,300 (=C2=A38,125) Burberry trenchcoat.
Payne, who was on parole for past thefts when she was caught, is curren= tly in custody without bail.
Berry will portray the career thief, who has robbed gem stores around t= he world, in new biopic Who Is Doris Payne? The Oscar winner has been working on the project for over two years wit= h former Malcolm In The Middle star Berfield, who secured the rights to P= ayne’s life story after meeting her in jail in 2006.
Payne, who is known as The Grandmother Thief, has spent much of her adu= lt life pulling off some of the biggest gem heists around the globe.
Berfield previously told WENN, "Doris was a jewel thief for six decades= and worked all over the world. Doris is a magnificent woman and she’s in= credibly intelligent."
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