Wynona Ryder.

This would have been in the late 90’s as I recall it. She was a fairly young and up and coming hot young actress. She was shopping at one of the iconic stores on Rodeo Drive where she found some bauble— jewelry as I remember it— which pleased her, but instead of just paying for it like the rest of us mere mortals would do, she put it in her pocket. Then she left the store.

Of course she was stopped and the jewelry retrieved, and eventually an “agreement” was reached which did not involve Ms Ryder going to jail.

Her “people’s” explanation was that she “intended” to pay for it but “forgot” it was in her pocket.

The thing was that it was not a terribly expensive item— maybe $1,000, but chicken feed for someone of her Hollywood status.

After this incident, she dropped off the A list and went a good while without working on anything particularly significant.

Whether she actually shoplifted or just took it with the idea that NO ONE would ever imagine that she wouldn’t eventually pay, to my knowledge, was never determined, but it sure did her career NO good. And it most certainly was extremely karen-ish.