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Los Angeles, Nov 10: A preliminary report relating to actress Winona Ryder`s conviction for grand theft is missing, Los Angeles county officials have acknowledged .
Los Angeles, Nov 10: A preliminary report relating to actress Winona Ryder's conviction for grand theft is missing, Los Angeles county officials have acknowledged .
Meanwhile, public court documents unsealed on Friday showed that Ryder had been seen three times by security staff at high-profile department stores allegedly shoplifting in past, though she was never charged in those incidents similar to the one for which she was convicted.
The ''Girl, Interrupted'' star, 31, was convicted on Wednesday of grand theft and vandalism for walking out of Saks Fifth Avenue last December with shopping bags stuffed with 5,500 dollars worth of designer clothes and accessories.
Ken Kondo, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Probation Department, told Reuters yesterday that a ''pre-preliminary report,'' part of a larger file prepared on the actress by his department for her sentencing, is missing from a locked cabinet at the Department's office in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica.
Kondo, who could not immediately say how many people have access to the cabinet, said the missing file would contain personal information like the actress's marital status and medical history, as well as a possible probation recommendation.
Prosecutors have said they will not seek jail time for Ryder but will instead seek probation.
Kondo characterised the loss of the report as ''unusual'' for his department, which he said is used to handling high-profile cases without security incidents. ''From our standpoint, we're concerned,'' he said.
Kondo said the Probation Department and the court that convicted Ryder both have backup copies of the file.
However, he said there was also no explanation as yet for how the file could have gone missing.
''It's under investigation right now,'' he said.
The court documents detailing the alleged shoplifting incidents were unsealed Friday after a legal fight mounted by the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press.
Details of those alleged incidents were not allowed as evidence at Ryder's trial.
Bureau Report
Ken Kondo, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Probation Department, told Reuters yesterday that a ''pre-preliminary report,'' part of a larger file prepared on the actress by his department for her sentencing, is missing from a locked cabinet at the Department's office in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Monica.
Kondo, who could not immediately say how many people have access to the cabinet, said the missing file would contain personal information like the actress's marital status and medical history, as well as a possible probation recommendation.
Prosecutors have said they will not seek jail time for Ryder but will instead seek probation.
Kondo characterised the loss of the report as ''unusual'' for his department, which he said is used to handling high-profile cases without security incidents. ''From our standpoint, we're concerned,'' he said.
Kondo said the Probation Department and the court that convicted Ryder both have backup copies of the file.
However, he said there was also no explanation as yet for how the file could have gone missing.
''It's under investigation right now,'' he said.
The court documents detailing the alleged shoplifting incidents were unsealed Friday after a legal fight mounted by the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press.
Details of those alleged incidents were not allowed as evidence at Ryder's trial.
Bureau Report