NEWSDesigner Clothes Stolen From Lipstick Jungle
Jan. 26 2009, Published 10:13 a.m. ET
It sounds like someone has been looting the set of Lipstick Jungle before it gets canceled.
A stage manager from the comedy-drama starring Brooke Shields, has been arrested and charged for allegedly stealing $30,000-worth of designer goodies from its wardrobe and trying to sell them on eBay.
Cops were called in to investigate after a French designer Sylvia Toledano, who had loaned the production a crystal-encrusted clutch bag, found it for sale online.
Investigators posing as buyers found 16 coats, bags and suits by Prada, Gucci, Fendi and Dolce & Gabbana in his apartment.
It seems Moreira -- who worked for a Brooklyn storage and production facility used by the show -- tried to offload a Burberry coat, plus the Toledano bag on the cops, saying they were going so cheap because they'd, "fallen off the back of a truck."
They arrested him Friday.
Perhaps Moreira helped himself to the pricey goods because he thought the show wouldn't be needing them any more.
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