15 Celebrities Who Were Busted for Shoplifting
Hollywood makes itself seem like it's all glitz and glamour, but if you follow along with the exploits of some of the biggest stars out there, you know that's not always the case. Famous people are human, too, and they make mistakes — just like the rest of us. The number of celebrity arrests over the years prove it.
In 2011, Lindsay Lohan was charged with stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in California. Surveillance videos caught the crime on film and she was also photographed by paparazzi wearing the necklace in the days that followed. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail.
LINDSAY LOHAN
WINONA RYDER
One of the most infamous celebrity shoplifting incidents involved Winona Ryder years before she ever starred in Stranger Things. In 2001, she was caught stealing $5,000 of merchandise, including clothing and accessories. The following year, she was sentenced to three years of probation.
CHLOE CHERRY
In February 2023, Euphoria star Chloe Cherry was accused of shoplifting a $28 top at a boutique in her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Her rep insisted that it was "confusion," not theft, and that the associate working at the store failed to charge her for the blouse.
Kristin Cavallari's alleged shoplifting incident took place while she was still a teenager. In an interview, actress and shop owner Tawny Kitaen claimed that Kristin and her friends shoplifted from her boutique, Tawny K.
KRISTIN CAVALLARI
Britney Spears was accused of shoplifting in 2007. According to the Daily Mail, she got into an altercation with employees at a store called Hustlers in West Hollywood, California, before allegedly stealing a wig off of a mannequin as she left
BRITNEY SPEARS
Back in her day, Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett faced her own issues with shoplifting. Insiders close to the late actress told Globe that she'd been caught shoplifting in her younger years more than once, including two arrests for stealing while she was in college.
Kristin Cavallari isn't the only celebrity in the Laguna Beach universe to be accused of shoplifting. In 2006, Stephanie Pratt was arrested after she was busted stealing $1,300 from a Neiman Marcus store with a friend.
AMY SCHUMER
In an interview with GQ, Amy Schumer admitted that she frequently shoplifted when she was younger. She estimated that she stole about $100,000 between the ages of 14 and 21 until she finally got arrested at Bloomingdale's.
In a post on her now-defunct blog, Kim Kardashian admitted that she and famous friend Nicole Richie swiped makeup from a drugstore as children.
In 2015, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards was arrested for shoplifting $600 worth of merchandise from Target.
James Franco has admitted to having sticky fingers in his younger years. "In eighth grade we started stealing cologne," he said, revealing that they eventually got caught. "We had like 30 bottles of cologne each in our lockers at school, and then we could sell cologne at the dances."
JAMES FRANCO
Will & Grace star Shelley Morrison, who died in December 2019, was arrested in April 2003 for attempting to steal about $450 in jewelry from a Los Angeles department store.
CAROLINE GIULIANI
In 2010, when she was only 20, Rudy Guiliani's daughter, Caroline, was arrested for shoplifting five items from a Sephora, including Aqua Cream, Dior Skinflash Primer, and Bliss Hydroderm.
