(NLDO)- The case of singer Lynda Trang Dai being arrested for theft has become a controversial topic with mixed public opinion.

Mixed public opinion surrounding the arrest of singer Lynda Trang Dai for theft

Accordingly, in addition to the information shared about the arrest of singer Lynda Trang Dai for stealing airpod accessories in a Gucci store, many people also expressed sympathy and shared her case. Some relatives called on the online community to be “gentle” because this was a case of misunderstanding and many irregularities. Because “as people close to Lynda, they clearly understand her personality and family background”.

In addition, Lynda Trang Dai’s current reaction is also of particular interest. According to her acquaintances on social networks, the 57-year-old singer is quite comfortable with what is happening. “Let it be, I was teased. But what I wonder most is why they (the police) took such ugly pictures of me” – that is what her relatives shared on social networks.

Netizens also talk about the real-life kleptomania.

In fact, there have been quite a few celebrities arrested for shoplifting. In 2002, Oscar-winning Hollywood superstar Winona Ryder was sentenced to 36 months of probation, 480 hours of community service, and a $3,700 fine for shoplifting at a Beverly Hills store. “You have disappointed many of your fans,” Judge Elden Fox told the Oscar-nominated actress.

He said he could not explain to his 16-year-old son why someone who earned $6 million for a movie could shoplift. “You are the only one who can answer my son’s question,” the judge added, adding that Winona Ryder’s life took a different turn when she stole money from Saks Fifth Avenue.

The items that the beautiful actress Winona Ryder took at that time were worth 5,600 USD, including a Marc Jacobs sweater (worth 760 USD), a Frederic Fekkai hairpin worth 600 USD and a few pairs of expensive socks.

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Hollywood superstar Winona Ryder gets suspended sentence for theft

When she was first arrested, Winona Ryder said she was “practicing” for a role under the direction of the director but did not provide any evidence. But when sued in court, the superstar confessed that because her career was on the decline, plus the use of illegal drugs and some psychological medications, she had a behavioral disorder. After the incident, Winona Ryder’s career really disappeared.

Not as noisy as Winona’s story, many other stars also shocked the audience because of petty theft. Although fortunately not convicted in a jewelry and cash theft at a house in Hollywood, the name Lindsey Lohan disappointed the audience because she has been arrested many times for theft. The first time was in 2011, she was accused of stealing a necklace from a jewelry store worth $ 2,500.

In a 2011 interview, actress and director Miranda July admitted that she was ashamed of her past when she stole money from a charity while she was a student. As a teenager, Megan Fox was refused service at Wal-Mart, the largest grocery retailer in the United States, after being caught on camera stealing lipstick. As a teenager, Courtney Love was arrested for shoplifting and in 2010, Love was sued by a famous New York jewelry rental and sales company for not returning $114,000 worth of jewelry that the company had loaned her. Vietnamese-American Playboy model Tila Tequila’s reputation was greatly reduced when she was caught stealing gum and potato chips from a CVS store, although Tila explained that she lost her wallet and was too hungry after working all day, which led to the idea of ​​stealing.

Lindsey Lohan arrested multiple times for theft

The second runner-up of the 2013 Miss Thailand pageant – Aem Dutnee was stripped of her title for theft. Accordingly, when attending a community event in Japan with Miss Gina Achara, the second runner-up calmly stole her friend’s money.

Ris Low was crowned Miss Singapore at the age of 19. Not long after that, the country’s press discovered that in 2008, the beauty had stolen 7 credit cards to go shopping for clothes, jewelry, phones… totaling about 8,000 SGD. In May 2009, she was sentenced to 2 years of suspended imprisonment. The Straits Times said that Low acted like that because she suffered from bipolar disorder, which made her unable to control her passion for shopping.

Miss Korea 1995 and actress Choi Yoon Young was questioned by the police for stealing an expensive wallet from a friend. Miss Russia 1998 Anna Malova shocked the US when she was arrested by the police for stealing prescriptions. In 2011, the police arrested model Beata Boman for stealing a scarf worth $11,000.

Many people wonder why the rich steal when they can afford to buy it. Tassilo Keilmann, CEO of the Wellness Heaven resort evaluation organization, surveyed hotel owners about the assets they often have stolen from guests.

The results showed that expensive items such as televisions, pianos and works of art were stolen more often in 5-6 star hotels than in 4-star hotels. It seems that rich guests are more “itchy” than ordinary people. “These thefts are often kept under wraps because high-end hotels don’t want to report them to the police. If they do, the reputation of the hotel will be affected,” Keilman said.

A 2008 study in the American Journal of Psychology found that wealthy people — with an average household income of $70,000 a year — were 30 percent more likely to shoplift than those earning $20,000 a year. In 2019, millionaire Andrew Francis Lippi III was arrested for stealing $300 worth of household goods from a Kmart. Meanwhile, this man just spent $8 million on an island last week. He gave no explanation for his actions.

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Rich, famous celebrities still shoplift

In his book Why Rich Women Shoplift, criminologist and former detective John C Brady lists a number of “strange” cases of the wealthy that he witnessed. One of them is the story of a woman living in a $10 million mansion in Silicon Valley who was arrested for stealing a tube of toothpaste from a local supermarket at 4am. “She was already on probation. This time, when she was arrested, she screamed at the police to shoot her,” he wrote.

Brady also had to chase another woman back to her lavish home over a box of beef. However, instead of worrying about her reputation being affected, the woman was just upset that she was not allowed to return to the store to shop.

Paul Piff, a professor who studies the relationship between ethics and money at the University of California Berkeley, said: “For many wealthy people, shoplifting is like a video game with the task of successfully escaping from store surveillance. I have interviewed many individuals who own extremely large fortunes and they feel that they are allowed to shoplift occasionally.”