Former Miss Russia Anna Malova — already on the hook for misdemeanor prescription-forging charges — was today hit with a 44-count felony narcotics indictment charging that she continued her Manhattan prescription filch-and-fill spree even after her arrest.
The new indictment, brought by the office of the city-wide Special Narcotics Prosecutor, alleges that in the year since her misdemeanor arrest last February she continued to try to fill another 11 stolen scripts for Vicodin and Klonipin, even while she flitted in and out of an out-of-state rehab.
Malova, 39, looked fabulous as she clicked into Manhattan Supreme Court in stiletto brown suede boots and a pale pink coat, a gray patent Versace bag slung over her shoulder.
Her lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, has lobbied the courts to keep his flamingo-esque client in rehab and out of jail for the last year.
Prosecutor Charlotte Fishman said today that her office would not contest Gottlieb’s latest efforts to enroll Malova in the state’s judicial diversion program, in which she could avoid jail and maybe even a criminal record through an 18-to-24-month court-monitored treatment program.
“Yes I am!” Malova chirped to reporters when asked if she is still rehabbing. “I’ve already done so much work.”
Malova had won her country’s crown back in 1998, was a Miss Universe finalist, and had moved to New York to launch a modeling career.
She was a medical doctor in Russia, ironically enough — given updated charges now alleging she’s swiped prescription sheets and even an entire pad from two of her psychiatrists — Dr. Catharine Fedeli and Dr. Benjamin Cheney, according to the new indictment.
“After her arrest was made in 2010, the conduct continued,” prosecutor Charlotte Fishman said in court in announcing the new charges, which include forgery, petit larceny and criminal drug possession.
Malova returns to court May 3.