A sticky-fingered socialite with a penchant for uber-pricey scarfs today got a slap on the wrist from a Connecticut judge, who allowed her to walk away from two shoplifting busts scot-free as long as she behaves for the next 18 months.
Polish-born beauty Beata Boman, 38, landed the year and a half of “accelerated rehabilitation” and 100 hours of community service in the sweetheart deal involving the second- and third-degree larceny charges against her.
After saying she was sorry for shoplifting two scarfs — one worth $700 and the other $11,050 — from a tony Greenwhich shop in two separate incidents in June, Boman purred, “Thank you, Judge,” to Stamford Superior Court Judge Robert Genuari.
If Boman continues with court-mandated therapy and completes her community service and stays out of trouble until March 2013, the charges against her will be dropped.
“This was exactly what we were hoping for. We were relieved that the court is giving Beata a second chance,” said Boman’s lawyer Mark Sherman. “We’re relieved that the court saw this as an isolated incident.”
Boman, dressed in form-fitting khakis, a blue shirt and sandals — and no scarf — refused to talk as she strolled out of court.
Sherman explained that Boman was stressed out — going through a divorce and concerned about a friend about to have brain surgery — when she swiped the goodies.
“Some people drink, some people do drugs, some gamble” during hard times, the lawyer said outside a Stamford courthouse.
“She made a judgement error and realizes that.”
A security guard from the ritzy shop she stole from, Richard of Greenwich, had to chase Boman one full block to collar her for stealing the $11,000-plus fur-lined scarf.
She had stashed it in her bag with the price tag still on.