There may be an uglier side of America's comic book heroine sweetheart it seems. Nasty drug allegations of Kirsten Dunst came out during a trial about an alleged burglary of her hotel room which she shared with Simon Pegg at the SoHo Grand during August 2007. The New York Daily News reports that the burglary suspect's New York criminal defense attorney is claiming that his client was invited to Kirsten Dunst's hotel room along with a drug dealer.
The New York criminal defense lawyer Robert Parker claims that his client James Jimenez and notorious drug dealer Jarrod Beinerman had permission to enter the hotel room. He is quoted by The New York Daily News as saying, "Beinerman is a major New York drug dealer. [He] obviously had permission to be there."
While Kirsten Dunst was not physically in the courtroom, her spokesman flatly denied the claims made by the New York criminal defense attorney of the suspect. Her spokesman Steven Huvane said: "That is completely false and clearly a desperate ploy by the attorney."
James Jimenez, who is already serving time for burglary for four years, is claiming that he was not clever enough to pull off a sophisticated burglary, and that he was just aimlessly following his friend around when his friend was the one who took Kirsten Dunst's Balenciaga bag and IPod.
Burglary is typically defined as an unlawful entry into any structure with the intent on the part of the trespasser to commit any crime (not just theft). If James Jimenez' New York criminal defense lawyer can prove that his client had gained lawful entry into the hotel room, the burglary charges may get dropped.
If you have specific questions about burglary in the Big Apple, it may be wise to retain the counsel of a New York criminal defense attorney.
Related Resources:
- Workplace Burglaries Up in Down Economy (FindLaw's Blotter Blog)
- Find A New York Criminal Defense Attorney (FindLaw)
- Burglary (FindLaw)
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