This I don't agree with. If all she did was walk out of the store- fine. She might have an argument that she mistakenly took it because she has soooo many necklaces and just got confused. But when she starts making up stories about the necklace being loaned to her, when that's clearly not the case, that's a problem. It's quite indicative of guilt. My clients do ridiculous things like this all the time and what gets them caught is often that they ran their mouths unnecessarily.
And the owner doesn't have to contact her to get it back. He/she is under no legal obligation to do so. This isn't a civil case in which a lawyer would just argue that if you didn't ask for it back, obviously you didn't want it. This is a theft case. All that has to be proven is that she took the property of another without permission and with the intent to permanently deprive them of that property. If she didn't pay for it and didn't return it until the police were involved, it's a theft.
If she was a "regular person" she would be convicted of theft but knowing Lindsay and the ridiculous LA justice system she's find a way out of this. But it's not going to be through a not guilty verdict.
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