Maggie Rizer Out 7 Million

[min-SH]

^Bump

originally posted by Boomer in Maggie Rizer's thread:

Intl' Herald Tribune 12-12-06 (Associated Press)
BUFFALO, New York The former stepfather of supermodel Maggie Rizer is allowed to leave his prison during the day as part of a work release program, according to a media report.
John Breen Jr. pleaded guilty to stealing up to $7 million (€5.3 million) from Rizer. He is serving a 1 1/3- to 4-year prison sentence at the minimum-security Buffalo Correctional Facility in Erie County.
Breen, who will eventually be allowed to stay away from the prison overnight, is participating in the state Department of Correctional Services' work-release program, the Watertown Daily Times reported.
"He is being permitted to go out each day when his hours of employment make it necessary," said Linda Foglia, a DOCS spokeswoman. "He also can go out on Saturdays and Sundays for a period of time."
Breen has been looking for a job in the Buffalo area and has applied for permission to live at his sister's Watertown home. Parole officials rejected that request.
Breen had power of attorney over Rizer's bank accounts, and claims to have spent much of the money playing the lottery at local bars.
Rizer has appeared on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Allure magazines.

See? Far from "800 years in jail".(though I know it's just a theoretical sentence)

 

[pinnie]

i feel bad for her.

 

[Zen]

...what do you know.....life's a b*tch sometimes.....

 

[cherrygarcia]

How old is Maggie Rizer now?

 

[min-SH]

^She'll be 28 next month.

 

[ChanelAddicted]

That's a sad story... Your own family ripping you off

 

[gingeraunt]

he stole from her for four years? either he is THAT good or she's an airhead.

 

[Plastic'sWife]

800 years

 

[gingeraunt]

funny math you have...i'd say it's more than 8 life sentences since most people only live until 75...

i wondered what happened to her...
i met her early on in herr career and she was a very sweet girl..very young...

i looked up "life sentence" on Wikipedia - best site ever, after TFS of course. i skimmed the section pretty quickly, so i might be inaccurate, but from what i gather: in the U.S., life sentence is usually your whole life, depending on which state you live in, but in norway, it's 21 years. interesting.

 

[donner]

he stole from her for four years? either he is THAT good or she's an airhead.

Or she simply trusted him. Which might make her an airhead but not necessarily.

 

[canuckcutie]

I check my bank accounts online weekly and I certainly don't have nearly as much as in mine as Maggie did in hers. How could you not notice $7mil going awol? It's awful that she got ripped off but she clearly wasn't taking responsibility for her own money.

 

[min-SH]

^Maggie said that she fully trusted her step father, and that's why the tragedy happened i think. Who would've thought family betrays you one day?
I can only imagine how deep that hurt.

 

[le go garçon 84]

That sucks, i hope she can still find jobs and she can manage to make money... it SUCKS, but yeah i can't imagine losing 7 millions and not noticing

 

[min-SH]

She now is an AIDS relief activist, but still works in fashion industry sometimes. She's been in editorials of recent magazines all around the world. And she's still with IMG NY, London, Paris.
I doubt if she'll ever make a comeback on the runway, though. But hey, whatever makes her comfortable.

 

[Meg]

I can't believe she's only 28! I check my bank account balance weekly and i'm still like 'damn, where did that $200 go'?! honestly, money is like water through my fingers. Back when this all happened online banking wasn't as prevalent and she prob. didnt have the time anyway. And you know, lots of of little to medium things. I'm sure she would have noticed if her dad had bought a house or something. But when someone says 'your flight cost 5k and your hotel 10k, your staff 10k+' it's easy to fathom money just slipping through....

 

[raj]

I saw her in an interview on one of those 20/20, primetime type shows a long time ago, and she was talking about how she didn't realize her money was gone until she went to the atm and couldn't get cash.

 

[sethii]

So...is he still in prison? Does she speak to him?

 

[jakeee]

so..does she get the 7mill. back? or did he spend it all?

 

[sethii]

I dont think its possible to recover the money

 

[jakeee]

omgggg...the poor girl

years and years of working her *** off as a model to make that money..and all that time down the drain...

..i cant even imagine

it would be nice to see her get some kind of cosmetics campaign or something!! just so we can see her make up for what she shouldn't have lost in the first place