Winona Opens Up – But Won’t Take Responsibility

Remember that weird day in December, 2001 when pretty famous actress Winona Ryder was arrested for grand theft and drug possession?

It’s okay if you don’t. It certainly wasn’t the biggest incident of that year. Still, the event garnered a lot of press, a lot of speculation, and no answer from Ryder.

Today, she’s breaking her silence.

Sorta.

Winona told People magazine recently that she didn’t “have [a] tremendous sense of guilt” about stealing a little less than $5,000 from Saks in Beverly Hills because she didn’t “hurt anyone.” She goes on to say that during the whole courtroom drama, she consciously stopped herself from making a statement and “just waited for it to be over”.

As to the reason behind her behavior, Ryder claims “Two months prior to [the arrest], I broke my arm in two places, and the doctor, a sort of quack doctor, was giving me a lot of stuff and I was taking it at first to get through the pain. And then there was this weird point when you don’t know if you are in pain but you’re taking it.”

Stating she was in a state of “confusion” when she grabbed tons of jewelry and stuffed it into her purse, Ryder did her darndest to skirt any responsibility for the theft.

You know, Winona, I knew a girl who was arrested for stealing gobs and gobs of jewelry. She was also in a state of “confusion” at the time. Confusion over which diamond necklace would look the best on her…so she decided to take them all.

Sound familiar?