$125K Diamonds Are Winona's Missing Friend

Ryder says hotel lost borrowed bracelet; owner calls cops

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 30, 2008 2:58 PM CST

(Newser) – Winona Ryder can't find a $125,000 bracelet and ring set lent to her by Bulgari for a magazine event, and now the company has reportedly called the cops, the Daily Mail reports. Ryder says she handed the jewelry over to staff at her Madrid hotel, but management says there's no security footage to back up her story.

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Actress Winona Ryder appears at Beverly Hills Superior court following her conviction for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, April 7, 2003. (Getty Images)

Winona Ryder arrives at the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award event honoring Al Pacino in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo Winona Ryder arrives at the premiere of the film "Milk" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

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$125K Diamonds Are Winona's Missing Friend