Kirsten Dunst Testifies in Court Thu, 24-Sep-2009
Taking to the courthouse, Kirsten Dunst told all about her super handbag that a Manhattan mechanic is accused of taking from a suite at the SoHo Grand.
Wearing all black, the Spiderman actress smiled for the jurors and waved to the judge as she told the story of how she and co-star Simon Pegg found the thief.
"It was probably a $2,000 purse," Dunst said of the brown Marc Jacobs handbag. "My purse had $2,000 in it, a pair of sunglasses, my wallet with all my credit cards."
The 35-year-old James Jimenez is charged with slipping into a penthouse suite in August 2007 and taking the handbag, a $13,000 Balenciaga purse and Pegg’s iPod and camera.
The costars returned to the suite just before the sun came up, where the actors and crew entertained Harvey Weinsten, watched YouTube clips and feasted on takeout.
"It was our last night of filming, so we were celebrating," she said. The actors and Dunst's assistant then realized what was missing.
"It dawns on you slowly because, obviously, you don't want to think that happened," said Pegg, who supplied the voice for Buck, the one-eyed weasel in "Ice Age 3."
Jimenez may face up to 15 years in jail if convicted of burglary. An accomplice, Jarrod Beinerman, is doing four years in prison after pleading guilty.
Manhattan prosecutors say the two men were seen in the suite by a production assistant, and also captured by a hotel surveillance camera.
"They said they were from engineering and they'd come to fix a drain," said Henry Mackintosh, who worked on the movie. "I said we hadn't asked for engineering to come up." | 
