The woman was accused of corruption Warhol paintings worth $ 1 million

The woman was accused of corruption Warhol paintings worth $ 1 million

The woman was charged with damage to two paintings by the American artist Andy Warhol, each of which is estimated at 500 thousand dollars.

According to court documents Harris County, December 23, 29-year-old Lindy Lou Lyman «intentionally and knowingly» damaged several works of art belonging to well-known Houston attorney Anthony Boothby.

The woman was accused of corruption Warhol paintings worth $ 1 million

According to Boothby, that night they have Lyman was a first date. The man claims that depositwiz drank too much, so he decided to call her a cab and sent home.

Lyman allegedly refused to leave and hid in his house. Boothby still managed to find a girl for whom he re-called Uber. According to men, after that, the suspect began to be aggressive.

Offending lawyer, Lyman picked three of the original paintings, including 2 of which were written by Warhol, and damaged two more sculptures. At the time of the arrest of a woman inflicted damage estimated at 300 thousand dollars.

Layman told the court that she came from Dallas and worked as a court reporter for nine years. Accused of criminal mischief can release on bail of 30 thousand dollars.

Anthony Boothby, an attorney for major high-profile cases, which in 2016 was organized in his house, a charity evening to raise funds for the participation of Donald trump in the presidential elections.

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