Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Will you be watching??? Tessa Thompson Portraying Doris Payne Tessa Thompson’s portraying an iconic Atlanta jewel thief. The “Thor: Ragnarok” actress has landed the role of Doris Payne, the geriatric jewel thief whose known for pulling off high-end heists across the globe. Variety reports that the “film is conceived as a high-concept action-drama in the vein of “Catch Me if You Can” and “The Thomas Crown Affair.” Codeblack Films’ Candice Wilson will oversee the project. Tessa will portray Payne now that the filmmakers have obtained her life rights. Payne, 86, made headlines after she was recently banned from ALL Atlanta area malls and swiped $86.22 worth of products from a local Walmart. Before that she nabbed a $2,000 necklace at a mall because the clerk “just left it sitting there.” ICONIC! Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Doris Payne Arrested Again In Atlanta After Robbing For Over 60 Years World infamous jewel thief Doris Payne, who has been arrested hundreds of time s for robbing luxury stores for over 60 years has recently been nabbed AGAIN for stealing Dior earrings in Atlanta. Via CNBC : “I look forward to my day in court,” she told NBC News on Wednesday. Payne, 85, relayed the comment to her attorney, who was standing next to her but would not allow her to get on the phone with a reporter. The lawyer, Scott McCullers, said his bling-loving client plans to plead not guilty to charges that she swiped a $690 pair of Christian Dior earrings from a Saks Fifth Avenue in an Atlanta mall on Friday. And he suggested that she is being persecuted because of her reputation, cemented in the 2013 documentary “The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne.” “This issue may simply be someone seeking to enhance their name because of the recent recognition she received,” McCullers said. “They were initially interested in charging her with trespassing,” he added. “Once it was known who she was, it was turned into something else.” Atlanta Police spokesman Sgt. Warren Pickard declined to respond to the lawyer’s claim that the charge was pumped up, but said the arresting officers didn’t even know who Payne was until they found out she had an outstanding warrant for theft in North Carolina. Payne, who served two years in prison for a 2011 California theft, was charged with shoplifting for the Saks incident, booked at the Fulton County Jail and later released on $2,500 bond. “She’s traveling, taking in some sights and enjoying her senior years,” he said, adding that she had some undisclosed “health issues.” Although McCullers would not let Payne give an interview, she has spoken openly in the past about her exploits, which spanned two continents and six decades. #FreeDoris YT
Doris Payne Arrested Again In Atlanta After Robbing For Over 60 Years World infamous jewel thief Doris Payne, who has been arrested hundreds of time s for robbing luxury stores for over 60 years has recently been nabbed AGAIN for stealing Dior earrings in Atlanta. Via CNBC : “I look forward to my day in court,” she told NBC News on Wednesday. Payne, 85, relayed the comment to her attorney, who was standing next to her but would not allow her to get on the phone with a reporter. The lawyer, Scott McCullers, said his bling-loving client plans to plead not guilty to charges that she swiped a $690 pair of Christian Dior earrings from a Saks Fifth Avenue in an Atlanta mall on Friday. And he suggested that she is being persecuted because of her reputation, cemented in the 2013 documentary “The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne.” “This issue may simply be someone seeking to enhance their name because of the recent recognition she received,” McCullers said. “They were initially interested in charging her with trespassing,” he added. “Once it was known who she was, it was turned into something else.” Atlanta Police spokesman Sgt. Warren Pickard declined to respond to the lawyer’s claim that the charge was pumped up, but said the arresting officers didn’t even know who Payne was until they found out she had an outstanding warrant for theft in North Carolina. Payne, who served two years in prison for a 2011 California theft, was charged with shoplifting for the Saks incident, booked at the Fulton County Jail and later released on $2,500 bond. “She’s traveling, taking in some sights and enjoying her senior years,” he said, adding that she had some undisclosed “health issues.” Although McCullers would not let Payne give an interview, she has spoken openly in the past about her exploits, which spanned two continents and six decades. #FreeDoris YT
Atlanta Police had no clue who they had just nabbed when they picked up an elderly woman for reportedly stealing some designer jewelry. Doris Payne, 84, was arrested on October 23, 2015, for allegedly making off with a $690 Christian Dior diamond ring from Saks Fifth Avenue at Phipps Plaza Mall. According to the Atlanta […]
