Sarah Jessica Parker accused of failing to return jewelry - Page Six - Page Six
Sarah Jessica Parker’s jewelry could cost her a pretty penny.
The actress was accused of borrowing $149,501.96 worth of accessories from Kat Florence Design in 2016 and failing to return them, according to court documents viewed by Page Six on Wednesday.
The company claims that Parker, 53, wore the pieces during a photo shoot for the brand — which is suing her — and she asked if she could “personally borrow several pieces of the jewelry to wear for a few months and then return all the pieces.” They agreed to a two-month period, but according to the company, it still has not received the pieces, including earrings worth $40,706.72 and a ring worth $27,115.
Kat Florence Design now wants restitution to the tune of $150,000 as part of the ongoing legal battle.
The company’s attorney told Page Six on Wednesday that they are scheduled to meet with a mediator in an effort to resolve the case on Friday in New York.
“It is our position in this case that after a photo shoot as part of the endorsement agreement, Ms. Parker requested that she could personally keep some of the pieces of the jewelry for a few months to wear personally. We agreed and documented what she had,” their attorney added. “This happened in March 2016. Over two years later, the jewelry was never returned to us.
“We believe that as Ms. Parker has kept the jewelry since 2016 that she should pay us for it.”
However, her attorney Ira Schreck told us: “This is just plain false. SJP was under contract to Kat Florence and was asked to keep the jewelry so that she could wear it on red carpets and other events when appropriate. Sarah Jessica Parker is as honest and trustworthy a person as anyone I have ever met. She has never and would never hold onto anything belonging to someone else. In fact, she has been asking ever since Kat Florence wrongfully stopped paying her to have the pieces returned, but Kat Florence didn’t seem terribly interested in getting them back.”
Page Six previously reported that Kat Florence Design filed a suit against Parker in April after their joint venture failed. Parker filed her own countersuit in July, claiming that she performed her contractual obligations but the company never paid her for her efforts.
