Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Tara Reid Robbed!

In news dire enough to drive a girl to drink, the endless party that is the life of Tara Reid has evidently been rudely interrupted by a sticky-fingered crook.

The London Mirror reports the top-heavy starlet, who is currently filming her oddly compelling "Taradise" series in Europe, is reeling from the pilfering of her purse at an airport in Ibiza on Sunday. Seems the designer bag was crammed with nearly $200,000 worth of jewelry.

"Before she had even managed to collect her luggage from the carousel an opportunist swiped her black Balenciaga handbag from the trolley," an insider tells the paper.

Reid, 29, was said to be "hysterical" over the purloined purse, which reportedly contained a Rolex watch "of huge sentimental value," along with her own jewelry collection. It remains unclear why she was traveling with so much loot, or why the Balenciaga wasn't surgically attached to her assistant for safety.

Says the source, "The police said the likelihood of catching the thief was slim."

At least Tara can take a measure of comfort in knowing her vast footwear collection escaped the criminal's clutches.

The London Telegraph reports that during a stopover at the Hotel Baglioni in London in late August, the actress confused staffers when she asked for a separate room just for her shoes, even though she was already booked into a $3,700-a-night suite.

"It was absolutely bizarre," a snitch tells the paper. "She said she'd collected all of these shoes while she'd been traveling around Europe, but quite why she had to house them separately remains a mystery."

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