A gold-digger hid her surgically-enhanced face in court after managing to avoid jail for scamming a businessman who thought she was in love with him.
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she → hide → him
Jennifer Courtemanche was given a suspended sentence inside a Las Vegas, Nevada, courtroom on Tuesday after stealing $445,000 from her ex Gavin Maloof.
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Courtemanche → give → Maloof
Courtemanche had previously agreed to plead guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit theft and to pay Maloof restitution, 8newsnow reported.
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8newsnow → agree → restitution
She was sentenced alongside her friend Brittany Burgess, they both tried to hide their faces from news cameras and offered no apologies to the court, the outlet said.
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outlet → sentence → court
Detectives probing stolen funds from Maloof's bank account previously uncovered text messages between the two dating back to 2017.
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Detectives → probe → 2017
In one exchange, Courtemanche told her: 'OMG THIS IS IT he broke up with his b**ch FINALLY and wants me to come out im not letting or anythinggggg stop me this is my chance for BOTH of us.'
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this → tell → us
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Maloof, a founding partner of the Golden Knights hockey team, addressed the court and said that the theft was deeply personal while also reacting to the messages.
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theft → accord → messages
He said: 'This crime involved deception, manipulation, emotional abuse, harassment, and the intentional abuse of trust over a period of time.
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crime → say → time
'This, the impact has affected every aspect of my life, and the consequences continued long after the theft itself.'
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consequences → affect → theft
'Those words demonstrate that she me viewed not as someone she cared about, but someone she intended to exploit for financial gain.'
Jennifer Courtemanche was given a suspended sentence inside a Las Vegas, Nevada, courtroom on Tuesday
Maloof, a founding partner of the Golden Knights hockey team, addressed the court and said that the theft was deeply personal while also reacting to the messages between the two
In that same text exchange, Courtemanche told Burgess: 'This neeeeeds to happen.
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This → demonstrate → Burgess
She added: 'We need to get the life weve always deserved no more struggling no more misery mental hospitals ERs etc lol.'
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we → add → life
Police said Burgess responded, '…we need plan', to which Courtemanche said: 'We've been friends for so long I can't remember which one of us is the bad influence.'
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one → say → us
The court previously heard how they had gained access to Maloof's phone and sent Apple Cash payments from his account to their own.
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they → hear → own
Courtemanche sent $93,448.00 in 2021, approximately $275,600.00 in 2022, and approximately $75,600.00 in 2023, according to the criminal complaint filed by the Clark County District Attorney's office.
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Courtemanche → send → office
Of 214 transactions in which alleged theft was committed, 144 were from a phone number belonging to Burgess who then sent the money back to Courtemanche.
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who → allege → Courtemanche
Burgess received nearly $12,000 through the alleged scheme, which she agreed to pay back in restitution, while Courtemanche received nearly $433,000, police said.
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police → receive → 433,000
The probe started as a harassment case after Maloof started receiving text messages and photos from different Voice Over Internet Protocol phone numbers.
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Maloof → start → numbers
Courtemanche sent $93,448.00 in 2021, approximately $275,600.00 in 2022, and approximately $75,600.00 in 2023, prosecutors said
She was sentenced alongside her friend Brittany Burgess, pictured, who agreed to pay restitution of $11,652 to Maloof
Officers then went to the actress' home with a search warrant to seize her electronic devices, according to police records.
The alleged scam then unraveled as police revealed how Courtemanche gained access to Maloof's cell phone and sent money from Maloof's account to hers via Apple Cash payments.
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Courtemanche → send → payments
Investigators said that they discovered 37 different phone numbers used in the scheme.
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they → say → scheme
At one point, detectives said in their report that she appeared to try and hide a phone's location while they were present at her home with a search warrant.
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they → say → warrant
Courtemanche's IMDb profile lists small roles in TV series including You, The Vampire Diaries, Two and a Half Men, Gossip Girl and 90210.
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profile → list → You
In a financial affidavit filed with the court in January of last year, she told the court she was now unemployed with no source of income or the ability to pay legal fees.
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she → file → fees
According to the Review-Journal, the two could have their cases fully dismissed if they make full restitution.
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they → accord → restitution
The judge told them that they must maintain full time jobs in order to pay off the funds, a review of their compliance is to take place next month.
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review → tell → place
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