Ryder: 'I'm still treated like a criminal'
Troubled actress Winona Ryder is furious she's still being discriminated against for her shoplifting criminal record, despite serving 480 hours of community service.
The Girl, Interrupted star was arrested in 2001 for stealing designer clothes worth more than $7,600 (€5,700) from New York department store, Saks Fifth Avenue.
But she recently discovered the public still regards her as a felon, when she was banned from signing a letter encouraging US President George W Bush to sign the environmentally-friendly Kyoto agreement, because of her criminal record.
She fumes: "I was all ready to sign, then this girl said, 'Hey, hold on, aren't you a convicted felon?'
"I said: 'Yes, so what?' and she told me I'm not eligible to sign official Senate petitions because of my criminal record, which was pretty embarrassing."
