Editing Winona Ryder (section)

===Legal issues===
On December 12, 2001, Ryder was arrested on shoplifting charges in [[Beverly Hills, California]], accused of stealing $5,500 worth of designer clothes and accessories from a [[Saks Fifth Avenue]] department store.<ref name="bbc-arrest">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1710311.stm |title=Actress Winona Ryder arrested |work=[[BBC|BBC News]] |date=December 14, 2001 |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=March 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317033721/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1710311.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Lawyer: Ryder's arrest a 'misunderstanding' |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/12/13/ryder.arrest/|publisher=CNN |date=December 13, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011193351/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/News/12/13/ryder.arrest/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/07/1036308408379.html |newspaper=Age |title=Winona convicted of stealing clothes |date=November 7, 2002 |location=Melbourne |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107010040/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/07/1036308408379.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Los Angeles District Attorney [[Stephen Cooley]] assembled a team of eight prosecutors and filed four felony charges against her.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,835207,00.html |title=Show trial |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=November 8, 2002 | first=Duncan | last=Campbell}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2021}} Ryder hired celebrity defense attorney [[Mark Geragos]]. Negotiations failed to produce a plea bargain at the end of summer 2002 as the prosecution insisted on charging Ryder with a felony and not a  misdemeanor. Joel Mowbray from ''[[National Review]]'' noted that the prosecution also refused the store's request to drop the charges.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 2002 |title=Winona Ryder to face court after talks break down |publisher=ABC News |url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/news/artsnews_680355.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224111110/http://www.abc.net.au:80/arts/news/artsnews_680355.htm |archive-date=February 24, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/10/justice-interrupted.html|title=Justice, Interrupted: Why Winona Ryder will do time for O.J.'s crimes|date=October 4, 2002|first = Dahlia| last = Lithwick|authorlink=Dahlia Lithwick|publisher=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref>

She was accused of using drugs, including [[oxycodone]], [[diazepam]], and [[Vicodin]] without valid prescription, but prosecutors dropped a drug possession count after it was proved that a doctor provided it to her as a medical treatment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-04-me-ryder4-story.html|title=D.A. Seeks Probation, Counseling for Ryder|first=Kristina|last=Sauerwein|date=December 4, 2002|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She was convicted of grand theft<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/487.html|title=California Penal Code Section 487 – California Attorney Resources – California Laws|access-date=April 9, 2011|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403075515/https://law.onecle.com/california/penal/487.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and shoplifting but acquitted on the charge of burglary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winona Ryder Shoplifting Trial |publisher=Court TV |url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/index.html |access-date=December 31, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211035959/http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/index.html |archive-date=December 11, 2007 }}</ref> In December 2002, she was sentenced to three years of probation, 480 hours of community service, $3,700 in fines, and $6,355 in restitution to the Saks Fifth Avenue store, and ordered to attend psychological counseling and drug counseling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2002/12/with_winona_ryd.html |title=With Winona Ryder in the spotlight, Chicago area shop keepers fear increased shoplifting this holiday season |date=December 10, 2002 |publisher=Medill News Service |location=Chicago |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210906/http://mesh.medill.northwestern.edu/mnschicago/archives/2002/12/with_winona_ryd.html |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> On June 18, 2004, Superior Court Judge Elden Fox reviewed Ryder's probation report and observed that she had served 480&nbsp;hours of community service, and the felonies were reduced to misdemeanors. She finished her probation in December 2005.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reduced-charges-for-winona-ryder/ |title=Reduced Charges For Winona Ryder |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=June 18, 2004 |first=Angela |last=Watercutter |access-date=May 5, 2007 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104082023/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/18/entertainment/main624887.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

Ryder later explained that the incident occurred during a difficult time in her life in which she was clinically depressed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-28 |title=Stranger Things is everything about being a teenager, says Winona Ryder |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/stranger-things-is-everything-about-being-a-teenager-says-winona-ryder/articleshow/91858504.cms |access-date=2023-04-11 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> She added that the pain-killing medication, which a "quack" physician had prescribed her, clouded her judgment significantly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/winona-ryder-finally-speaks-out-about-her-arrest/|title=Winona Ryder Finally Speaks Out About Her Arrest|work=People|date=July 7, 2007|access-date=July 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819150830/https://people.com/celebrity/winona-ryder-finally-speaks-out-about-her-arrest/|archive-date= 19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/winona-ryder-1|work=Interview|title=Winona Ryder|date=2014|access-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182610/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/winona-ryder-1|archive-date= 1 December 2017}}</ref> Jules Mark Lusman, who prescribed the medication, subsequently had his medical license revoked by the [[Medical Board of California]] for unethically prescribing medication to his patients.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/report-doctor-catered-to-drug-demands-of-celebs-including-winona-ryder| title=Report: Doctor Catered to Drug Demands of Celebs, Including Winona Ryder| agency=Associated Press| publisher=[[Foxnews.com]] | date=December 10, 2002 | access-date=August 19, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145300/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/12/10/report-doctor-catered-to-drug-demands-celebs-including-winona-ryder.html|archive-date= 19 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sauerwein |first1=Kristina |last2=Mathews |first2=Joe |title=Doctor Gave Stars Drugs, Report Says |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-10-me-doc10-story.html |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 10, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908194233/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-10-me-doc10-story.html |archive-date= 8 September 2021}}</ref>