A Miss Universe model and Beauty and the Geek finalist admitted she has a binge drinking problem as she avoided a conviction for stealing a $6000 Chanel handbag and $2000 phone while partying at a popular nightclub. Daniella Pamela Caceres, 29, was at Sussudio in Potts Point with her partner at 3am on December 10 last year when she walked past the burgundy lambskin handbag. CCTV footage from the club appears to show her partner Carlo Alloa picking up the bag and handing it to Caceres, who left the club and hid the expensive accessory in a secluded entryway nearby.
Inside the $6000 handbag was an iPhone 15 worth $2000, as well as a $200 lipstick, and a $100 hairbrush. Mr Alloa has pleaded not guilty to a charge of larceny over the incident, and is due to face a hearing in December this year. When she returned to the hiding place minutes later, the former reality TV contestant could be seen ditching the iPhone before returning to the club without any of the victim’s belongings.
When the victim realised her handbag was missing, she spoke to the bar staff and viewed the surveillance footage. She tracked her iPhone to its hiding place and notified police, who arrested Caceres as she was leaving the Phil Collins-inspired club. In a conversation with police captured on a body worn camera, the former Miss Universe finalist admitted to stealing the handbag but denied she had held onto it.
“I grabbed it, but then I, like, left it,” she told them, according to the facts. When the .