Exclusive | Power couple goes nuclear at posh Malibu boutique after owner dropped suspicious video

A top Hollywood entertainment lawyer has erupted at a luxury Malibu store after it shared surveillance footage of her allegedly switching prices on a pair of sunglasses before trying to buy them.Kitson LA posted footage of a woman it branded “Malibu Bianca,” offering a $500 reward for the suspect seen supposedly changing the tags at its popular celebrity boutique last Monday.The upmarket store launched an online witch hunt and later named Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe, managing partner at Goodloe Law, as the alleged culprit — and even outed her husband as the screenwriter J.Mills Goodloe.Bianca admitted to The California Post on Monday she was the woman in the video but vehemently denied the claims she tried to dupe the shopkeeper.In a long, furious statement, she attacks the “false accusations” and branded them “defamatory, misleading and inaccurate,” claiming the incident was a “reality show of Kitson’s making.” California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The fallout started when the shop, which is renowned for posted footage of alleged shoplifters and troublesome customers, posted a video on Instagram of a woman in their store.It showed the suspect allegedly swapping sunglasses worth $58 with a pricier Ray-Bans pair worth $198.At the checkout, when the price scanner failed, she excused herself, saying she would be at the nearby shoe repair shop.When she returned, staff reportedly declined to assist her, leaving her visibly “perplexed.”According to Kitson, staff tried to contact her through the shoe repair shop she had used, asking her to contact management.Kitson claimed she never responded.The retailer raised the stakes by offering a $500 gift card to anyone who could identify her.

On Instagram, the store posted: “We have filed a poli...