Exclusive | Penthouse Pet is caught breaking the law again but soft judge lets her off
The Penthouse Pet accused of stealing from wealthy older men through dating apps was busted for violating the terms of her court ordered monitoring twice — including crossing county lines — but dodged jail Tuesday after a Los Angeles judge opted to give her yet another warning.Adva Lavie, who is engaged to billionaire Stephen Cloobeck and accused of several felonies for robbing men she met online, made a dramatic court appearance where prosecutors revealed she had contacted a witness in the case and crossed into Ventura County, both violations of a court order keeping her out of lockup on bail.Prosecutors faced Lavie, who attended court dressed from head to toe in white, and explained she had crossed into Ventura on May 23rd for 39 minutes to eat at the famed Pacific Coast Highway restaurant Neptune’s Net.The violation was detected by her ankle monitor which Lavie has repeatedly tried to have removed during various court proceedings.When the Penthouse Pet last appeared in court in May, Judge Diego Edber delivered a blunt warning: leave LA County again and she would be thrown behind bars.The warning came after the judge learned Lavie was carrying an Israeli passport — another alleged violation of her court-ordered restrictions.Her high-profile attorney, Jeremy Lessem, argued the violation was a misunderstanding, saying Lavie believed the restaurant was in Malibu because that’s how it is advertised online.“When she looked up Malibu it’s listed in LA County,” he said.Deputy District Attorney Arin Friedman reminded Edber of his previous warning and asked for the model to be remanded and bail set at $1 million. She went on to say that Lavie had also contacted one of the victims in the case via text trying to “manipulate” him .Friedman claimed the texts sent from Lavie to the victim were designed to gain sympathy.The attorney said one text message read, “I’m trying to get mental healing and you want me to get punished.”Lavie appeared extremely...