Judge Blasts Fraudster Shannade Clermont’s “Lack Of Character” And Sentences Her To A Year In Prison (Exclusive Details)
Judge Blasts ‘Bad Girl’ Shannade Clermont’s “Lack Of Character, Sentences Her To 1 Year In Prison (Exclusive Details)
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“Bad Girl’s Club’s” Shannade Clermont Sentenced For Stealing From A Dead Man After Paid Date
A Manhattan Federal Court judge blasted “Bad Girl’s Club” starlet Shannade Clermont for her “lack of character” as she sentenced her to a year in prison.
Judge Naomi Buchwald said the social media star had a chance to show her integrity when her alleged victim passed out during what the feds called a “prostitution date” with her. But the judge said that instead of calling 911 or notifying someone, she stole his debit card info and went on a $20,000 shopping spree.
“When faced with a real test of character, she close to leave (the victim’s) apartment with his debit card information without calling 911,” Judge Buchwald told Clermont. “No foundation, established after her arrest, can account for that lack of character.”
The judge told the courtroom – which was packed with Clermont’s relatives on one side and her victim’s family on the other – that Clermont became “enamored with surface values” and questioned whether she didn’t call authorities about her victim’s unconscious state because she didn’t want to have contact with law enforcement while working as a prostitute.
Clermont pled guilty to one count of wire fraud late last year. After she serves her time, she’ll have to complete three years of probation.
Her family members cried after the judge handed down the sentence, and one relative was doubled over.
Clermont, who matched her sister in a blonde wig, blazer and cigarette pants, cried as she asked for mercy from the judge, saying she wasn’t in the right “mental space” when she stole from the man.
“I made a terrible, selfish decision,” Clermont said through tears. “I feel like I’m in a recurring nightmare that’s happening…I can’t pretend to be perfect because I wouldn’t be there. I want to take full responsibility.”
She continued: “Your honor, I ask for you to give me a second chance…this will never happen again.”
“I lost sight of who I was during that time in my life.”
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Clermont’s lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman said his client was truly distraught over her crime and was being abused daily through social media. He said the situation has left the Yeezy model “on the verge of suicide,” and feared she’d be attacked in prison because of her notoriety.
“This was an opportunistic crime,” Lichtman said. “If she thought that he was dead, he wouldn’t have been using his credit card.”
Lichtman said that Clermont was an easy target because she was the last person with her victim before he died of a drug overdose, and said that she had no idea that he was in any type of distress.
“She was not the one who bought him the drugs, she was not the one who made him take the drugs. She was not the one who contacted him,” Lichtman said.
But assistant U.S. Attorney Sagar Ravi said Clermont’s fraud and identity theft crimes were serious, and that a sentence of prison would be a deterrent to the public.
“The message needs to be sent to the defendant’s 1.2 million followers that this is serious conduct,” Ravi said. “This was not a one time mistake. This was calculated, deliberate conduct over a period of months…She did it out of greed to keep up on social media.”
Clermont, who declined to comment following the hearing, later had a meltdown outside the courtroom when a reporter pressed her for a quote.
