The perky French Canadian model accused of stalking Alec Baldwin is saying "Non!" -- for now -- to the Manhattan DA's no-jail offer, insisting she will not jump through all of the prosecutorial "hoops" being required of her.
"There are some hoops that they want my client to jump through, that we're trying to resolve," the defense lawyer for pretty, blonde Genevieve Sabourin explained after the deal got tabled during a Manhattan Criminal Court appearance today.
Asked if Baldwin is holding up, "I have no idea. He's not speaking to me," the lawyer said. He declined to characterize whether the hold-up plea conditions concerned Sabourin admitting wrongdoing or agreeing to treatment or community service.
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Genevieve Sabourin rejected a no-jail plea deal today after she allegedly stalked actor Alec Baldwin.
"I don't want to discuss them right now," said the lawyer, Rick Pasacreta, "but there are some hoops that I take issue with."
The lawyer said that discussions with prosecutors are continuing in good faith, and may well wind up with Sabourin having no criminal record.
"Ultimately we're hoping that if it's successful we will end up with the charges being dismissed at some point," the lawyer said.
"Nothing that is insurmountable" he said of the offending "hoops."
Asked if she was disappointed to be leaving Manhattan Criminal Court without a deal in place, Sabourin told reporters, "I'm disappointed to have even have been arrested on day one. I should have never been arrested I have never done anything wrong!"
Sabourin was arrested in April 2012, after sending Baldwin a series of emails and text messages in which she told him she loved him, wanted to have his baby, and needed cash. Sabourin allegedly freaked out Baldwin's then soon-to-be wife, Hilaria, by turning up at Baldwin's Manhattan apartment; Sabourin was arrested at Lincoln Center, having turned up in the audience of an event Baldwin was appearing in.
She was arrested a second time, last November, for allegedly violating an order of protection by continuing to Tweet about Hilaria, Baldwin, and "my INJUSTICE," and having notifications of the Tweets forwarded to Hilaria's Twitter name and account.
Earlier this week, Baldwin and his wife announced they were expecting a baby.
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