Crime & Safety

Mary Louise Parker's Nanny Stole $3K From Her In Brooklyn: Reports

Amanda Hosten-St. Louis allegedly used the "Weeds" actresses' debit card to withdraw cash, the Daily News reported.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A babysitter working for Mary-Louise Parker allegedly stole more than $3,000 in cash from her celebrity employer, according to a New York Daily News report.

Amanda Hosten-St. Louis, 33, used Parker’s debit card — which the “Weeds” star had given her to make purchases for her kids — to make big cash withdrawals which she kept, the Daily News reported.

Parker, 52, who lives in Brooklyn with her two children, reported her nanny to the police when a bank fraud investigator told her about the withdrawals, according to DNAinfo.

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Hosten-St. Louis was arrested Monday and charged with six counts of grand larceny, six counts of conspiracy, four counts of identity theft, court records show.

Hosten-St.Louis was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Tuesday and released without bail, court records show.

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