Former WWE wrestler busted on shoplifting charges: cops
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A former WWE wrestler and regular on the Howard Stern show was busted Tuesday night in Queens for trying to walk out of a supermarket without paying, authorities said.
Police said they arrested the 6-foot-2, 220-pound bodybuilder, Nicole Bass, around 8 p.m. after she packed up a bag and a shopping cart at the Stop and Shop in Glendale with $1,045 of groceries and $159 of beauty supplies and left the store.
No small lift for someone who used to bill herself as the world’s largest female bodybuilder.
She was stopped by the store’s security guard with 152 food items and 17 beauty items, Queens prosecutors said.
Bass, 50, was charged with petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property on Wednesday in Queens Criminal Court, and released after her arraignment.
Prosecutors said the charges would be dismissed if she stays out of trouble for six months.
For Bass, who spent five months with the WWE, this was not her first run-in with the law.
She was taken to a psychiatric hospital for three days in 2005 after police responded to a domestic incident involving her husband, and she pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2000 after allegedly biting an officer during the San Gennaro festival in Little Italy, according to reports.
Police say they arrested Nicole Bass around 8 p.m. after she packed up a bag and a shopping cart at the Stop and Shop in Glendale with $1,045 of groceries and $159 of beauty supplies and left the store. - Robin Platzer/FilmMagic
© Provided by New York Daily News Police say they arrested Nicole Bass around 8 p.m. after she packed up a bag and a shopping cart at the Stop and Shop in Glendale with $1,045 of groceries and $159 of…
She also sued the WWE for sexual harassment, losing her case in 2002 after jurors reportedly found her claims untrustworthy.
One of Bass’ neighbors told The News that the larger-than-life lady had apparently been having some financial problems recently.
“I know she’s a little down on her luck right now,” said the neighbor, who would only give her name as Lucy.
“It’s just not like her, it’s not. It’s really too bad,” the neighbor said. “I hope she gets everything straightened out.