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Keith Richards' Daughter Gets 2 Days Community Service for Graffiti

By DNAinfo Staff on April 21, 2011 11:27am

By Shayna Jacobs

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — The model daughter of Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards got off with a slap on the wrist in court Thursday after scrawling graffiti on a nunnery wall.

Theodora Richards, 25, was given a conditional discharge in exchange for agreeing to serve two days of community service after being caught vandalizing a SoHo convent and being caught with marijuana and prescription pills in her purse. The charges will be cleared in six months as long as she carries out her service and doesn't get into any more trouble.

She's also undergoing voluntary drug treatment, her lawyer said. It's not yet clear where she'll serve her community service or what she'll be doing.

Theodora Richards in Manhattan Criminal Court.
Theodora Richards in Manhattan Criminal Court.
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Richards was arrested March 1 for drawing the tiny letters "T" and "A" with a heart in between on the wall of SoHo's St. Anthony's convent at 190 Prince Street. The letters are the first-name initials of herself and her sister, Alexandra.

The officers who arrested Richards found marijuana and prescription pills in her bag, prosecutors said.

The blond Richards appeared in court Thursday in a form-fitting grey dress and black Mary Jane pumps - a change from her last appearance in March when she looked tousled and tired after a night spent in a jail cell.

Prosecutors said they consented to the lenient resolution because of the "minimal" damage done to the property and Richards' lack of a criminal record.

"She's a nice young girl," said her attorney Edward Hayes, adding, "She's clean as snow."

Hayes said the small red letters, which were about the size of a quarter, easily washed off the building.

"I hope I don't get in trouble for this," Richards allegedly told police during her arrest.

"I don't have a prescription for this," she also allegedly admitted about the pills.

Richards is set to return to court in June to show proof of her service.