Vasarely's daughter-in-law surrenders passport in art theft case

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

CHICAGO (AFP) — The daughter-in-law of op art pioneer Viktor Vasarely surrendered her French passport Friday after being accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in art work from a storage facility in Chicago.

Michele Taburno-Vasarely insists that the paintings she tried to take actually belong to her and accuses the gallery owner who was storing them for her of trying to steal them.

"He stole everything and all I wanted to do was get them back," the diminutive 61-year-old told AFP after leaving a Chicago courtroom.

Prosecutors asked a county judge to postpone her case until July 16 and said they intended to seek a grand jury indictment on felony theft charges.

The judge agreed and Taburno-Vasarely surrendered her passport, which...

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