That’s not a great factor.
Martha Stewart’s alleged jail “best friend” claims the home doyenne promised her $1 million once they have been behind bars however didn’t cough up the money.
In an interview with Day by day Mail, Lisa Guarino, 62, says she and Stewart, 83, have been locked up on the similar ladies’s minimum-security federal jail, FPC Alderson, in 2004 when the cookbook queen served 5 months for her position in a inventory buying and selling scandal.
Guarino, who was reportedly behind bars for possessing and desiring to distribute greater than 5 kilos of cocaine, informed Day by day Mail that she and Martha “hit it off” from the start of Martha’s time on the West Virginia facility referred to as “Camp Cupcake.”
Describing Stewart as her “best friend,” the ex-convict mentioned she and the home icon “cried, laughed, and ate together” in jail.
“I took her under my wing, I protected her,” Guarino mentioned, including that Stewart was “grateful” for her assist and steerage.
In accordance with Guarino, that gratitude allegedly motivated Stewart to vow her $1 million upon launch. Guarino claims Stewart made the vow when Guarino’s household visited her on the jail.
“She told my family they no longer needed to put money on my books because she was going to take care of me,” Guarino mentioned, referring to her commissary account, which her relations had been contributing to so she might buy fundamental gadgets akin to pencils and paper whereas in lockup.
Guarino additionally alleged that she was transferred to a different facility to obtain drug rehabilitation remedy to shorten her jail time period simply weeks earlier than Stewart was launched, and she or he discovered her commissary account empty.
“I could’ve killed Martha when I found out she didn’t keep her word,” Guarino informed Day by day Mail. “She told my family they no longer had to put money on my books because she was going to take care of me, but she gave me a donut, a big fat zero.”
“I then had my phone privileges suspended for three months so I couldn’t ask my family for money. It was hell and I suffered in part due to Martha not keeping her word.”
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Guarino lately tried to make contact with Stewart, displaying up exterior an occasion on the Chevalier Theatre in Medford, Massachusetts, the place Stewart was selling her just-released a hundredth cookbook on Monday.
In accordance with the outlet, Guarino tried to get Stewart’s consideration when the star arrived and waved to followers.
“’Martha, it’s Lisa!’” Guarino shouted earlier than Stewart entered the theater. The writer reportedly left the occasion by a facet exit and prevented the group exterior the venue.
Guarino took it personally, believing Stewart noticed her and selected to not acknowledge her.
“Martha blew me off after I saved her life in prison,” she mentioned. “She jumped the fence to not have to look at me or say something to me and ran off.”
“I’m pissed off, I’m offended.”
Reflecting on her alleged relationship with Stewart, Guarino added, “I believed Martha when she told me in prison that we were friends, but I guess when she got back into her world, she went back to her old narcissistic ways.”
“She has all the money in the world but part of me feels sorry for her.”
The Submit has reached out to Stewart’s reps.
