Away from home, at a big school in a big city, being a freshman is hard enough until you realize your roommate might be stealing your stuff for profit. We're not talking about college hoodies or Insta coffee machines. Instead, Aurora Agapoff, whose father, André, is a Russian-American mining magnate and CEO of a gold mining company, says her NYU roommate swiped tens of thousands of dollars of luxury handbags in jewelry, then turned around and sold on the RealReal. The NYPD got involved. A lawsuit filed the tabloid, Splashing the Case and the Merch across the Internet. According to the NYPD, Agapoff made a complaint saying she started noticing some of her stuff missing in February of this year. According to the lawsuit, Agapov did her 18-year-old roommate, Kaitlyn Fung. Fung signed into her the RealReal account from her phone and showed Agapov the items ready for sale or already sold. Some of the items, according to the suit, an 18-carat ruby ring worth more than $23,000, a purse and a tote together worth more than seven grand, a Chanel bracelet, a Bulgari necklace. All told, approximately $51,000 in items stolen, the suit says. A spokesperson for The Real Real says, We're working with local authorities on this matter and have released all requested information.

Despite some on social media making light of the story or even validating Fung's alleged theft, the police aren't messing around, ultimately taking Fung into custody and charging her with third-degree grand larceny last this month, according to a spokesperson. The police report alleges Fung told the NYPD she took the items. For her side of the story, an email and a message to Fung on her LinkedIn, where she says she is studying politics and criminology, were not returned. An NYU spokesperson declined a comment on the specific incident, but said stealing from a roommate there is rare. Typically would lead to serious consequences, such as a suspension, and is a lousy thing to do.

This lawsuit, Tom, he's joining us now, is also filed against the roommate's mother. Why?

That's right. She's referred to as Jane Doe, as you saw there on the documents, Halley, because according to the suit, the allegation is that she contacted the brick and mortar store for the real, real and asked that the unsold items be returned to the family home. The lawsuit alleges that those items have not yet been returned, in fact, to Agrapov. That's something that they're looking to come back to them as a result of this lawsuit. Now, we tried to find any attorney that represents Fung or her mother. There's no attorney listed as responding to this lawsuit, and so we'll continue to try to get their side of the story.

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