Antoinette Millard
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Antoinette Millard (b. 1964?) was a name United States impostor Lisa Walker used when she pretended to be a Saudi princess. She was born Lisa Antoinette Millard, her married name was Walker.
In the beginning of May 2004, she claimed she was a Saudi Arabian princess who had converted to Judaism. On May 8, 2004, "Millard" came into the spotlight in New York when she claimed that she had been mugged and the robbers had stolen insured jewelry worth $262,000.
Millard joined the New York City high society posthaste. She was mentioned in the New York Social Diary and attended various antiques, fashion and jewelry shows. She frequented jewelry shops and often exchanged her previous buys for new ones.
At the same time, she made various wild claims about her background. She had been a lawyer, graduated from Boston University, a model for Victoria's Secret or Bergdorf Goodman or Brown Brothers Harriman vice-president. She also expected a 7 million dollar divorce settlement and was one of the triplets.
Eventually the bubble burst. Chubb & Co insurance company was not convinced of the claim of stolen jewelry and accused Millard of insurance fraud. At the end of May 2004 Millard was arrested and sent to Riker's Island prison. American Expresses got a court order and claimed $951,000 worth of her assets for debts she had incurred through their card.
Millard was charged with insurance fraud, attempted grand larceny and forgery. She was released on bail worth $100,000 but faced 15 years in jail if convicted.
On November 2004 Millard filed a suit against American Express. She claimed that she had been obviously mentally incompetent when she had opened her credit account and that the credit card company should have realized that. She claimed symptoms of anorexia, depression, anxiety attacks and that she had a head tumor and sued for million dollars.
In August 2, 2005, she plead guilty to grand larceny and insurance fraud and the next day was sentenced to a year in mental institution for treatment.
