SoCal actress Lisette Lee, who starred in the 2008 movie, "The Doorman," has been arrested on drug charges after Drug Enforcement Administration Agents in an Ohio airport found 506 pounds of marijuana in her luggage. She has been charged with conspiracy and possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. She is being held without bail until a hearing Friday. She was traveling with two personal assistants and a bodyguard. The members of her entourage have been released, but may also face charges.
She and her entourage took off from Van Nuys on a charted flight to Columbus. They had aroused suspicion because of their copious amount of heavy luggage, and DEA investigators met them when their plane landed. The group was carrying 13 suitcases, some so heavy that it took two men to carry them, and it took three vehicles to transport them.
Authorities confiscated the luggage, which was filled with bricks of marijuana. They also found three cell phones, cocaine, more pot, drug paraphernalia, and ledgers suspected of documenting $300,000 worth of drug transactions in Lee's bag.
Lee said she charted the plane to deliver equipment for a horse farm and to visit a boyfriend, and she had made three similar trips. Lee told investigators that a friend paid her $60,000 to take the suitcases to an unattended hotel room in Columbus, to stay for a few days, and to return with fewer suitcases. Lee said that she and her assistants and bodyguard knew the story was fake and that they were probably aiding in money laundering or weapons trafficking.
Lee could face up to 40 years in jail and a $2 million dollar fine if she is convicted of all charges.
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