{"id":52290,"date":"2025-11-25T23:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52290\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T23:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T23:46:06","slug":"exclusive-lawyer-for-nycs-accused-dine-and-dash-diva-asks-for-psych-exam-for-her-as-manager-at-latest-targeted-eatery-gets-order-of-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/52290\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Lawyer for NYC’s accused dine-and-dash diva asks for psych exam for her — as manager at latest targeted eatery gets order of protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

The lawyer for accused Brooklyn serial dine-and-dash diva Pei Chung has asked a judge<\/a> for a psych eval for her \u2014 while the manager of the restaurant she allegedly last scammed received an order of protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy client seems to be confused about what\u2019s going on. I had a very difficult [time] speaking to her, and I am concerned about her well-being,\u201d Chung\u2019s lawyer, McCarthy Hawkins, told the court at her client\u2019s latest arraignment Saturday.<\/p>\n

Chung, a 34-year-old designer-loving wannabe influencer, has had the cops called on her at least 10 times<\/a> since the end of last month for allegedly dining and trying to dash without paying.<\/p>\n

Chung has had the police called on her at least 10 times in the past month for allegedly dining and trying to dash without paying. lu.pychung\/instagram<\/p>\n

Friday was her eighth arrest: this time for allegedly stealing $149 in food and refusing to pay at trendy Mexican restaurant Mole Bar and Grill in Williamsburg, according to Brooklyn prosecutors.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer asked Brooklyn Criminal Court Judge Jung Park to spring the accused Michelin star-loving bandit free on supervised release to \u201callow her an opportunity to see the doctors on her own,\u201d according to a court transcript.<\/p>\n

Chung had been freed after each of her previous arrests.<\/p>\n

The suspect bizarrely piped up, \u201cNo\u201d at that point during the proceeding \u2014 although it\u2019s unclear why.<\/p>\n

Pei Chung is seen in a surveillance image from Motorino Pizza in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Nov. 11, 2025. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n

The judge surmised, \u201cI don\u2019t think she wants to do supervised release.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe just said no, and she left arraignments this past two times without talking to supervised release, and a warrant had to be issued,\u2019\u2019 Park said.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Jordan Rossman requested that Chung be held<\/a> on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond \u201cfor eating hundreds of dollars of food in restaurants, and then refusing to pay.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Jordan Rossman requested that Chung be held on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond. lu.pychung\/Instagram<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s been released onto supervised release and warned not to re-offend, and she keeps doing the same thing,\u201d Rossman said, adding that prosecutors were seeking bail on the typically no-bail theft-of-services crime after she allegedly kept committing it.<\/p>\n

The judge ultimately issued an order of protection for the manager of the last restaurant Chung allegedly scammed and locked the suspect up on $4,500 cash bail.<\/p>\n

Chung has been held<\/a> at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island since.<\/p>\n

The judge ultimately issued an order of protection for the manager of the last restaurant Chung allegedly scammed and locked the suspect up on $4,500 cash bail. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n

Chung\u2019s string of arrests began in late October, when restaurants including Francie, Lavender Lake, Motorino and Peter Luger claimed Chung posed as a food influencer to score meals before allegedly dashing on the tabs.<\/p>\n

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The manager at Peter Luger claimed that Chung had offered sex for a free meal \u2014 while other targeted restaurants said the diner tried scoring free food by saying she\u2019d include their restaurant on her food blog.<\/p>\n

Chung \u2014 who flaunts Prada heels, Louis Vuitton handbags and Hermes belts all over Instagram \u2014 often posted about the pricey dishes on her page in addition to running a mediocre blog reviewing her meals.
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