The Post reported that the 25-year-old former Vogue employee was first arrested in April and now faces felony charges of second- and third-degree grand larceny. While she was at the magazine, she was an assistant to Coddington, the magazine’s creative director-at-large. Bannigan’s offenses allegedly include charging purchases to Coddington’s credit card and selling Coddington’s property on online consignment shop TheRealReal. According to court documents, she pocketed $9,000 in commission from the sales.
Bannigan’s LinkedIn page says that before she worked for Coddington, she interned at ELLE magazine. In 2016, she appeared in a Teen Vogue spread next to the creative director. Bannigan’s attorney Michael Cornacchia told the Post that his client “didn’t do anything wrong.”
“We believe there’s been a misunderstanding which we hope will be sorted out,” Cornacchia said. “She has prior no record, and she’s a naturalized US citizen.”