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The $12,000 diamond earrings were a birthday present for Pittsburgh Penguin Chris Kunitz's wife. Instead, they wound up in the possession of his then-nanny, Andrea Forsythe, who is now paying the price for her crime.

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The $12,000 diamond earrings were a birthday present for Pittsburgh Penguin Chris Kunitz's wife. Instead, they wound up in the possession of his then-nanny, Andrea Forsythe, who then later pawned some of the loose diamonds.

Now, she is playing the legal price for her actions.

As KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reports, Forsythe was sentenced on Monday to probation in the case that dates to 2013.

She is already serving a five-year sentence after being found guilty of setting fire to her rental residence and then filing fake insurance claims, KDKA notes. And she has blamed her crimes on an allegedly abusive childhood, the news station writes.

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