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Martha Stewart starts home confinement
By JIM FITZGERALD
Associated Press Writer
KATONAH, N.Y. — Martha
Stewart strolled outdoors with
her dog and fed her horses Fri
day morning, hours after
reurning from prison to the
mult-million-dollar estate
where she will remain under
the watch of federal authorities
while trying to revive her
homemaking empire.
Before her five-month stay in
prison, Stewart lamented that
she would miss her beloved
pets — cats, dogs, horses,
anaries and chickens — and
hoped to be free in time for her
cherished spring gardening,
On a cold late-winter mom
ing, she emerged trom her
home wearing a light-colored
avat, dark pants and boots, but
no gloves. Stewart walked with
a companion and a red dog o
a snowy paddock. She handed
treats over the fence to five
horses and caressed their muz-
Zes, then turned o wave
journalists betore heading
inside again.
Stewart was drniven to the
153-acre estate 40 miles north
of midtown Manhatan atter
landing about 2 am. at
Westchester County Airport in
a private jet. She later was seen
walking around inside her
Winter Home with her daugh-
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For the next five months,
Stewart must wear an electron
ic anklet so authorities can
track her every move. But she is
allowed to receive her
$900,000 salary again and can
leave home for up to 48 hours
a week to work, shop or run
other approved crran«fi.
Her journey home began
about 12:30 a.m. Friday, when
two dark-windowed sport util
ity vehides slipped out the gates
of the women's prison in Aficr—
son, W.Va, and drove to a
nearby airport.
There, Stewart — casually
dressed in a gray-and-white
poncho, dark jeans and ankle
boots — smiled and waved to
supporters as she walked across
the runway and boarded the
plane for New York.
“The experience of the last
five months ... has been life
altering and life affirming,”
Stewart said in a statement
issued on her web site. “Some
day, I hope to have the chance
to talk more about all that has
happened, the extraordinary
people 1 have met here and all
that I have learned.”
Stewart, 63, who also has
homes in Connecticut, Maine
and the Hamptons, chose the
Katonah estate, which she
bought in 2000 for sl6 mil
lion, 0 be her prison unul
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Besides running Martha
Stewart Living Omnimedia
Inc. and writing a column for
her magazine, Stewart can pre
pare for the two television
shows in which she'll be star
ring: a revival of her daily
homemaking show and her
version Of;f, NBCs “The
Apprentice” hosted by develo
ment billionaire Donafi
Trump.
Stewart hopes to turn around
the fortunes of a company that
produces everything from tele
vision shows and magazines to
bed sheets and bakeware. In
2004, the company suffered a
loss and its revenues sagged, but
the stock price rose consider
ably during her prison stint as
investors ict on a Stewart
comeback.
Martha Stewart Living shares
rose 25 cents to $34.20 in
morning trading on the New
York Stock Fxchange. They are
approaching their recent 52-
week high of $37.45 and are
well above the low of $8.25.
Her contract with her com
pany says her salary, which was
suspended while she was
behind bars, will get reinstated
during home detention.
Details about where Stewart
will work will be determined in
the next few days at a meeting
with her probation officer.
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While in home confinement,
Stewart will be free to entertain
colleagues, neighbors, friends
and relatives — as long as they're
not criminals. Convicted felons
arent allowed to consort with
other convicted felons.
“Right now, as you can imag
ine, | am thrilled to be return
ing to my more familiar life,”
Stewart said in the statement.
“My heart is filled with joy at
the prospect of the warm
embraces of my family, friends
and colleagues. Certainly, there
is no place like home.”
During her time at the feder
al womens camp in Alderson,
Stewart foraged for dandelions
and other wild greens, concoct
ed recipes in a microwave and
even ate from a vending
machine. She also participated
in nightly yoga classes, spent
time on crafts and writing and
lost weight.
Stewart even took on inmate
rights, saying her fellow prison
ers risked falling into a “severe
depression” because of false
hopes raised by a U.S. Supreme
Court ruling striking down
federal sentencing guidelines.
Her own sentence, however,
was ruled “reasonable” in light
of that ruling,
Stewart’s release came one
day shy of the one-year
anniversary of her conviction in
New York on charges stem-
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Martha Stewart passes her horses at her home in Katonah, N.Y.,
Friday, March 4, 2005. Stewart must spend the next five months
in home confinement at her sl6 million New York estate here.
Stewart will be allowed to leave the house for 48 hours a week
to work, and will resume collecting her $900,000 salary as head
of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. She'll aiso begin work
ing on two television shows.
ming from her 2001 sale of
nmrfi‘y 4,000 shares of the
biotechnology company
ImClone Systems Inc. She
was convicted of obstructing
justice and lying to the gov
ernment.
Rebufted twice in her
attempts to obtain new trials,
Stewart opted to enter prison
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carly rather than remain
free pending her appeal.
Since she has already
served her time, her lawyers
say the appeal is mostly
about clearing her name. A
hearing is scheduled March
17 in the 2nd U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in Man
hattan.
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