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by Alison Storm | 08/20/10

Fifty-one-year-old salon owner Maria Gabriella Perez is accused of racking up hundreds of thousands in illegal charges on some of her clients' credit cards. Authorities arrested Perez and charged her with two counts of credit card fraud. One of her A-list victims is Liv Tyler. Authorities say Perez charged $214,000 on one of Tyler's credit cards during a five month period last year and another $68,000 on the credit card of jewelry designer Loree Rodkin. Documents show that Perez tried to offer Rodkin $25,000 worth of free products to make up for the charges, but the jewelry designer declined.

According to CBS News, Perez is denying the charges through her Facebook page. "To all friends of Chez Gabriela, and others, you are to remember that everyone is innocent until proven otherwise," the page reads. "Chez Gabriela will be exonerated of all allegations soon." CBS News says some Facebook friends responded with support, others with disappointment. One commenter wrote, "I hope that they are wrong, because you have a bright future, hate to think you decided to do something so stupid."

Aniston, promoting her new movie, was asked by Good Morning America about the incident. Aniston reportedly said, "We had a situation that was not cool so I just stopped going to her." When asked how much money was taken from her Aniston said, "[It] wasn't to the extent of the other girls... I knew something like this would eventually happen because there's no way you can get away with that. It's terrible." If she's convicted, Perez could face up to 25 years in prison.