Late yesterday, the Marin County Sheriff's Office asked the county's district attorney to issue a complaint against Kirsch, 22, of Novato, Calif., accusing her of making a false report of emergency, a misdemeanor, Sgt. Jerry Niess told the Daily News. Charges have not officially been filed by the D.A.'s office.
The request for the complaint came the day after federal authorities announced that Kirsch and her 25-year-old lover, Edward Kyle Anderton, had agreed to plead guilty in Philadelphia on felony charges here.
But hold on a minute, says Kirsch's Beverly Hills-based attorney, Stephen R. Kahn, who accompanied Kirsch to an April 17 meeting with Marin County investigators in San Rafael. When informed that sheriff authorities have asked the D.A. for a complaint against Kirsch, Kahn said it's "not true."
"My expectation is that it will end very favorably and nothing will be filed," Kahn told the Daily News. "It was a misunderstanding."
Whether the act was criminal or not, the results of a late-night 9-1-1 call allegedly made by Kirsch on April 4 that brought authorities to the home of her mother and stepfather in Novato caused trouble for two people.
Her stepfather, Charles (more commonly known as Michael) Eads, 58, was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and resisting arrest in the incident, said Sgt. Gary Wilbanks, a spokesman for the Marin County Sheriff's Office.
Five patrol vehicles were sent to the $1.2 million, four-bedroom house of Jessica and Michael Eads, sources familiar with the case said.
The woman inside was "in trouble" and the noises "sounded like violent screams and she needed help," a female caller told 9-1-1 dispatchers at 11:58 p.m., Niess said.
"The person making the call stated she was a neighbor and gave specific details regarding the persons involved in the house to make it more authentic," he said.
When sheriff's deputies arrived, Michael Eads reportedly prevented them from entering the house or checking on Jessica Eads, 55, police said.
"Mr. Eads was subsequently arrested," Wilbanks said in an e-mail to the Daily News. "The other occupant of the house was found to be OK and said there had not been any screaming."
The 9-1-1 caller "gave a name determined to be false later," Niess said. Kirsch had moved from the house a couple of days before Eads' arrest, sources said.
Niess declined to say how investigators initially connected Kirsch, known for her tall tales of U.S. Olympic pole vaulting and fake purple eyes among her Drexel University classmates, to the false 9-1-1 call - but say she 'fessed up.
"She admitted to making the 9-1-1 call," Niess said.
Eads had a court hearing on April 24, but the status of his case was unclear yesterday. *
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