Winona Ryder Hearing Resumes

B E V E R L Y   H I L L S, Calif., June 6 -- Now that Winona Ryder has had a couple of days to nurse her arm, she's back in Beverly Hills court for a preliminary hearing to determine whether she'll face shoplifting and drug charges.

The proceedings had barely begun Monday when she told the court that she had been whacked by a news reporter's camera as she tried to enter the media-packed courthouse. She said her arm was injured.

Before the hearing resumed today, the judge ordered cameras to leave room for the actress to walk to and from court. She arrived without incident.

Ryder, 30, was arrested for allegedly shoplifting nearly $4,800 in clothing in December from the Saks Fifth Ave in Beverly Hills. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of theft, burglary, vandalism and possession of a controlled substance, the painkiller Oxycodone. She has been free on $20,000 bail.

When the prosecution began presenting its case Monday, Kenneth Evans, a security manager for Saks, testified that Ryder was trackedon video camera as she shopped for designer clothes. He said security personnel watched as Ryder walked through the store with a pile of clothes on one hand, at one point going into a fitting room and emerging no longer plainly in possession of items.

He said Ryder first caught the attention of store security officers because she was carrying multiple items of merchandise and bags while selecting other items and holding them in her hand.

Ryder on Stage: ‘People Have Been Acting Strange’

Ryder has made a few well-placed public comments about her situation in the last few months. The star graces the latest cover of W magazine wearing a "Free Winona" T-shirt like those being sold by street vendors in Hollywood.

When she recently hosted the season finale of NBC's Saturday Night Live, the actress made jokes about her highly publicized arrest.

"You know, people have been acting a little strange around here," Ryder joked on the show. "You know, there's, like, a lot of, like, locking of doors and shifting eyes and a lot of frisking."