Five artifacts linked to alum under investigation for art smuggling will remain at University Art Museum

By Sandeep Mangat & Miriam Waldvogel Head & Assistant News Editors

Five pieces of art linked to Edoardo Almagià ’73, who is currently being investigated for smuggling art into the United States, remain in the Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM).

On March 22, a search warrant filed by the Office of the Manhattan District Attorney (DA) authorized the seizure of eleven items from the Museum,

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cumulatively worth $200,000.

The document alleged that these artifacts were stolen before the University acquired them. Six of these objects were on loan to the University from Almagià, constituting $150,000 of the seized items’ total value.

The five objects remaining in the museum include a Greek jar from the Early Hellenistic period, a Roman doll made of bone, and an Etruscan terracotta amphora, as well as two bowl fragments from the early

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All items were loaned to the University between 1984 and 1993. In an interview with The Daily Princetonian, Almagià described the University’s process for acquiring his art as “pretty straightforward.”

By Eden Teshome Senior News Contributor

On April 5, Larry Giberson ’23 was indicted by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia on six counts of violations against U.S. code for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Giberson is reported to have attempted to forcefully enter the Capitol through its Lower West Terrace “tunnel” entrance. His arraignment is set for April 18, where he will enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. Giberson was arrested on March 14 by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Giberson’s case went before a grand jury on March 16, just two days after Giberson’s arrest on March 14. According to court documents obtained by The Daily Princetonian, the initial arrest warrant for Giberson’s arrest was issued on March 10, 2023 by Magistrate Judge G. Michael Harvey.

The arrest warrant was attached to a criminal complaint that cited five U.S. code violations, all of which Giberson was charged with in the indictment, including civil disorder and engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds. The grand jury indictment added an additional charge, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted build- ing or grounds, bringing the total to six.

According to the case docket, Giberson was present in the courtroom for proceedings held by Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui of the District Court of the District of Columbia on March 14. During that appearance, Giberson opted to waive his right to a preliminary hearing. Consequently, his follow-up “status hearing” was set for April 11 at 1 p.m. by telephone/video conference before Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya. Giberson was released from his arrest following the proceedings on March 14. According to the Conditions of Release, Giberson was required to submit to supervision by the “Pretrial Service Agency (PSA) as directed for the District of New Jersey/Tinton Falls.” The United States Probation Office of the District of New Jersey has a location in Tinton Falls, NJ. The office is an hour’s drive from campus.

Over the past month, as a condition of his release, Giberson has been required to “notify the PSA in the District of New Jersey in advance of all travel outside of that district” and needed the Court’s approval for any travel outside the continental United States.

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