Celebrity / Real Housewives of New York City Real Housewives' Kelly Hit With Bling Suit She stole jewelry design, claims former colleague By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff Posted Apr 20, 2009 5:47 AM CDT Copied Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice hugs Kelly Bensimon as they arrive for the annual Great Sports Legends Dinner in New York last year. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) Headline-grabbing former model Kelly Bensimon has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming she stole a design for a jewelry line that she's been hawking on the hit show Real Housewives of New York City. A former colleague of Bensimon says she created the owl pendant that's the basis for the reality housewife's baubles. The news comes a month after Bensimon was charged with giving her boytoy a black eye during an argument. (More Real Housewives of New York City stories.) Report an error