DANCING WITH THE STARS NeNe Leakes' Secret Criminal Past Revealed - NeNe Leakes is dancing with the stars, but she once had tangles with the law. As John Basedow (@JohnBasedow) reports, the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star, then known as Linnethia Leakes, was arrested in 1992 for 'theft of services' from a phone company, according to Star Magazine. The 'I'm rich, bitch' meme-maker pleaded guilty and was put on two years probation, but she did not mention the arrest in her autobiography, 'Never Make the Same Mistake Twice.