ROSIE JUST LOST 70,000 DOLLARS

Rosie O'Donnell was robbed of nearly $70,000 last week by an unemployed Jamaican immigrant in New York City who forged checks from her production company.  The New York Post says:

Ramone Costley, 23, was charged with grand-larceny and forgery after being busted last week for cashing the two bogus checks last year. They were made out to Costley from O'Donnell's company, KidRo Productions, for $34,725 and $34,825.43, prosecutors said. Costley allegedly deposited the checks into his account at a Citibank branch in Midtown which used $53,000 to pay bills on Costley's behalf. He withdrew another $7,550, using $865 for various purchases, prosecutors said. A spokeswoman for O'Donnell said Costley had never been employed by the company and that staffers had not heard of him before the forgery was discovered.

My sources tell me that Rosie actually handled this pretty well until her accountant broke it down like they used to in that Wendys Value Menu commercial, the one where the cop gives a guy a ticket and says, "that'll cost 138 Frosties".  Once it sunk in that Rosie just lost 350,000 chicken nuggets, word is she went "aaaahhhhahhhahh" and fainted like they do in cartoons, where her chair tips backwards and her feet stick up in the air.  That's what I heard.  Swear to God.