Michelle Marie Gopaul, the New York model who pretended to be a Bollywood talent agent in order to kidnap a baby, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after she pleaded guilty in a Toronto courtroom Friday to one count of child abduction, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"I was so scared ... I'm so sorry," Gopaul said at Friday's hearing. "I'm not a bad person, I'm so sorry."

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Gopaul said that heartache over an emotional breakup with a boyfriend spurred her to kidnap the child, in hopes she could keep the relationship alive.

Gopaul, 25, used Craigslist to perpetrate the scam that paved the way to her conviction, hosting a phony casting call in which she pretended to be an agent named Dianne Miller willing to pay $15,000 to the family of an Indian baby girl who'd star in a Bollywood film.

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Four couples, including Sejal and Viral Patel, attended the "casting call" with their month-old daughter, Roma on December 30.

Gopaul told the Patels she had to see how the baby would react to strangers and took her in a different room -- only to disappear.

Gopaul was arrested in Scarborough about four hours later when authorities found her with the baby, who was not harmed in the incident.

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"More than anything, I wish I could go back and erase it all," Gopaul said in letter addressed to the court.

Gopaul had been seen in projects such as an American Express TV commercial and a small role in the Nicole Kidman-Sean Penn movie, The Interpreter.

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Michelle Marie Gopaul, an aspiring New York actress and model accused of abducting a baby last week from a fake casting call, appeared in a Toronto court Tuesday.

Dressed in a prison-issued green jumpsuit, the 24-year-old made a brief appearance in court where she was remanded in custody until January 11 when a date will be set for a bail hearing.

She has been in police custody since she was arrested December 30 and charged with abduction of a person under 14. She was denied bail last Saturday.

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According to the Toronto Star, Gopaul’s mother, who lives in New York, was present in the court along with two aunts, an uncle and cousins.

Gorgeous actress/model Michelle Marie Gopaul is being held without bail in the mysterious kidnapping of an infant, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

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Police in Toronto, Canada  are still trying to figure out why the Manhattan woman allegedly kidnapped the baby girl.

In a story with more twists and turns than a Hollywood thriller, it is alleged that Gopaul set up a phony casting call for an infant.  She even conned a workman into letting her into a video company's office space -- claiming she'd rented it but had lost her key and needed to get in, reports Toronto's CityNews TV --woman-charged-in-alleged-abduction-of-newborn which landed an exclusive interview with the abducted baby's father, Viral Pital.

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According to numerous reports, Gopaul, 24, lured the Pitals and about a dozen other couples with babies to the fake casting call at A La Carte Videos, and when the mother was busy filing out an application, fled with her baby.

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“The parents became extremely concerned and contacted police,” Constable Tony Vella told The Toronto Sun.

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Luckily, the baby was found unharmed several hours later, just minutes before the police were set to issue an Amber Alert.

“We conducted an intense investigation, with 22 and 41 Divisions and with the help of public assistance, the child was returned back to the parents," Vella said.

Gopaul's credits include an American Express TV commercial and a small role in the Nicole Kidman-Sean Penn movie, The Interpreter.

One of Gopaul's friends told The Toronto Globe & Mail that several months ago, Michelle told her friends she was pregnant!

Her family is said to be in shock and are on their way to Toronto.

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Gopaul appeared in Tononto's Old City Hall court Saturday morning for a bail hearing.  She was denied.  Her next court hearing is Tuesday.

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