Martha Stewart to remain on tether longer

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Martha Stewart's home confinement has been extended by three weeks, her attorney announced, but the reason why remains unclear.

Attorney Walter Dellinger released a single-sentence statement Wednesday saying: "Martha Stewart has agreed to an extension of the terms of her home confinement until Aug. 31," E! Online reported.

Stewart was supposed to be freed from home confinement and the ankle monitoring devise next week.

She served five months in a West Virginia federal prison for lying about a stock sale, which was to have been followed by five months of home confinement.

Stewart was allowed to leave her home 48 hours a week for work, medical appointments and grocery shopping, but the New York Post Sunday reported Stewart had been leaving her estate to attend yoga classes.