1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: Hollywood Land is a production of Double Elvis. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: Oh, I'm frightfully upsets. A terrible thing happened in the 3 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 2: middle of the night. My wife awakened me and said, 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,119 Speaker 2: get up. There's a burglar in the house. Anything I 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: hate in this word is I have my wife awakened 6 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: me in the middle of the night and tell me 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: to get up and meet a burglar. I'll meet the 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: landlords and janitors, but one much raw the line someplace. 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: So I said to my wife, no, you'll get up. 10 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: She said, no, you'll get up. Did I got up 11 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,680 Speaker 2: to meet the lat burglar? You'll get up and meet 12 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: this one. 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: The stories about a group of thieves known as the 14 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: Bling Ring are insane. They stole over three million dollars 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: worth of luxury goods from the mansions of Hollywood's elite, 16 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: and they were only teenagers. They targeted some of the 17 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: biggest celebrities of the two thousands, including Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, 18 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: and Lindsay Lohan. They walked away with designer bags full 19 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: of cash, cocaine, and custom couture. Their extreme greed captivated 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: Sophia Coppola, who wrote and directed a movie dedicated to 21 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: their Sticky Fingers, a great film that debuted at the 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:10,039 Speaker 1: Cannes Film Festival in twenty thirteen. Unlike that clip, I 23 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: played a few at the top of the show that 24 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: wasn't from a great film, that was a fair youth 25 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: sample from the Library of Congress of Raymond Hitchcock performing 26 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: The Burglar Story in the High Cost of Living from 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: nineteen fourteen. I played you that clip because I can't 28 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: afford the rights to Quentin Tarantino's in Glorious Bastards. And 29 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: why would I play you that specific slice of Nazi 30 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: scalping cheese? Could I afford it? Because that was the 31 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,800 Speaker 1: number one movie in America on August twenty third, two 32 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, And that was the day that The 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: Bling Ring made their greatest and most foolish conquest, a 34 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: misstep that found them trading designer digs for orange jumpsuits. 35 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 1: On this episode Stolen cash, Coke and custom couture and 36 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: the Sticky Fingers of the Green Teens in La the 37 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: Bling Ring. 38 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: I'm Jake Brennan, and this is Hollywood Land. 39 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: It was easy to break into Paris Hilton's mansion if 40 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: you knew where to look. Drive down the edge of 41 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: a Hall of the States, and go past the gates 42 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: and never mind the guard. He's not paying attention anyway. 43 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: Find the hill at the edge of the property and 44 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: feel your way for the path that cuts into the vegetation. 45 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: Oh make sure you go after dark, when all the 46 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Cosmopolitans are busy knocking back cosmos down at the club. Voila, 47 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Paris. It was a wonder no one found 48 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: the entryway sooner. You could spot it on Google Earth 49 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: if you were savvy enough. And the crooks climbing up 50 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,399 Speaker 1: that hill tonight were very savvy. The man and woman 51 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: strode in single file, and they scaled the massive slope 52 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: using fire brakes, you know, those areas of vegetation thinned 53 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: out by firefighters in case of wildfires, classic California problem. 54 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: The pastel yellow mansion came more into focus with every 55 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: heave up the hill, and the duo hustled until they 56 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: were standing at an ornate front door, and the man 57 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 1: heard the house key clink under the door mat, but 58 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: he didn't need it. He had his own copy, swiped 59 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: from a previous visit. He unlocked the door and stepped inside, 60 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,920 Speaker 1: and the muscle memory in his hand reached for a 61 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: switch and flicked on the lights. And there she was, 62 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: Paris Hilton. She was on the walls and screen printed 63 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: onto pillows, looking at you from every angle, even in 64 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: the bathroom. Because the only decoration worthy of Paris Hilton's 65 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: paradise was herself, the thieves were unfazed by the display 66 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: of narcissism. They had seen it all before. They pushed 67 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: past the friendly toy dogs gathered at their heels, a 68 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: litter of chuahuas and a Pomeranian Doulja Prada Tinkerbell, Marilyn 69 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: Monroe and Prince babybear tongues out and tails wagging. Even 70 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: the one named Herazuku Bitch didn't bite. The burglars made 71 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: their way past the imitation French armchairs and sofas furniture 72 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: straight out of her side, and pass the endless magazine 73 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 1: covers in gilded frames, all of it illuminated by the 74 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: light of crystal chandeliers. They kept laser focus until they 75 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: found new territory to explore. New territory. Like the safe room, 76 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 1: Paris Is Safe was as defenseless as her dogs. The 77 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: door swung open when the man tugged on it. Jesus 78 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: if anyone was dumb enough to leave precious things hanging around. 79 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: It was Paris Hilton. Robbing her was like taking candy 80 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: from a baby, a very very rich baby. He reached 81 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: inside and pulled out a handful of glossy papers, close 82 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: to twenty images, topless images. These were private. Private meant pricey. 83 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 1: Pricey meant that a couple of the photos were coming 84 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: home with the burglars. And then they took whatever else 85 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,160 Speaker 1: they could find, gem encrusted accessories, ornate perfume bottles, stacks 86 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: of cash, spare baggies of cocaine. But they burgled with purpose. 87 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: They only lifted the trinkets that Paris wouldn't notice missing 88 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: from her sea of luxury, expendable stuff like her boyfriend's 89 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: spare sneakers or crumpled up fifteen one hundred dollars bills 90 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: tucked away and designed her handbags. They picked from Paris's 91 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: drawers and racks for what felt like hours, and they 92 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: didn't stop until their pockets were full. But the burglars 93 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: weren't quite finished, not according to the woman. She made 94 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: her way upstairs. She knew the route to Paris is 95 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: so called nightclub room. By her, they had a ritual 96 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,799 Speaker 1: of pausing there for a celebratory smoke under the glimmer 97 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: of the disco ball. Her laughter shade off walls covered 98 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 1: in damnask wallpaper as she launched herself into a plush armchair. 99 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: The man followed, but wasn't smiling. His heart skipped to beat, 100 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:13,280 Speaker 1: and not in a good way. They were taking way 101 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,039 Speaker 1: too long, he could sense it. And they could only 102 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: get away with the stunt for so long. After all, 103 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: they had just robbed Paris a few times before, and 104 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: they were just teenagers. That man, Nick Prugo, was barely 105 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: a man. He was eighteen, and so was his co 106 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:35,479 Speaker 1: conspirator Rachel Lee. But these burglars were greedy beyond their years, 107 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: stealthy beyond their years too. Hell, Paris Hilton hadn't noticed 108 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,720 Speaker 1: a single thing was missing yet, and they marveled at 109 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: how much stuff this one person had, a person who 110 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: Nick one said, didn't really contribute to society. For a 111 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: person who didn't contribute to society, though she was still 112 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: somehow at the center of it. In the two thousands, 113 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 1: pop culture revolved around Paris Hilton. She was a spray 114 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: to's son who pulled everything into her orbit, bare midriffs 115 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: and miniskirts, tiny dogs, color pink, and the tabloids couldn't 116 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: resist their gravitational pull when a reputation tanked in two 117 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: thousand and six after a dui. But Paris Hilton's dui 118 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 1: was not the Hollywood crime of the decade. That title 119 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: went to these few teens she'd yanked into her orbit. 120 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: They were so consumed with Paris that they reached out 121 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: and pocketed whatever they could from her and any other 122 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 1: celebrity who enticed them. The press would invent many names 123 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: for them, the Hollywood Hills Burglars, the burglar Bunch, but 124 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: there was one that stuck to these kids with the 125 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: sticky fingers, the bling ring. Maybe Rachel Lee and Nick 126 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: Prugo were in household names, but their crimes would be. 127 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: Rachel and Nick first locked arms at Indian Hills Continuation 128 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: School in Agora Hills. It was a place for the 129 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: burnouts and the fuck ups who couldn't cut it at 130 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: ritzy schools like Calabasas High, which Nick and Rachel were 131 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: both expelled from. But the duo had more in common 132 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: than a bad academic rep They lived for fashion, glossy 133 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: magazine spreads, racks, of plush designer clothing, the names printed 134 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: across the bags and asses of Hollywood's leap juicy couture, 135 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: Chanel Fendy, the works. Rachel in particular spent a lot 136 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: of time thinking about elite ensembles, and that's why she 137 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: never thought twice about stealing. It started off small. Nick 138 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: and Rachel scanned the streets of Calabasas for expensive cars 139 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: it might be unlocked. It became their nightly routine, tug 140 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: on the handle of a Lambeau or a Porsche, see 141 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: if it opened, and then lean in and yank open 142 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: the glove box, pocket the cash and sunglasses, and take 143 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: the iPod too, maybe use it to blast a little 144 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: Wayne's Got Money. On the ride home, Rachel dreamed up 145 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 1: a little scheme, but when it worked night after night 146 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: without repercussions, Rachel dreamed bigger. She even persuaded Nick to 147 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: help her rob some old friends who were out of town. 148 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: Don't worry, told Nick to never do that to him. 149 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: Stealing was their innocuous little bonding activity. Nick and Rachel 150 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,559 Speaker 1: didn't dress like thieves. Ski masks and gloves. Those were 151 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: decidedly not hot. They were regular ass teenagers, not seasoned 152 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: cons working adjacent to the mob. If they were ever caught, 153 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 1: they could just play dumb and better yet, they could 154 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 1: just play stone and act like they'd stumbled into the 155 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 1: wrong house. Not that Nick and Rachel were ever caught. 156 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 1: Their perfect record helped Rachel execute each job with nonchalance. Nick, 157 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: though not so much. He needed a bump of coke 158 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:36,440 Speaker 1: or two to keep his cool. Good thing Paris Hilton 159 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: could provide. Their break ins became Rachel and Nick's bragging 160 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: rights inside and outside of school. Everyone just shrugged them off. Sure, sure, 161 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: that's Paris Hilton's dress. You're wearing it right? Of course 162 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 1: you met her seven for your friends while looking for 163 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: coke sash and they were at Indian Hills. For Fox's sakes, 164 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: criminal masterminds didn't go here, but that didn't stop Rachel 165 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: and Nick from blabbing whoever would listen at a bar 166 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: call the sage Brush CANTEENA someone did listen. The bouncer 167 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: there wanted to know more about where Paris Hilton lived. 168 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: The bouncer, Roy Lopez, needed money bad. He couldn't afford 169 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: to repair his banged up car, so his car never 170 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: left home. Except Roy had no home he slept on 171 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: his friend's couches. Roy wasn't above stealing. Roy especially wasn't 172 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 1: above stealing from an heiress whose only contribution to society 173 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,559 Speaker 1: was a ditchy catchphrase. So Roy proposed a deal. If 174 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: Nick spilled his strategies for breaking into Paris Hilton's home, 175 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 1: he'd get a cut over whatever Roy stole, up to 176 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 1: one hundred grand once all the jewelry was sold, give 177 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: her take. Nick agreed, and this time he wouldn't have 178 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: to get all nervous again. This time he makes a 179 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: mulah without even stepping inside Paris's home. He walked Roy 180 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: through everything in advance, the security cameras, the key under 181 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: the map, and where to find her trove of jewels. 182 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: Nick gave Roy everything he needed to know to turn 183 00:10:56,080 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: Paris Hilton into a pauper, everything except come sense the doormat. 184 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 1: Nick Prugo claimed it all came down to the doormat. 185 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez the sagebrush CANTEENA bouncer followed in Nick's footsteps 186 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: as he felt around for the key under Paris Hilton's 187 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: welcome att It wasn't the original key, of course, Nick 188 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 1: and Rachel had kept that one for themselves. Roy found 189 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: it easily and left the doormat looking just as he'd 190 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: found it. He didn't bother to wipe his feet. Big mistake. 191 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: December eighteenth, two thousand and nine. Roy followed the treasure 192 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 1: map Nick sketched out for him. X marked the spot 193 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: upstairs in a special corner of Paris's bedroom closet, the 194 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: same corner where she kept her jewelry collection. The designer's 195 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: shoes and sunglasses that surrounded Roy didn't tempt him. He 196 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 1: grabbed a Louis Vuitton tope bag from one of the endless, 197 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 1: overflowing shelves, not to sell, and just so he had 198 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: something to take a stash home in. Roy felt around 199 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: for the door that would lead to Paris's little jewelry store. 200 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: He pushed it open and then pushed two shelves worth 201 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: of jewels into the designer toe. Strings of pearls tangled 202 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: with gold chains, Hilton family heirlooms, alongside cheap costume jewelry. 203 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: Roy could sort it out later. He splurged, and then 204 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:37,000 Speaker 1: he split. No alarm, no witnesses, but Roy fucked up. 205 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 1: He left behind his own mat, laid out in dirty 206 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,199 Speaker 1: brown footprints between the bedroom, closet and the doormat. When 207 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: Paris later staggered through the front door after a night 208 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:49,559 Speaker 1: out in Hollywood, it was the first time she actually 209 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: realized she'd been robbed, and there was another obvious tip off. 210 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez took more than Nick and Rachel took a 211 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: lot more, and he wasn't discreet. Paris obviously noticed that 212 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: nearly two million dollars of her jewels were missing from 213 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: her collection. Gems weren't starfish. That shit didn't repopulate. But 214 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: if a guy who wasn't smart enough to wipe his 215 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 1: feet could still get away with it, then careful crooks 216 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: like Nick and Rachel could doo. They just had to 217 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: look elsewhere, no problem. They had the technology. Celebrityaddress aerial 218 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 1: dot com was the phone book of the twenty first century. 219 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: Sprinkle in a few clicks on Google Earth and they 220 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: could spy on every front yard backyard in Cabana and Hollywood. 221 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: Who needed Paris anymore? There was other turf to conquer, 222 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: Like turf in the Hills. February twenty second, two thousand 223 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: and nine, Oscar night. No one stayed in on the 224 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: evening of Hollywood's Super Bowl, not even Reality TV stars 225 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: like Audreya Patridge, famous for her time on MTV's Half Cheesy, 226 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: Half Sleazy Show The Hills. According to a celebrity gossip site, 227 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: Audrena had some a list of plans for Academy Awards night. 228 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: Nick and Rachel considered it their invitation to a million 229 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: dollar home in the Hollywood Hills. They waltzed right up 230 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 1: to Audrena's Spanish style home through an unlocked sliding glass door. 231 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: They took sunglasses, purses, tailor made jeans, jewelry handed down 232 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: from Audrena's great grandmother, and they took her passport. They 233 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: stole so much that they had to use Audrina's own 234 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: fucking luggage to get everything out of the door. And 235 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: when they ran out of suitcases, they found Audrina's stash 236 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: of trash bags and he used those to haul out 237 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,479 Speaker 1: the remainder of their forty three thousand dollars shopping spree. 238 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: It was pennies compared to what came next, though, a 239 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: few months later they had a new target, new turf. 240 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: Rachel and Nick drove out to Los Felas to find 241 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: the four bedroom home of Rachel Bilson, star of the OC. 242 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:46,720 Speaker 1: Bilson was off canoodling with her bow and Canada for 243 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: a spell. So the Bling Ring took advantage of her 244 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: prolonged absence. They robbed Bilson no fewer than three times 245 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 1: that month. The trappings of Bilson's life went out the 246 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: door and designed her bags, her vented shoes, her mother's 247 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: engagement ring, a full cabinet's worth of DVDs, and a television. 248 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: The Bling Ring even bagged her entire collection of Chanelle clothes, 249 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: worth roughly three hundred thousand dollars. The Bling Ring's taste 250 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: for high fashion was insatiable. If Rachel saw a celebrity 251 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 1: wearing a flashy necklace online or a tight dress and 252 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: a magazine, she had a habit, and by it she 253 00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: meant that specific one, even if it was still damp 254 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: with sweat from a night out at the club. The 255 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: Bling Ring didn't discriminate. They took clothes that still had 256 00:15:30,360 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: the tags, wrinkled, clothes that needed to be washed, custom dresses, 257 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: t shirts, underwear. They stole like the Grinch on Christmas Eve, 258 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: just for the hell of it. Any item was fair game, 259 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: and if something in their hall wasn't their style or 260 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: up to snuff, they tossed it. In the trash once 261 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,200 Speaker 1: they got home. At one point, they hoarded so many 262 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,480 Speaker 1: designer bags that they pedaled them on the Venice Beach 263 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 1: boardwalk for fifty bucks a pop. Their hauls made Rachel high. 264 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: The repeat robberies made Nick want to get high. It 265 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: was the same scene at every job. Nick fidgets and 266 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: starts sweating, and Rachel waves him off with a newly 267 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: bejeweled wrist. You're tripping out, she says. And that was 268 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: Rachel's little catchphrase for whenever Nick got wound up, like 269 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,880 Speaker 1: when she had habitually went back for seconds, or when 270 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: she chose to relieve herself in a celebrities home as 271 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: if she were perched in her own private bathroom. It 272 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: all made Nick sweat, but he adored Rachel. I loved her, 273 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: he later told her journalists. Before Rachel, Nick was a loner. 274 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,240 Speaker 1: Now he was a sheepish guy dressed in celebrity's clothing, 275 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: rubbing elbows with a whole new crew of friends around Hollywood. 276 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 1: So if Rachel desired something, Nick helped her get it. 277 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: Even if he meant she and Nick had a roll 278 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: up to someone's private property and snatched themselves. Rachel had 279 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: a little extra help these days too, The bling ring 280 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,920 Speaker 1: was getting bigger. Those new friends that surrounded Nick wanted in. 281 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: They wanted to take a few of their own laps 282 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: inside some luxury homes, and well shit, there was plenty 283 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: to go around. There was plenty for Alexus Nires, who 284 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 1: truly believed she was already a celebrity. Reality TV deal 285 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: with e for a show called Pretty Wild. It was 286 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: pretty crappy, and Alexis was pseudo spiritual to a t. 287 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: I guess karma is real, but Donna Karen is realer 288 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 1: or something entered Diana Tamayo, former Indian Hill's High Class President, 289 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: star student. The Good Girl Inevitably Gone Bad voted best 290 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: smile in the two thousand and seven Yearbook. The total 291 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: opposite of Courtney Ames instigator stepdaughter of an amateur light 292 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 1: welterweight boxer. She will fight you, and so would her boyfriend, 293 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:38,359 Speaker 1: a bonser named Jonathan Jr. Aka Johnny Dangerous. He worked 294 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: as a promoter at the Hollywood Club They Do, and 295 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,360 Speaker 1: Johnny took care of Courtney's friends, made sure they got 296 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: in and got served the hard stuff. At twenty seven, 297 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: he was older than the rest of the crew and 298 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: had experienced pedaling coke on the side. Johnny was no thief, 299 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: but he was a fence someone who could take stolen 300 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,439 Speaker 1: goods out their hands and flip it for a profit 301 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 1: with a handsome cuff for himself, of course. But once 302 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: Johnny was in the picture, he was ready to serve, 303 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:07,439 Speaker 1: and the Bling Ring was ready to strike again. The 304 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 1: Bling Ring didn't know about Orlando Bloom's Rolex watch collection. 305 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,360 Speaker 1: They had no idea he kept his precious time pieces 306 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 1: stashed away in a secret cupboard in a wall behind 307 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:20,159 Speaker 1: a bookshelf. But after so many burglaries they had a 308 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: sixth cents for detecting luxury. They found those ten Rolex 309 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 1: watches hidden in a velvety box in Orlando's secret hiding spot. 310 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: Then they deposited ten Rolex watches right into their new 311 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: designer bags, all courtesy of the Bloom residents. July thirteenth, 312 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine. The fence surrounding Orlando's mansion was 313 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: too tall to hop, so the Bling Ring stooped to 314 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,040 Speaker 1: a new low. They unbraided the chain link with precision. 315 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: One by one, the teens wriggled through their man made hole, 316 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 1: moving up the lawn Orlando forgot to lock the private 317 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,320 Speaker 1: entrance to his master bedroom before we left the Cheese 318 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 1: for some new movie roll on the East Coast. The 319 00:18:58,119 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 1: Bling Ring didn't give a fuck about elves from the 320 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: Woodland Realm or a swashbuckling pirates on the Caribbean, so 321 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,760 Speaker 1: they didn't give a fuck about Orlando Bloom. Rachel, in particular, 322 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: cared about his then girlfriend, a Victoria's secret model and 323 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: teenage girl talk. She was the epitome of style, sex 324 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: and beauty. The girlfriend was who Rachel was after. That is, 325 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 1: until she spotted the walal art that spruced up Orlando's mansion. 326 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: Half a million dollars worth of Rolexes wasn't enough of 327 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: a flex for Rachel, Nick and Alexis bounce. After one 328 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: round of quote unquote shopping, Rachel went back for seconds, though, 329 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: and then thirds, and then fourths. She robbed Orlando and 330 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,679 Speaker 1: his girlfriend for three hours straight without setting off a 331 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: single alarm. She plucked art in photographs right off the walls, 332 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 1: and then she took a rug, not because she could 333 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,919 Speaker 1: make a lot of money selling it, but because she 334 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: was leaving, leaving for Las Vegas soon delive with their 335 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: father and she figured she'd want to redecorate. It's a 336 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: pretty convenient move, considering the distance her new pathroup between 337 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: her and her SoCal crimes. Not that Rachel was worried 338 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: about it. Worrying was neixt job in the bling ring, 339 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: not her. Nothing would ever trip Rachel out. We'll be 340 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 1: right back after this. We're were were the sound of 341 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: Nick's nagging wine ring in Rachel's ears. It was louder 342 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: than her heartbeat, louder than the clink of the handcuffs 343 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:29,479 Speaker 1: around her wrists too. Nick knew the blingering couldn't run forever. 344 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,040 Speaker 1: Maybe Rachel knew it deep down as well. Either way, 345 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:35,080 Speaker 1: she had to face that fact in the back of 346 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 1: a cruiser. She was fucking busted. Not at Paris Hilton's mansion, 347 00:20:39,960 --> 00:20:45,040 Speaker 1: not in Orlando Bloom's closet, out of Sephora, Sephora. Those 348 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: crummy mall cops got the good girl gone bad Diana 349 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: to mile too. It was embarrassing to be caught here 350 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: in a shopping mall. After all the times the blingering 351 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,199 Speaker 1: had slithered off private properties with fistfuls of jewels and heirlooms, 352 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,359 Speaker 1: Rachel hadn't paid for hundreds of thousands of thees. But 353 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: why should she have to swipe her credit card for 354 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: eighty five dollars worth of makeup? Whatever, rachel wasn't tripping 355 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,680 Speaker 1: out over her arrest. Now there was the court. They 356 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: saw two impeccably dressed teens who were taking their angs 357 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: out on the mall's makeup counter. Rachel and Diana got 358 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,600 Speaker 1: off easy with one year's probation. Their real punishment was 359 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: that their fingerprints and mugshots were now in the system. 360 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: Identifying either girl and security footage was suddenly a very 361 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:30,159 Speaker 1: real possibility. It should have scared the Blingmering straight, but 362 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 1: rachel Le didn't get scared. She got specific. She had 363 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: one final conquest in mind before her big move to 364 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Forget the other names on their list, Zach Effron, 365 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,879 Speaker 1: Ashley Tisdale, Vanessa Hudgens, they could keep their shit. They 366 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: were nobodies really compared to Rachel's final target, a target 367 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 1: who rivaled Paris Hilton for the biggest hot mess princess 368 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: of the early Oughts. So Rachel called up Nick and 369 00:21:54,920 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: Diana get in. Losers were going shopping. The bling Ring 370 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 1: was lucky. Diana kept the screwdriver in her car. They 371 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,679 Speaker 1: needed some sort of tool to jiggle a window screen 372 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:11,360 Speaker 1: ches right and pop that sucker out. Turns out, Lindsay 373 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: Lohan kept her home under lock and key. Just because 374 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 1: she was once a mean girl didn't mean she was 375 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: a stupid girl. Lindsay Lohan's home wasn't a home at all. 376 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: It was a simple three bedroom rental in the Hollywood Hills. 377 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: The rental situation didn't stop Lindsay from making herself comfortable. 378 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,959 Speaker 1: Shopping bags littered around the house like loose debris overflowing 379 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:35,359 Speaker 1: with Gavin, she Fendy Chloe Gucci. If it ended in 380 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: an e sound and cost a couple grand, Lindsay had 381 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 1: it in stock. The bling ring didn't eed not to dig. 382 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: The mess just made it easier for Rachel and Diana 383 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: to pick out what they wanted. All Nick wanted, though, 384 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: was to fucking leave. Rachel and Diana's squeals of ecstasy 385 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 1: were making him queasy. The stakes were too high now, 386 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: even higher than a few lines of coke gout them. 387 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: If Lindsay had security cameras rolling right now, the cops 388 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 1: could connect the dots faster than he found Lindsay's address online. 389 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 1: Rachel attempted to cover her ass by covering her face 390 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,920 Speaker 1: with a hoodie, just in case she could change into 391 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: something more fabulous later, something like a custom made black 392 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: mink coach she lifted from Lindsay's closet, along with a 393 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: few watches, purses, in a beaded rosary chrome heart's necklace. 394 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,640 Speaker 1: Nick took a few things himself, but there wasn't much 395 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 1: for him here, nothing but the anxiety that Rachel seemed 396 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: to mean to. Nick still loved Rachel, but Rachel loved 397 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: his stuff. The only thing Rachel did better than steal 398 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: with want. Rachel picked the targets. Rachel left only when 399 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: she felt like leaving. Rachel took whatever she wanted, and 400 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: what she wanted was everything. The only thing that could 401 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: curb Rachel's appetite was the limits of her suitcase. As 402 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:49,439 Speaker 1: she boarded a flight to Las Vegas the next morning, 403 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,640 Speaker 1: whatever didn't fit in she wore. Nick dropped Rachel off 404 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: at the Bob Hope Airport and burbank and watched your 405 00:23:56,359 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 1: slink behind the sliding glass doors, Decked head to toe 406 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: on the tire. He could exhale now it was all over, 407 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,080 Speaker 1: But Nick had been holding his breath for so long, 408 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:08,960 Speaker 1: that he forgot how to exhale. The past ten months 409 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: of his life had been about stealing and then showing off, 410 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: or in Knick's case, following orders and swallowing fear. Enough, 411 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 1: it was time for a change. It was a new 412 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: ring leader in town. Nick didn't know about his addiction 413 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: until it was too late. He knew he had a 414 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,560 Speaker 1: coke problem, like no shit, that was a giving. He 415 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: was already stealing money from his parents just to keep 416 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 1: up the habit, but he didn't realize that he was 417 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: also addicted to theft, not until he found himself reaching 418 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: through the door flap of a stranger's Tudor house, literally 419 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 1: reaching out for more. Nick made the plans this time, 420 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 1: his idea, his target, his hall. He kept his victim 421 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: on brand for the bling ring. That quaint Tudor house 422 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: belonged to Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills nine O 423 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: two one oh fame. Brian's other claim to fame was 424 00:24:57,040 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: his blockbuster Bombshell fiance Megan fought. Hardly a week had 425 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: passed since Nick was last in the Hollywood Hills robbing 426 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: Lindsay Lohan with other members of the crew, Rachel and 427 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: Diana left Lindsay's house and shambles, which, to be fair, 428 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: it wasn't exactly squeaky clean when they found it, but 429 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: that wasn't Nick's style. He didn't ransack as victims. He 430 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: was sneaky. His touch was light, just like when he'd 431 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: robbed Paris Hilton in the early days at Brian Austin 432 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: Green's place. Nick made it seem like a ghost. It 433 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: simply rearranged a few things. He swiped only one rolex 434 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: and some clothes here and there, a lock box from 435 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: under the bed, probably flush with cash or more jewels. 436 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 1: Rachel had nonchalance, but she didn't have stealth. Nick had 437 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,639 Speaker 1: stealth and spades. But he had something else too. He 438 00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:47,119 Speaker 1: had a gun. Turns out that lock box wasn't for 439 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,160 Speaker 1: spare cash or family heirlooms. It was for a six 440 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: hour three eighty. Nick couldn't even touch it. He gazed 441 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,359 Speaker 1: down at the piece in his lap. He felt a 442 00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,880 Speaker 1: tingle in his toes and a jolt and his spine, 443 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: and there was the pan again. Stealing was one thing, 444 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 1: but owning a gun, a stolen gun that sounded like 445 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 1: something that would put you behind bars, like for a 446 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: long time. And then I don't know how many counts 447 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: of burglary was Nick up to now. That could make 448 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: for a mighty long vacation in the California prison system 449 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: if he ever got caught. He felt sick to his stomach. 450 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,159 Speaker 1: His heart pounded in his chest. What was he going 451 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: to do with this gun? What was he going to 452 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: do with all this fucking stuff? He felt the weight 453 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: of his spoils piled on top of him, crushing his 454 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: rib cage. His bones threatened to buckle under the pressure, 455 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: and so did his conscience. Nick knew he was being watched. 456 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,840 Speaker 1: He didn't have proof technically, he was alone in his bed, 457 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:03,200 Speaker 1: but he felt it. Eyes looking down at him, casting judgment. 458 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 1: He was definitely tripping out. Nick flipped from his left 459 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: side to his right and bed He locked eyes with 460 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,399 Speaker 1: a pair of stolen sunglasses sitting on his night stand. Shit, 461 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: that only made it worse. He stared up at the 462 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: ceiling instead, but the eyes never left. The stolen goods 463 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,680 Speaker 1: in his room were all watching him. The clothes, the accessories, 464 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: the watches. They all knew. They tormented him. The tell 465 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: tale ermez. He could feel the sweat clinging to his hair. 466 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: He had bitten off more than he could chew, and 467 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:36,159 Speaker 1: now he was choking on it. Nick forced his eyes shut. 468 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: A different image burned into his mind's eye, the newly 469 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 1: released security footage from Lindsay Lean's house. Nick was in 470 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: imagining things. There were eyes on him, thousands of them. 471 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: Theft not millions. T m Z broadcast his sins to 472 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 1: the world, and the people watching didn't know was Nick 473 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 1: and the rest of the blingering in that grainy footage 474 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: from Lindsay's pad. But they would no soon. He knew 475 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 1: it for real this time. Fuck. He had to lose 476 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: the loot and fast. The gun was already taken care 477 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: of Johnny Dangerous Courtney's bouncer boyfriend happily bought it from him. 478 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:12,360 Speaker 1: Nick unloaded more of the spoils in his grandmother's basement too, 479 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,719 Speaker 1: but every other T shirt and trinket was a ticking 480 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: time bomb sitting around in his bedroom, and they were 481 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: all about to blow. The police didn't have much proof 482 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 1: that Nick Prugo was a member of the Bling ring, 483 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: and they didn't need much because a few weeks after 484 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,600 Speaker 1: Nick was arrested in September of two thousand and nine, 485 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 1: he admitted to everything. He shared details of break ins. 486 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: The police didn't even know about every date, every location, 487 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: every stolen item, right down to the shirt on his back. 488 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: At the time of his arrest. It wasn't his. They 489 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,880 Speaker 1: belonged to Orlando Bloom. The Bling ring ended how it 490 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: began online. Nick and Rachel forgot the Facebook and Twitter 491 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: worked both ways. You can use those sites to stock 492 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: celebrities and make sure they're not at home, but other 493 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: people can stock you too. Nick and Rachel essentially turned 494 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: themselves in. Every time they bragged about a burglary on Facebook. 495 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: Two protected witnesses used their posts to nunche the cops 496 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,560 Speaker 1: in the right direction. In the end, the lead detective 497 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: on the case wrangled all six criminals into handcuffs, Nick Rachel, Diana, 498 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: Courtney Alexis, and even Roy Lopez, even though he was 499 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: a fringe member at best. But once the ring collapsed, 500 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: Johnny Dangerous turned himself in for receiving stolen property among 501 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: other felony charges, and those meddling kids could have gotten 502 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: away with the two. If Nick Gilt had not a 503 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,320 Speaker 1: hole in his conscience, their fates in the courthouse looked bleak. 504 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,600 Speaker 1: No one wanted to sympathize with a bunch of kids 505 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:41,480 Speaker 1: who felt entitled to easy fame and fortune. Not until 506 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 1: Sophia Coppola put her spin on the story. She saw 507 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: cinematic potential bubbling under the brady surface of the Bling 508 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: Rings capers, even though half of its members had yet 509 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: to be sentenced. She started writing her screenplay in twenty eleven. 510 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: Her team called Paris Hilton to film at her mansion, 511 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: and they rang Emma Watson to bring the star power. 512 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,640 Speaker 1: And they called the true detective, the actual cop who 513 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 1: brought down the Bling Ring, to make a cameo, and 514 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: that detective signed the dotted line and collected twelve five 515 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: hundred dollars for a little scene in which he arrested 516 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 1: Emma Watson, but he failed to sign the proper work 517 00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: permitting him to appear in a motion picture. Overnight, he 518 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: lost all credibility as the head of the Bling Ring case. 519 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: Every piece of evidence and information he gathered was suddenly 520 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 1: being scrutinized, and the controversy rocked the case upside down. 521 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: It was too late for Nick, Rachel and Johnny, who 522 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: were already behind bars on various burgery and conspiracy charges, 523 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 1: but Alexis lucked out released from her one hundred and 524 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: eighty day prison sentence in just thirty days. It was 525 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: already walking free, but the three remaining defendants, Diana, Courtney, 526 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: and Roy got off with plea deals, dodging jail time 527 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: in exchange for three years probation and community service. It 528 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: was the Bling Ring's final layer in a pyramid scheme 529 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: of greed. The greed of celebrities snapping up every luxury 530 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,520 Speaker 1: item they could afford, agreed to some teens trying to 531 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: imitate the upper class, and the greed of the people 532 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: making a buck off of all of the above. Agreed 533 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: so fast, so insatiable. Sophia coppol and new it ought 534 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: to be in pictures. 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