Money Crimes with Nicole Lapin - CELEBRITY: The Bling Ring

Episode Date: November 7, 2024

In 2008, a shocking string of high-profile burglaries shocked Hollywood's A-List. But these crimes weren't committed by a gang of sophisticated thieves -- they were the work of a handful of teenagers.... And nobody knew who they were, or which celebrity they'd target next. Money Crimes is a Crime House Original. For more content, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @crimehouse. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is Crime House. Celebrity worship is nothing new. Their lives seem so perfect, so glamorous, so easy. It's hard not to look up to them. But no one idolizes celebrities quite like teenagers do. Whether it's memorizing their songs, endlessly quoting their movies, or copying their fashion, every generation has its collection of stars that teens can't get enough of. Most of the time, it's harmless. A little annoying, sure, but there's nothing wrong with looking up to your favorite celebrities. But for a group of Southern California teens, that admiration turned into obsession
Starting point is 00:00:51 because these kids didn't just wanna copy their favorite celebrities, they wanted to steal from them. And by the time they were done, some of Hollywood's A-listers had lost millions. some of Hollywood's A-listers had lost millions. As the saying goes, those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it. That's especially true when it comes to money. If you want to make the right decisions when it comes to managing your assets, you need to know what mistakes to avoid and
Starting point is 00:01:25 how to spot a trap. This is Money Crimes, a Crime House original. I'm your host, Nicole Lapin. Every Thursday I'll be telling you the story of a famous financial crime and giving you advice on how to avoid becoming a victim yourself. At Crime House, we want to express our gratitude to you, our community, for making this possible. Please support us by rating, reviewing, and following Money Crimes wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 00:01:51 Your feedback truly matters. And for ad-free early access to Money Crimes plus exciting bonus content, subscribe to Crime House Plus on Apple Podcasts. Today, I'll introduce you to the Bling Ring, an infamous gang of burglars who targeted over 50 Los Angeles homes starting in the fall of 2008. They stole millions of dollars in clothing and jewelry from celebrities like Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, and Orlando Bloom.
Starting point is 00:02:21 And these weren't your typical robbers. These criminals were teenagers and young Bloom. And these weren't your typical robbers. These criminals were teenagers and young adults. And they were so desperate to be like their favorite celebrities, they were willing to do whatever it took. Hey everyone, it's Nicole. I have a quick favor to ask you. If you're enjoying money crimes, I would be so incredibly grateful if you took a moment
Starting point is 00:02:47 to rate and review us on Apple or on Spotify. Your feedback helps us improve the show and reach more people who love all things finance and crime. Thank you so much for your support. Los Angeles is known as the city of stars. Neighborhoods like Bel Air, the Hollywood Hills, and the Pacific Palisades are famous for being home to Hollywood's elite. But one of the area's biggest celebrity enclaves
Starting point is 00:03:16 is actually Calabasas, a sprawling suburb of what people in LA call the Valley. Located about 45 minutes from downtown Los Angeles without traffic, Calabasas is known for its imposing gated communities full of multimillion dollar homes with Bentley's and G wagons parked in the driveways. It's been home to celebrities like the Kardashians,
Starting point is 00:03:40 Justin Bieber and Drake, just to name a few. But surrounding those gated communities are regular everyday people folks who come face to face with Incredible wealth every single day and are reminded of what they don't have Eventually a group of thieves known as the bling ring decided to do something about it And it all started with a teenage girl named Rachel Lee. In the spring of 2008, Rachel was a student at Indian Hills High School, the alternative school for at-risk kids in Calabasas.
Starting point is 00:04:17 She was sent there after being expelled from Calabasas High for stealing another student's Ugg boots. But the thing is, Rachel didn't need to steal anyone's shoes. Her dad was an accountant, her mom was an attorney, and Rachel drove an Audi A4 to high school. They were well off to say the least, but she didn't feel that way. Rachel's parents were divorced,
Starting point is 00:04:42 her dad lived in Las Vegas, and Rachel lived with her mom and stepdad in Calabasas. Even though they weren't hurting for money, Rachel complained about living in the smallest house in their neighborhood. Maybe because of this insecurity, Rachel was obsessed with her image. She went above and beyond to look her best,
Starting point is 00:05:02 even if that meant a little petty theft here and there. At school, Rachel was voted best dressed, a title she wore with pride. For Rachel, fashion was everything. She took a lot of inspiration from the celebrities that lived around her, especially Lindsay Lohan, who was cultivating her own bad girl image. especially Lindsay Lohan, who was cultivating her own bad girl image. It was an obsession that Rachel shared with her best friend Nick Prugo. Now, there are a lot of names in this story, but Rachel and Nick? They're the main ones you want to remember. Nick had gotten expelled from Calabasas High, not for stealing, but for missing too much
Starting point is 00:05:43 school. That's how he ended up at Indian Hills High, where he got to know Rachel. They hadn't run in the same social circles at their last school, but now that they were both at Indian Hills, they realized they had a lot in common. They were both 16 sophomores and shared dreams of having their own fashion line one day.
Starting point is 00:06:04 From the moment they met, they were pretty much inseparable. Both Rachel and Nick had what they described as problems at home. Rachel clashed a lot with her mom and stepdad, and Nick's parents were fighting so much that it looked like he was about to become a child of divorce as well. So Nick and Rachel found support and a sense of family in each other. When they weren't together, they were texting, IMing, or talking on the phone. They spent their free time smoking weed, hanging out at Zuma Beach in Malibu, and going to parties. According to Nick, these get-togethers had a lot of drinking and drugs.
Starting point is 00:06:45 Before long, he got addicted to cocaine and started stealing from his parents to pay for his habit. But Rachel knew there were other ways to make money, and one of those nights, in the summer of 2008, between 10th and 11th grade, she apparently showed one of those ways to Nick. They were walking in their neighborhood when she started pulling on car doors until she found one that was unlocked. Rachel searched the car and found a wallet.
Starting point is 00:07:13 Bingo. They took a few credit cards and the next day, they went on a lavish shopping spree, spending around $5,500. It was the best adrenaline rush they'd ever had. After that, the duo fell into a regular ritual where they took credit cards and cash from unlocked cars in their neighborhood. Soon they were hitting up celebrity shopping hot spots like Kitson on Melrose. Rachel and Nick always made sure they were dressed to the nines when they went in.
Starting point is 00:07:46 That way, no one questioned them because they looked like they belonged. But even though their scheme was working, Nick and Rachel weren't satisfied. The more they got, the more they wanted, and soon enough they decided to up their game. That summer, in 2008, a boy Nick knew posted on MySpace that he was going to Jamaica for 11 days. Rachel suggested they rob his house while his family was gone. Nick has claimed he wasn't sure about breaking and entering, but he wanted to make Rachel happy. They weren't dating, Nick was gay, but Rachel was his best friend and he really cared about what she thought of him. So if Rachel wanted to do it, he wasn't going to let her down. Still, when they got to the house, Nick was freaking out. That is, until Rachel found a box with $8,000 under the bed. When Nick saw the money, he wasn't so
Starting point is 00:08:48 worried anymore. Their massive score washed all his anxieties away. He and Rachel split it 50-50. They celebrated by going on a huge shopping spree, this time on Rodeo Drive, which is pretty much the mecca of all high-end fashion in Los Angeles. Nick justified the whole thing by repeating one little mantra to himself. Nobody got hurt. They hadn't killed someone, they just took some cash. Totally harmless, right? some cash. Totally harmless, right? The break-in had gone so well that Nick and Rachel got to thinking. Stealing from one of their peers to shop like a celebrity was all well and good. But if they were breaking the law anyway, why not just go straight to the source? That's when they started looking for celebrities to rob. To do that, they needed to know two things, the celebrity's home address and when they
Starting point is 00:09:50 would be gone. Rachel and Nick used a mixture of Google Maps and a website called Celebrity Address Ariel dot com to compile a list of these targets. After that, they went on Facebook and TMZ to figure out the celebrities' schedules. It wasn't hard to find out when these A-listers were going to be at the Grammys or vacationing in Europe. On their public Facebook pages,
Starting point is 00:10:16 stars would straight up post their whereabouts, things like, boarding the jet off to New York for a week. Today, we're a little better about what we share online, but it's still important to think twice about what you're posting and when. Sometimes in our excitement to share what we're up to, we don't really take the time to process what we're telling the world. If you post that you're on vacation in Greece and your account is public, then all of a
Starting point is 00:10:46 sudden a lot of people know that your home is currently empty. So next time you go on vacation, consider saving the photos and posting them only once you've gotten home. But a lot of celebrities back in 2008 weren't thinking that far ahead. So after scouring the internet, Nick and Rachel landed on their first target, billionaire heiress Paris Hilton. She was the perfect mark. Rachel and Nick figured that Paris was so wealthy, she wouldn't even notice if a few
Starting point is 00:11:23 bags or pieces of jewelry were missing. And with Paris' clueless party girl reputation at the time, they imagined her doors would just be unlocked. Although there is a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to Paris Hilton, Nick and Rachel were right about some things. In October of 2008, after confirming that she was gone for the night, they went straight up to her front door and found the key under the doormat. But it turned out they didn't even need that because the door was actually unlocked. Once inside, Nick served as the lookout, like before he was nervous, sweating, calling out
Starting point is 00:12:07 to Rachel that they should hurry. Rachel, on the other hand, was calm, cool, and collected. According to Nick, she grabbed some expensive bras and a designer dress, a bottle of Grey Goose vodka, and a handful of crumpled $50 and 100 dollar bills from Paris' purses. Some sources say they stole around $50,000 worth of clothing and cash from Paris that night. But considering how much stuff was in the house, Nick and Rachel hoped Paris wouldn't even notice. After Nick and Rachel made it home with their loot, they monitored the news sites, the gossip sites, to see if the robbery had been reported. It wasn't. They'd gotten away with it.
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Starting point is 00:14:35 After Rachel Lee and Nick Prugo successfully robbed Paris Hilton's house in October of 2008, they went back for a second time, then a third time, and a fourth time, and a fifth time. Every time they stole thousands of dollars worth of designer clothes and cash. Their scheme was going so well, Nick and Rachel decided to share the wealth. They invited another friend to join them, Courtney Ames. Courtney went to Calabasas High and had known Rachel for a while. But the thing is, they went back to Paris' house so many times that by December, there wasn't a lot of loose cash left for them to take. That's when they decided to go for the jewelry. Problem was it was stored in Paris' safe, something they had no idea how to access. So they enlisted the help of a guy named Roy Lopez Jr.
Starting point is 00:15:31 Roy was in his mid-twenties and worked as a bouncer at the same place Courtney did, a restaurant slash bar called Sagebrush Cantina. On December 18, 2008, Roy allegedly went to Paris Hilton's house, presumably with instructions from Nick and Rachel. Now I have to say that nobody was ever able to prove that Roy ever entered the house, but later down the road he would plead no contest to receiving stolen property from it. That property included $2 million dollars worth of jewelry, clothing, and cash. Paris may not have noticed the previous robberies, but when someone breaks into
Starting point is 00:16:16 your safe, yeah, you're gonna know. When she realized she'd been robbed, Paris tracked her security cameras. The footage from previous robberies must have been long, Paris tracked her security cameras. The footage from previous robberies must have been long gone, but not this one. The surveillance videos captured a lone figure in a hood and gloves fleeing the property in the early morning. Hilton reported the burglary to the police, and the story hit newsstands the next day. But despite the video, the police had no immediate leads and no arrests were made. Roy had gotten away without being identified.
Starting point is 00:16:54 And according to Nick, he tried reselling the jewelry on the black market. The term for this is called fencing. Obviously it is not legal, and knowingly buying a fenced item isn't legal either. But if you're just now realizing that $50 Chanel bag that you bought on Facebook might've been too good to be true, don't panic.
Starting point is 00:17:20 Most likely, you're not gonna get in trouble. But as always, I am not a lawyer. If you think you might have bought a stolen item, you should definitely contact an attorney. But from a financial perspective, there are some steps you can take to protect yourself. First, make sure you always keep records of your purchases, like when, where, and who you bought it from.
Starting point is 00:17:42 You can also try to contact the seller, especially if you bought the item online. A lot of places have policies to protect against theft. And if you used a credit card or payment app, you might be able to get reimbursed through them. So don't worry, all hope is not lost. It's always better to do the right thing, and karma might help you get that cash back.
Starting point is 00:18:15 But karma wasn't on Roy Lopez's side. According to Nick, Roy barely got any money for the stolen items. So the Bling Ring, as they were about to be known, had to look elsewhere. Rachel had a whole list of celebrity idols whose styles she adored. One of them was Audrina Patridge, who starred on the reality TV show The Hills. The bling ring decided to try their luck at her house next. February 22, 2009 was the night of the Academy Awards, and thanks to posts on Audrina's social media, Rachel and Nick knew she would be in attendance. That night, the duo went to her house in the Hollywood Hills, where they allegedly got
Starting point is 00:18:54 in through an unlocked sliding glass door. They stole Audrina's laptop, jewelry, custom-fit jeans, even her passport, maybe as a memento? In total, they took over $43,000 worth of items. Unlike Paris Hilton, Audrina noticed the theft right away. She checked her security cameras, but the footage was too grainy. All she could see was a male and a female in hats and gloves, running through the house with bags slung over their shoulders. Still, she sent the video to the LAPD. She also uploaded it online and shared it with TMZ, hoping that someone might be able
Starting point is 00:19:42 to identify the Berkler's. When Nick saw the footage on TMZ, he freaked out. He assumed that he and Rachel were going to get arrested at any moment. But one day went by, then another, and then another, and the police didn't show up on their doorstep. Nick and Rachel were in the clear, and now they felt totally invincible. They quickly got to work staking out their next victim. They decided on Rachel Billson from the OC. Billson was kind of a fashion it girl, and Rachel Lee loved her style. So in April of 2009, Rachel and Nick headed to Billson's house, where they snuck in through an unlocked window.
Starting point is 00:20:35 They went on to steal Chanel clothing, vintage shoes, and even Billson's mother's engagement ring. This time, the crime went unreported, so Nick and Rachel kept going back. Although they'd done this so many times by now, Nick says he was still nervous. But Rachel was apparently so comfortable and nonchalant about the whole thing that during a burglary on May 9th,
Starting point is 00:21:03 she actually stopped to use Bilson's bathroom. In all, Nick and Rachel hit Bilson's house somewhere between three and six times during April and May of 2009. They stole about $220,000 worth of stuff, mostly in designer clothing and jewelry. But they weren't concerned about selling it. They wanted to flaunt it. Most of the time, they wore the stolen items around town. To clubs, to school, it didn't matter where. But now they were drowning in clothes and jewelry. Nick and Rachel decided to resell some of the items they got from Bilson's house on the Venice Beach boardwalk. But people weren't exactly looking to spend big bucks there, so they only made a few thousand dollars.
Starting point is 00:21:56 Clearly Nick and Rachel weren't exactly being stealthy. When they weren't flaunting their new wardrobes around town, they were showing off to their friends like Alexis Niers. Alexis also went to Indian Hills High with Nick and Rachel, and she and her family were in the middle of filming a pilot for a reality show called Pretty Wild, essentially a knockoff hippie version of the Kardashians. According to Alexis, Nick told her that he was working as a stylist and that's why he
Starting point is 00:22:27 always had so many high-end clothes. After stealing from Rachel Billson, Nick went over to Alexis' house and let her and her friend pick out whatever clothes they wanted. Alexis said she believed Nick's lies about being a stylist and had no idea that the clothes were stolen. But Nick said that Alexis was fully aware and had been getting leftovers from the robberies since the Paris Hilton heists. Not only that, Nick has claimed that it was Alexis who begged him to include her in the
Starting point is 00:23:01 next robbery. Alexis insists that wasn't completely accurate. She said she was open to the idea of robbing a house so that she could get money for her drug problem. Whatever the truth was, on July 13, 2009, Nick and Alexis were hanging out when Nick got a phone call from Rachel. She told him to come and meet her for their next heist. They were going to rob Orlando Bloom's house in the Hollywood Hills. According to Alexis, she was under the influence and had no idea where they were going. Either way, they showed up and met Rachel on the side of the road near Bloom's residence.
Starting point is 00:23:42 Rachel had brought her own friend with her, Diana Tamayo. Diana had a reputation for getting in fights at school, but she was also the student body president and had been voted best smile and received the Future Teacher Scholarship. That night, the four burglars, Diana, Rachel, Nick, and Alexis, made their way up the hill to Orlando Bloom's mansion. Rachel and Nick knew it would be empty because Bloom was filming in New York. But Bloom wasn't actually the target. It was his then-girlfriend, Victoria's secret model, Miranda Kerr. For this caper, the group had to work a bit harder to gain access. Rachel cut a section out of the chain link fence surrounding the property, then they
Starting point is 00:24:32 all crawled through. From there, they walked backwards with their hoods up so that cameras wouldn't catch their faces. They checked all the windows and doors around the house until they found an unlocked door by the pool area. That night, the group stole nearly half a million dollars in Rolex watches, Louis Vuitton luggage, and clothing. They even stole some art off the walls. Even though they hid their faces, the security cameras caught two members of the group going up and down the hill with large bags. The bags were so unwieldy that one of the figures
Starting point is 00:25:13 stumbled trying to carry them. But once again, law enforcement couldn't make out who the thieves were. Later, Nick ended up selling most of Orlando Bloom's stolen Rolexes to a guy named Johnny A'Harr, aka Johnny Dangerous. Johnny happened to be the older boyfriend of Courtney Ames, Rachel's other friend who had joined them in stealing from Paris Hilton's house. Johnny was in his late 20s, a former convict, and currently worked as a promoter for a popular Hollywood nightclub. Johnny would later get more stolen property from the group's other robberies, including a semi-automatic handgun from actor Brian Austin Green.
Starting point is 00:25:58 There were plenty of other celebrities who the group considered robbing next, like Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale, Hilary Duff, and Vanessa Hudgens. But there was one celebrity who stood out above all the others, at least for Rachel, and that was Lindsay Lohan, her ultimate fashion icon, and the Bling Ring's final victim. By August of 2009, Rachel Lee had actually moved away from Los Angeles and moved in with her dad in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she'd be finishing high school. But she wasn't done with the bling ring. That summer, she returned to the Valley for what she and Nick Prugo called one last hurrah,
Starting point is 00:26:53 and that was to hit Lindsay Lohan's house. On August 23, 2009, Nick, Rachel, and her friend Diana Tamayo broke into Lindsay's house the same way they'd done with all the other celebrities by looking for an unlocked door or window. As usual, they found one and they made off like bandits. They stole around a hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of clothing and jewelry. According to Nick, Rachel and Diana were excited about Lindsay's things in a way they hadn't been about other celebrities. But unfortunately for the
Starting point is 00:27:32 group, Lindsay noticed that she had been robbed and immediately checked her security footage. Sure enough, her cameras had caught them in the act and she turned the footage over to the LAPD. The cameras had caught them in the act and she turned the footage over to the LAPD. Even though the robbers' faces were obscured, the cops sent the video to TMZ. They hoped that sharing the footage would help them drum up some leads about the thieves' identities. It seemed pretty clear that they were the same people who had robbed Audrina Patridge the year before. Sure enough, the tips started pouring in. One source said they'd overheard Rachel and Nick bragging about their exploits at a party. Then another tip came in, from one of the members of
Starting point is 00:28:20 the bling ring itself. Alexis Niers, who had joined in Orlando Bloom robbery, called the police and ratted out Nick and Rachel for stealing from Lindsay Lohan. According to Alexis, she felt really guilty for what she had done. This was her way of coming clean. The information Alexis provided was enough for the LAPD to bring Nick in for questioning.
Starting point is 00:28:47 They were pretty sure he did it, but they didn't have enough evidence just yet. So for the time being, they let him go. Once he was out, he got himself an attorney, who told him he was facing up to 48 years in prison. The best thing Nick could do was confess to all the burglaries and implicate everyone else in the group. Then he could get immunity and stay out of prison.
Starting point is 00:29:13 And that sounded pretty good to Nick. He boldly went into the police station and confessed to everything, including crimes that the cops didn't even know about. But the only problem was, his lawyers didn't have that immunity deal in writing. Nick was immediately arrested. Two weeks later, search warrants went out for other members of the bling ring. Rachel Lee, Diana Tamayo, Courtney Ames, Alexis Niers, and Roy Lopez Jr.
Starting point is 00:29:48 When Rachel was taken into custody, she was convinced that she had removed all of the incriminating evidence from her home. But that wasn't exactly true. Police found one of Lindsay Lohan's coats, as well as topless pictures of Paris Hilton that had been stolen from her safe. According to the police report, when they confronted Rachel with that information, she became so hysterical, it seemed like she was going to vomit.
Starting point is 00:30:14 Once she had gotten her composure back, Rachel asked one of the detectives if they had spoken to any of the victims. When the detective said she had spoken to all of them, Rachel got excited and asked, what did Lindsay say? Even in the face of going to prison, Rachel was still obsessed with getting as close to these celebrities as possible, especially Lindsay Lohan. Maybe there was even a part of Rachel that thought as long as Lindsay knew she existed, it was all worth it.
Starting point is 00:30:49 It's a question that only she can answer because even though Lindsay Lohan probably knew the name of the person that robbed her, the price was steep. Rachel Lee was sentenced to four years in prison, the longest sentence of all the bling ringers. She ended up only serving one year and four months before being released on parole, although the felony charges would stay with her forever. Her best friend Nick Prugo pleaded no contest to two counts of residential burglary and
Starting point is 00:31:22 was sentenced to two years. He was released from prison on probation after just one. Alexis Niers was arrested on the set of the reality show she was filming with her family, which made for a very interesting TV. The show eventually aired for nine episodes in 2010. It covered Alexis's legal drama. She ended up spending 30 days in jail
Starting point is 00:31:45 and paying $600,000 in restitution to Orlando Bloom. There wasn't a second season. The rest of the bling ring, Diana Tamayo, Courtney Ames, and Roy Lopez Jr. all received minor punishments that didn't include any jail time. Although in a baffling move, Courtney decided to wear one of Lindsay Lohan's stolen necklaces to court, which landed her an additional charge. Courtney's boyfriend, Johnny Ahar, was charged separately from the rest of
Starting point is 00:32:20 the bling ring. Seeing as he never actually participated in the robberies themselves, he just sold the stolen goods. He pleaded no contest to a slew of charges, including receiving the Bling Ring's stolen properties. He was sentenced to three years in prison. In the end, none of them did that much time, if any. In exchange, they got what they always wanted, to be celebrities in their own right.
Starting point is 00:32:51 There are multiple documentaries and even a Sofia Coppola movie based on their story. And there's a reason for that. It really is something straight out of the movies. But that's not the only thing we can learn from this story. This story is a classic example of a slippery slope leading to devastating consequences. Rachel and Nick didn't start out trying to run
Starting point is 00:33:17 a multimillion dollar robbery ring. They were just two outcasts who wanted a taste of the good life. When they stole a couple of wallets, it seemed harmless. So they kept going. And when they didn't face any consequences for what they were doing, there was no reason for them to stop. But the bling ring flew too close to the sun.
Starting point is 00:33:42 They felt untouchable, and they acted like it. They didn't just want to dress like celebrities, they wanted to be like them. Getting away with it wasn't enough. They needed to flaunt it and because of that they lost everything. Thank you so much for listening. I'm your host, Nicole Lapin. Come back next time as I take you through another wild story and offer you some advice along the way. Money Crimes is a CrimeHouse original powered by Pave Studios. Join me every Thursday for a new episode.
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Starting point is 00:35:04 written by Alex Burns, edited by Alex Benedon, fact-checked by Sarah Tartuffe, sound designed by Russell Nash, and included production assistance from Sarah Carroll. Of the many sources we used when researching this episode, the one we found most credible and helpful was the Vanity Fair article titled The Subjects or Lubitons by Nancy Jo Sales. Hey there, it's Nicole. If you've been enjoying all these crazy stories on money crimes, then I
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