The Bling Ring

In 2009, six celebrity-obsessed teenagers decided that the best way to live like their idols was to, well, steal their stuff. These kids used Google, TMZ, Facebook and good ol' Hollywood Star Maps to figure out where celebs lived and when exactly when they weren't at home. Then they'd break into their (usually unlocked) mansions and steal piles of their stuff. They ransacked the homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom and more. By the time they were caught, they had $3million worth of stuff, and the crazy thing? Most of the celebrities hadn't even noticed anything was missing.

Story starts at approx 13:57

We give you Just The Gist, but if want more, there's this:

This is the article that blew up the story around the world, Nancy Jo Sales’ The Suspect wore Louboutins:

https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6

Her book 'The Bling Ring': https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248269-the-bling-ring

The Bling Ring movie by Sophia Coppola (available in Australia on STAN): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4LzhgExvrc

Read all the details of how Nick Prugo destroyed a woman’s life in a vicious, evil way

https://www.lamag.com/longform/aesthetician-arrested-murder/

Here’s an update on where the Ring members were in 2018

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/the-bling-ring-where-are-they-now/alexis-neiers/

Watch the Alexis reality show 'Pretty Wild' (this ep is the one where she gets mad at Vanity Fair for saying she was wearing the wrong shoes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6nlonPQQlU

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