1 00:00:00,917 --> 00:00:01,918 [TV static drones] 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,005 [bright tone] 3 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:29,154 [keyboard clacking] 6 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,539 - [sighs] 7 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,673 Are you ready for this? 8 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:37,555 [somber music] 9 00:01:37,639 --> 00:01:44,145 ♪ ♪ 10 00:01:44,229 --> 00:01:47,357 Most people-- if they saw me on the street, 11 00:01:47,399 --> 00:01:50,527 they'd be like, "Oh, she's just a normal person." 12 00:01:50,568 --> 00:01:53,488 But there's always the anxiety. 13 00:01:53,571 --> 00:01:57,534 What if they realize who I am... 14 00:01:57,575 --> 00:01:59,911 [tense music] 15 00:01:59,994 --> 00:02:02,414 And what I did with the Bling Ring? 16 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:06,084 [heavy hip-hop music] 17 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:12,215 ♪ ♪ 18 00:02:12,257 --> 00:02:16,594 - The Bling Ring is a media sensation. 19 00:02:16,678 --> 00:02:18,763 "The Bling Ring" is the name of a movie. 20 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:20,348 - The Bling Ring was one of the first big 21 00:02:20,432 --> 00:02:21,933 social media crimes. 22 00:02:22,017 --> 00:02:26,104 It was juicy in all the right ways. 23 00:02:26,146 --> 00:02:28,732 The Bling Ring is a group of young people 24 00:02:28,773 --> 00:02:30,025 in their late teens: 25 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:34,237 Rachel Lee, Nick Prugo, Alexis Neiers, Courtney Ames, 26 00:02:34,279 --> 00:02:36,448 Roy Lopez, and Diana Tamayo. 27 00:02:36,531 --> 00:02:37,866 - Wasn't there another guy, Ajar? 28 00:02:37,949 --> 00:02:39,701 - Yes. Johnny Ajar. 29 00:02:39,784 --> 00:02:44,372 In the late 2000s, these kids robbed a bunch of celebrities 30 00:02:44,456 --> 00:02:46,958 that they wanted to emulate. 31 00:02:47,042 --> 00:02:51,171 [cameras clicking] 32 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:52,922 - Rachel Bilson, Orlando Bloom, 33 00:02:52,964 --> 00:02:54,966 Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton. 34 00:02:55,050 --> 00:02:58,678 There are more--at least ten-- 35 00:02:58,762 --> 00:03:00,972 at least ten homes. 36 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:03,516 - They took $2 million from Paris Hilton's alone 37 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,062 in jewelry, $500,000 from Orlando Bloom. 38 00:03:07,145 --> 00:03:08,146 [reporters clamoring] 39 00:03:08,229 --> 00:03:09,314 The Bling Ring was a reality show 40 00:03:09,356 --> 00:03:10,482 in and of itself. 41 00:03:10,523 --> 00:03:14,152 - They were almost like these young stars themselves, 42 00:03:14,235 --> 00:03:15,653 except for one of them. 43 00:03:15,737 --> 00:03:19,074 - Rachel Lee kept a much lower profile. 44 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:20,909 - Rachel never gave an interview. 45 00:03:20,992 --> 00:03:22,994 Everyone else has been like, "She was the mastermind. 46 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:23,995 She was the ringleader." 47 00:03:24,079 --> 00:03:25,205 But she has herself 48 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:28,333 just not talked about it. 49 00:03:30,168 --> 00:03:32,003 - I don't know what happened to Rachel Lee. 50 00:03:32,087 --> 00:03:34,673 - She's an enigma to me. 51 00:03:43,682 --> 00:03:46,309 - [sighs] 52 00:03:53,858 --> 00:03:54,901 [sighs] 53 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,699 Hello, everybody. 54 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,410 - So basically, there's a Hollywood version 55 00:04:03,493 --> 00:04:05,203 of the story, then there's a real version. 56 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:06,746 - Mm-hmm. 57 00:04:06,830 --> 00:04:08,081 There sure is. 58 00:04:08,164 --> 00:04:10,750 There sure is. 59 00:04:10,834 --> 00:04:16,381 I don't resonate with that Hollywood version at all, 60 00:04:16,464 --> 00:04:19,801 but I could see how it was quite entertaining 61 00:04:19,884 --> 00:04:23,930 for the world to see the story that way. 62 00:04:24,014 --> 00:04:26,307 It was more of a storm for me. 63 00:04:26,391 --> 00:04:30,520 So when I think about it, it's like-- 64 00:04:30,562 --> 00:04:34,232 it's so simple for me to sit here and tell you, like, 65 00:04:34,315 --> 00:04:36,443 I could never go into somebody's house, 66 00:04:36,526 --> 00:04:38,319 I could never steal anything from anybody, 67 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:39,904 like, I would never hurt somebody. 68 00:04:39,988 --> 00:04:41,614 Like, no. 69 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:44,242 But back then, that wasn't the truth. 70 00:04:44,284 --> 00:04:47,579 So I was hurting people, like, by stealing. 71 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:51,875 And everything that we do has a consequence. 72 00:04:51,916 --> 00:04:54,419 And the consequence that I have to deal with 73 00:04:54,461 --> 00:04:59,758 is that in history, my name is-- 74 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:02,093 was kind of dragged through the dirt. 75 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:05,180 But who created that? I did. 76 00:05:05,263 --> 00:05:06,973 I did. 77 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:09,726 - You probably never heard of Rachel Lee. 78 00:05:09,768 --> 00:05:12,520 Yes, but she's paying the price for leading the Bling Ring. 79 00:05:12,604 --> 00:05:15,523 - Lee is the mastermind behind several burglaries. 80 00:05:15,607 --> 00:05:18,109 - Rachel Lee was described by many people 81 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:20,612 as this fashion icon in her school. 82 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:23,573 She loved nice clothes and nice things. 83 00:05:23,615 --> 00:05:27,077 - She was portrayed as a charismatic leader, 84 00:05:27,118 --> 00:05:29,454 a super popular girl. 85 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:32,290 - Most revealing may be Lee's reported reaction 86 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:33,416 when arrested. 87 00:05:33,458 --> 00:05:36,878 - She supposedly was told something about Lindsay Lohan, 88 00:05:36,961 --> 00:05:38,630 and she's very upset about this. 89 00:05:38,672 --> 00:05:41,508 Rachel Lee stops and says-- 90 00:05:41,591 --> 00:05:43,802 - Really? What did Lindsay say? 91 00:05:43,885 --> 00:05:47,055 - She was reported to be, like, obsessed with fame 92 00:05:47,097 --> 00:05:50,058 and wanted to be like Mean Girls. 93 00:05:50,141 --> 00:05:53,561 - ♪ You can change your life if you want to ♪ 94 00:05:53,645 --> 00:05:55,647 ♪ Change your clothes ♪ 95 00:05:55,689 --> 00:05:58,525 - Lee and her attorney refused our requests for an interview, 96 00:05:58,608 --> 00:06:00,568 but Lee told one of our producers in court 97 00:06:00,652 --> 00:06:02,737 she has no regrets. 98 00:06:08,993 --> 00:06:10,286 - Hello? 99 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:12,872 Hey. What's up? 100 00:06:12,956 --> 00:06:14,833 I'm at home. 101 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:19,170 Yesterday? 102 00:06:19,254 --> 00:06:20,547 Oh, yeah. 103 00:06:20,630 --> 00:06:22,924 Well, my mom believed the whole thing. 104 00:06:23,008 --> 00:06:25,969 Yeah, but then, you know, like that whole thing? 105 00:06:26,011 --> 00:06:28,888 My mom found out about it, and she got really mad at me. 106 00:06:28,972 --> 00:06:31,599 She was like, "Why didn't you tell me?", blah blah. 107 00:06:31,683 --> 00:06:33,601 I was like, "Oh, my God." 108 00:06:33,685 --> 00:06:36,479 My parents divorced when I was one. 109 00:06:36,521 --> 00:06:39,315 And when I was a kid, 110 00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:42,318 my mom didn't get off work until 6:30, 111 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,863 so after school, 112 00:06:44,946 --> 00:06:48,950 I would always snoop through my mom's stuff. 113 00:06:53,204 --> 00:06:58,710 There was one particular day that I was looking 114 00:06:58,752 --> 00:07:01,838 through all of, like, her purses, 115 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:06,009 and then there was, like, a briefcase. 116 00:07:06,051 --> 00:07:08,720 I, like, reached my hand in, and I, like, brought out 117 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:10,305 a fresh stack of hundreds. 118 00:07:10,388 --> 00:07:12,766 It was, like, fresh. 119 00:07:12,849 --> 00:07:16,561 And I just remember, like, sliding off that crispy bill. 120 00:07:16,644 --> 00:07:18,313 I just, like, slid it off, 121 00:07:18,396 --> 00:07:20,148 and I was, like, "She'll never notice. 122 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,524 Like, it's just one." 123 00:07:21,566 --> 00:07:23,568 [moody electronic music] 124 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:27,072 That part of me has always been inside of me, 125 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:30,950 this, like, "Dang, I'm sly. 126 00:07:31,034 --> 00:07:34,412 Like, I'm-- I'm a master manipulator." 127 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:35,997 - ♪ Hey ♪ 128 00:07:36,081 --> 00:07:41,711 ♪ ♪ 129 00:07:41,753 --> 00:07:44,714 - I had this insatiable desire 130 00:07:44,756 --> 00:07:48,551 to have as much as I could have. 131 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:52,180 But, I mean, that was kind of the energy back then. 132 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:54,641 [upbeat rock music] 133 00:07:54,724 --> 00:07:55,809 - How are you, Paris? - Paris! 134 00:07:55,892 --> 00:07:57,435 - She spent $10,000, mind you. 135 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:58,770 - $20,000. 136 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:02,232 - Hi, Kim. 137 00:08:03,817 --> 00:08:05,944 - Did you enjoy their selection? 138 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:10,615 - The 2000s was the era of the desire for fame. 139 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:11,825 - Audrina, what's going on? 140 00:08:11,908 --> 00:08:13,785 - Get her, get her, get her! 141 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:15,704 - Attention, love, money. 142 00:08:15,745 --> 00:08:18,748 - I went to the Swarovski store and I got this amazing purse. 143 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:20,625 - It's the birth of this sort of new kind 144 00:08:20,709 --> 00:08:22,794 of celebrity reality TV 145 00:08:22,877 --> 00:08:25,505 where it seemed like anybody could be famous. 146 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:27,507 Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson, 147 00:08:27,590 --> 00:08:30,802 the Kardashians, The Hills. 148 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:31,970 - Do you know why I'm mad at you? 149 00:08:32,053 --> 00:08:33,388 - Why, Lauren? - You know why I'm mad at you. 150 00:08:33,471 --> 00:08:34,472 - Why? - You know what you did! 151 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:35,640 - Why? What did I do? 152 00:08:35,724 --> 00:08:37,767 - You didn't have to get, like, discovered 153 00:08:37,809 --> 00:08:39,310 and have any skills. 154 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:40,895 You just had to, like, be outrageous 155 00:08:40,979 --> 00:08:43,106 and walk around in clothing, and then you'd be famous. 156 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:45,108 - Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, 157 00:08:45,150 --> 00:08:46,985 who people still accuse of being famous 158 00:08:47,027 --> 00:08:48,778 for doing nothing-- I think, 159 00:08:48,820 --> 00:08:49,904 essentially what people 160 00:08:49,988 --> 00:08:52,157 really started out liking about them 161 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:54,909 was that they were just showing their lives. 162 00:08:54,993 --> 00:08:56,453 - Let's look into our fridge. 163 00:08:56,494 --> 00:08:58,747 No, I did not redo this just for you guys. 164 00:08:58,830 --> 00:08:59,998 This is how it is at all times. 165 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:01,666 - Before then, we see a celebrity, 166 00:09:01,750 --> 00:09:03,585 we think of them as untouchable 167 00:09:03,668 --> 00:09:06,421 or almost like they live in a different world. 168 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:08,131 - Now "Cribs" was on. Right? 169 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:09,591 MTV "Cribs." 170 00:09:09,674 --> 00:09:10,925 - Yo. What up, man? 171 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:13,762 It's your boy Bow Wow, welcoming y'all to my crib. 172 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:15,555 You know what I mean? - I'm Mariah Carey. 173 00:09:15,638 --> 00:09:17,015 Welcome to my crib. 174 00:09:17,057 --> 00:09:19,225 Come on in. This is the shoe room. 175 00:09:19,309 --> 00:09:22,354 The style that I favor would be a high stiletto. 176 00:09:22,437 --> 00:09:23,730 [laughs] 177 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:26,191 - Oh, Frankie invited us to his birthday party 178 00:09:26,274 --> 00:09:27,942 at Les Deux tonight. 179 00:09:28,026 --> 00:09:31,780 - Now it's really easy to be close to a celebrity. 180 00:09:31,863 --> 00:09:34,199 - On "The Hills," they would go to a club called Les Deux. 181 00:09:34,282 --> 00:09:37,702 Like, you started to see places like Urth Cafe, 182 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:39,371 which is just like 183 00:09:39,412 --> 00:09:40,789 an average place to go get coffee, 184 00:09:40,872 --> 00:09:43,083 glorified on a show like "Entourage," 185 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:44,709 where people would go repeatedly. 186 00:09:44,751 --> 00:09:46,711 And for those six months or a year, 187 00:09:46,753 --> 00:09:48,254 it was, like, the place to go. 188 00:09:48,338 --> 00:09:50,965 And people were literally making pilgrimages 189 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:52,592 to go to Kitson, to go to Les Deux, 190 00:09:52,676 --> 00:09:54,886 to go to Urth Cafe. 191 00:09:54,928 --> 00:09:57,263 And, of course, there was Calabasas. 192 00:09:57,347 --> 00:10:00,225 [spacey music] 193 00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:03,061 ♪ ♪ 194 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:06,398 - ♪ Best days in the Valley ♪ 195 00:10:06,481 --> 00:10:08,608 - Calabasas is where I grew up. 196 00:10:10,944 --> 00:10:13,238 - Calabasas is kind of on the northern side 197 00:10:13,321 --> 00:10:14,614 of the county. 198 00:10:14,698 --> 00:10:16,700 Kim Kardashian and her family moved out there, 199 00:10:16,741 --> 00:10:18,493 and that's when it kind of hit the map, I think. 200 00:10:18,576 --> 00:10:19,577 But it's just known 201 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,329 as a quiet, upper-class neighborhood 202 00:10:21,413 --> 00:10:25,083 with good schools, and it's not really known for-- 203 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:29,254 at least on our map-- a lot of criminal activity. 204 00:10:29,337 --> 00:10:32,257 [upbeat music] 205 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,259 ♪ ♪ 206 00:10:34,342 --> 00:10:35,927 - I'm from Calabasas. 207 00:10:37,762 --> 00:10:41,474 Growing up in Calabasas was an exercise 208 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:46,187 in seeing people on their 16th birthdays 209 00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:49,774 wake up and see that Daddy had rolled in 210 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:53,111 a 320i black BMW for them. 211 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:58,783 - I think, like, the worst car, 212 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:01,745 like, in general in Calabasas, like, in the parking lot, 213 00:11:01,786 --> 00:11:03,455 was, like, a Jetta. 214 00:11:03,538 --> 00:11:10,670 ♪ ♪ 215 00:11:25,435 --> 00:11:27,479 - [laughs] Rachel's a dork. 216 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:31,024 Look at her. 217 00:11:33,735 --> 00:11:35,320 Here's a car. 218 00:11:37,238 --> 00:11:39,449 Ooh, it's a BMW, baby! 219 00:11:39,491 --> 00:11:41,868 - That's so rude! - Why? 220 00:11:46,456 --> 00:11:48,124 Oh, Rachel, guess what? 221 00:11:48,166 --> 00:11:49,834 I was at my friend Matt's house, okay? 222 00:11:49,876 --> 00:11:51,961 And Leo was there. 223 00:11:52,003 --> 00:11:53,838 - When? - Yesterday. 224 00:11:53,922 --> 00:11:55,048 I was talking to him. 225 00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:56,299 I was, like, "Hey, do you know Rachel Lee?" 226 00:11:56,341 --> 00:11:58,301 He's like, "Yeah, Rachel? She's really, really annoying, 227 00:11:58,343 --> 00:11:59,886 and, like, she thinks she's so all that." 228 00:11:59,969 --> 00:12:01,680 I was like, "What?" - Leo? 229 00:12:01,763 --> 00:12:03,682 - Yeah. Leo said that. 230 00:12:03,765 --> 00:12:04,974 And I was like, "Um, okay. 231 00:12:05,016 --> 00:12:06,309 No, not that Rachel then." 232 00:12:06,351 --> 00:12:07,310 He goes, "Rachel Lee. 233 00:12:07,352 --> 00:12:08,520 She's kind of Chinese?" 234 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:10,814 I was like, "Yeah. That Rachel." 235 00:12:12,607 --> 00:12:15,485 [quiet discordant music] 236 00:12:15,527 --> 00:12:22,325 ♪ ♪ 237 00:12:22,367 --> 00:12:25,370 - Calabasas is a predominantly white town. 238 00:12:25,453 --> 00:12:29,040 If you were not white, then you were an outsider. 239 00:12:29,082 --> 00:12:31,626 - I was so ashamed of being Korean, 240 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:34,421 and I would get, like, so flattered 241 00:12:34,504 --> 00:12:38,049 when people would say, "Oh, are you half Korean?" 242 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:44,764 ♪ ♪ 243 00:12:44,848 --> 00:12:48,101 I wish I was pretty like Courtney. 244 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:54,065 Even the way that Korean people looked, 245 00:12:54,107 --> 00:12:55,358 because I was, like, all the time 246 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:56,693 with, like, non-Koreans. 247 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:58,987 And I would think sometimes, "Am I deformed?" 248 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:07,412 ♪ ♪ 249 00:13:09,873 --> 00:13:11,750 I never actually knew 250 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,418 the amount of money that we had, 251 00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:16,921 but through material things, I could see that we weren't, 252 00:13:17,005 --> 00:13:18,506 like, super-rich, we weren't super-poor, 253 00:13:18,590 --> 00:13:20,216 just, like, middle-class. 254 00:13:20,258 --> 00:13:23,553 But compared to where my friends lived, 255 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:26,306 my house was the smallest house. 256 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:31,019 The mansions that their parents have were huge, 257 00:13:31,102 --> 00:13:33,438 and the mom was, like, the hot mom 258 00:13:33,521 --> 00:13:36,399 who was, like, dressed in what we were wearing, too. 259 00:13:36,441 --> 00:13:39,944 The kids also kind of followed that suit. 260 00:13:40,028 --> 00:13:42,155 And so I was always asking for, 261 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:43,948 "Oh, can I please have this Juicy Couture purse?" 262 00:13:43,990 --> 00:13:46,534 Or "Can I please have this Tiffany's necklace?" 263 00:13:46,618 --> 00:13:49,579 Because I have this-- 264 00:13:49,621 --> 00:13:53,166 I struggle with FOMO really badly, 265 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:56,294 and so I wanted my mom to always buy me 266 00:13:56,378 --> 00:13:57,629 something designer. 267 00:13:57,671 --> 00:13:59,297 I think it made me feel rich. 268 00:13:59,339 --> 00:14:03,760 It made me feel I'm part of this material world, 269 00:14:03,802 --> 00:14:05,637 like I can show up, too. 270 00:14:10,308 --> 00:14:13,186 When I got into middle school 271 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:16,022 and I was just, like, my dorky little self, 272 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:18,108 and I would see all these girls that were, like, 273 00:14:18,149 --> 00:14:22,320 so cool looking and so hot and fun, 274 00:14:22,404 --> 00:14:25,365 I was like, "Nobody ever tells me I'm hot and fun." 275 00:14:28,493 --> 00:14:32,163 I felt kind of, like, frustrated with my family. 276 00:14:32,247 --> 00:14:35,750 My mom--she's a lawyer, a criminal defense attorney. 277 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:37,627 And then my father-- 278 00:14:37,669 --> 00:14:39,796 he went into accounting. 279 00:14:39,838 --> 00:14:44,009 And for my parents, going to university 280 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,844 and doing really good in school 281 00:14:45,927 --> 00:14:48,304 was extremely important. 282 00:14:48,346 --> 00:14:50,890 That was heavily instilled into me. 283 00:14:50,974 --> 00:14:52,642 You need to go to university. 284 00:14:52,684 --> 00:14:54,185 You need to take SATs. 285 00:14:54,269 --> 00:14:57,647 You need to go to Hagwon, which is like SAT prep. 286 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,190 And I was sick of it. 287 00:14:59,274 --> 00:15:00,817 I didn't want to be that anymore. 288 00:15:00,859 --> 00:15:02,694 I was like, "I wanna be a badass." 289 00:15:02,736 --> 00:15:04,738 - ♪ Say my name ♪ 290 00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:06,865 ♪ Don't want to talk back ♪ 291 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,367 ♪ I take your place ♪ 292 00:15:09,451 --> 00:15:10,744 ♪ I'm in control ♪ 293 00:15:10,827 --> 00:15:12,871 ♪ Bye bye, kiss you goodbye ♪ 294 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:14,539 - [growls] 295 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:17,167 I wanna prove I am not afraid of anything. 296 00:15:17,208 --> 00:15:18,501 [growls] 297 00:15:18,543 --> 00:15:23,048 That I'm down for whatever, especially drugs. 298 00:15:26,009 --> 00:15:31,348 One day, when I was 14, I was at a pool... 299 00:15:31,389 --> 00:15:33,016 [tranquil music] 300 00:15:33,058 --> 00:15:37,896 And this boy that I had met held out his hand, 301 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,689 and there was a bunch of pills. 302 00:15:39,731 --> 00:15:42,692 Some of them were Xanax, and some of them were ecstasy. 303 00:15:42,734 --> 00:15:44,778 And he said, "Do you want one?" 304 00:15:44,861 --> 00:15:46,279 And I was like, "What's that one?" 305 00:15:46,363 --> 00:15:47,989 And it had, like, four little-- 306 00:15:48,073 --> 00:15:49,657 that's what you call, like, a bar. 307 00:15:49,741 --> 00:15:52,118 And he was like, "Oh, try it." 308 00:15:54,204 --> 00:15:58,625 And he broke me off a quarter, 309 00:15:58,708 --> 00:16:01,294 and I had it... 310 00:16:01,378 --> 00:16:05,048 ♪ ♪ 311 00:16:05,090 --> 00:16:07,175 And then I didn't have a care in the world. 312 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:09,469 There was no worries for me. 313 00:16:09,552 --> 00:16:15,684 ♪ ♪ 314 00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:17,435 When I had experienced Xanax, 315 00:16:17,477 --> 00:16:20,980 it was, like, a catalyst for a lot of things. 316 00:16:21,064 --> 00:16:23,650 [driving electronic music] 317 00:16:23,733 --> 00:16:25,235 It took away my emotion, 318 00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:27,237 and because I didn't care, 319 00:16:27,278 --> 00:16:30,407 I could act the way that I've always wanted to... 320 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:33,952 ♪ ♪ 321 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:35,537 And I wanted to party. 322 00:16:35,620 --> 00:16:42,544 ♪ ♪ 323 00:16:43,795 --> 00:16:47,007 [laughter] 324 00:16:56,141 --> 00:16:58,101 I was a follower 325 00:16:58,143 --> 00:17:00,478 that didn't want to look like a follower. 326 00:17:00,562 --> 00:17:04,524 I wanted to look like a leader, but my true self, 327 00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:07,110 my true nature, I'm-- 328 00:17:07,152 --> 00:17:08,611 I'm more of a follower. 329 00:17:14,743 --> 00:17:18,413 At school, this certain girl-- 330 00:17:18,496 --> 00:17:22,042 she was the first person who introduced cocaine to me, 331 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:24,169 Parliament cigarettes to me. 332 00:17:24,210 --> 00:17:26,171 She was a really cool girl. 333 00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:27,964 I honestly wanted to be her. 334 00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,174 I really did. 335 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:36,806 She and I went into the locker room. 336 00:17:36,848 --> 00:17:39,351 We saw, like, two pairs of Uggs, 337 00:17:39,434 --> 00:17:42,479 and we dumped our shoes, and we put on the Uggs, 338 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,315 and we walked out of the locker room. 339 00:17:45,357 --> 00:17:47,901 And then her and I were, like, walking around campus. 340 00:17:47,984 --> 00:17:49,778 We were like, "Oh, cool, we have Uggs now. 341 00:17:49,861 --> 00:17:50,862 Like, cool." 342 00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:52,989 All of a sudden, 343 00:17:53,031 --> 00:17:55,033 these two girls just started, like, 344 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:57,202 beelining it towards us, and they were like, 345 00:17:57,285 --> 00:17:58,953 "Those are our Uggs." 346 00:17:59,037 --> 00:18:01,122 And we were like, "No, they're not." 347 00:18:01,206 --> 00:18:02,707 And she was like, "Lift up your foot." 348 00:18:02,791 --> 00:18:04,000 And I was like, "No." 349 00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:05,210 And she was like, "Lift it up." 350 00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:06,961 And I was like, "No." 351 00:18:07,045 --> 00:18:08,338 And so they're like, "Okay, 352 00:18:08,380 --> 00:18:09,464 we're gonna go tell on you then." 353 00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:11,132 And we're like, "Okay go, narc." 354 00:18:13,176 --> 00:18:14,886 I looked on the bottom of the Ugg, 355 00:18:14,969 --> 00:18:17,681 and it had, like, a heart drawn. 356 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:19,974 And I remember, I was like, "Shit." 357 00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:21,226 I was like, "I gotta get rid of this," 358 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:22,852 so I, like, took a chunk out of it. 359 00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:26,940 They were calling our names over the speaker. 360 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:29,234 "Come to the office." 361 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:30,735 - Your presence is required. 362 00:18:30,819 --> 00:18:32,028 - This is the thing. 363 00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:35,115 I always had a problem with admitting that-- 364 00:18:35,198 --> 00:18:36,991 like, if I'm already in the lie, 365 00:18:37,075 --> 00:18:38,785 it's really hard for me-- 366 00:18:38,868 --> 00:18:40,245 it was hard for me to admit it. 367 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:42,330 See, my friend-- she broke down instantly. 368 00:18:42,414 --> 00:18:43,540 She's like, "Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. 369 00:18:43,581 --> 00:18:45,041 "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 370 00:18:45,083 --> 00:18:46,418 Like, here's the shoes." 371 00:18:46,501 --> 00:18:49,337 But I--I'm so stubborn that I was like, 372 00:18:49,421 --> 00:18:52,257 "No, these are my Uggs. These are my Uggs." 373 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,011 The counselor was like, "You know, 374 00:18:56,094 --> 00:18:57,387 "your friend already gave back the Uggs. 375 00:18:57,429 --> 00:18:58,930 Just give it back." You know? 376 00:18:59,014 --> 00:19:00,849 And I was like, "No. They're my Uggs." 377 00:19:02,434 --> 00:19:04,769 That was a big, big mistake. 378 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:10,108 After that, I got kicked out of Calabasas, 379 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:13,028 and I went to continuation school. 380 00:19:13,069 --> 00:19:15,280 - She went to Indian Hills High School. 381 00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:16,990 - The high school behind the high school. 382 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,325 - It was the kind of thing where kids at Calabasas High 383 00:19:19,409 --> 00:19:21,494 would make fun of you if you were known 384 00:19:21,578 --> 00:19:22,954 to be going to Indian Hills. 385 00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:25,623 It was basically the last stop before dropping out. 386 00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:27,917 Or if you had major learning disabilities, 387 00:19:27,959 --> 00:19:29,961 you'd end up at Indian Hills. 388 00:19:30,045 --> 00:19:31,838 - And so for me, I was like, "All right, 389 00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:33,590 let's go down the rebel road." 390 00:19:33,631 --> 00:19:36,134 You know? Like, how can I make it 391 00:19:36,217 --> 00:19:38,428 the best rebel road I can make it? 392 00:19:38,470 --> 00:19:39,471 [scoffs] 393 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,769 - And that's when Nick Prugo entered the picture. 394 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,103 - ♪ You wanna see me drop it, drop it ♪ 395 00:19:47,145 --> 00:19:48,438 ♪ Wanna pop it, pop it, pop it ♪ 396 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:51,149 ♪ Shake that ass on the floor ♪ 397 00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:53,526 - Nick Prugo came from a middle-class home 398 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:57,280 and had a nice house in a nice part of the area. 399 00:19:57,322 --> 00:19:59,824 [sly music] 400 00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:02,911 - Nick Prugo said that he didn't have a lot of friends, 401 00:20:02,994 --> 00:20:04,579 he was looking to fit in. 402 00:20:04,662 --> 00:20:06,498 ♪ ♪ 403 00:20:06,581 --> 00:20:09,417 - Nick and I met on Myspace. 404 00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:12,504 He had opened up to me when he first reached out to me 405 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:16,341 about how he felt like the weird kid. 406 00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:19,844 Nick was just realizing his sexuality or who he was. 407 00:20:19,928 --> 00:20:24,974 That was a big part of why I connected with him, 408 00:20:25,016 --> 00:20:28,520 because we were both not straight, 409 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:30,980 and I kind of let him in with my friends. 410 00:20:31,022 --> 00:20:32,315 - How do I do this? 411 00:20:32,357 --> 00:20:33,608 - I don't know. Ask her. 412 00:20:33,692 --> 00:20:35,443 - How is it? 413 00:20:35,527 --> 00:20:39,656 - But he didn't really talk about his school to us much. 414 00:20:39,698 --> 00:20:41,366 I feel like he kind of felt embarrassed that Indian Hills 415 00:20:41,449 --> 00:20:42,701 was a continuation school. 416 00:20:46,496 --> 00:20:49,582 - The very first time I saw Nick, 417 00:20:49,666 --> 00:20:53,545 he actually didn't even see me yet. 418 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:56,506 I was going to my next class, and then-- 419 00:20:56,548 --> 00:20:58,508 some of the teachers always keep their doors open, 420 00:20:58,550 --> 00:21:00,802 like, especially the art room, and he was in the art class. 421 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:04,556 I looked inside, and I just saw him with his head down. 422 00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,725 And then it looked like there was, like, 423 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:09,310 just a bunch of purple on his lip, 424 00:21:09,394 --> 00:21:11,855 and I remember thinking, "Well, that's strange." 425 00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:16,735 Later, I was, like, in class, and then, all of a sudden, 426 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:19,195 you see, like, an ambulance pulling up. 427 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:22,157 Everyone's like, "What the heck is going on?" 428 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,451 "Oh, the new kid just got picked up 429 00:21:24,534 --> 00:21:27,537 because he's drunk at school." 430 00:21:27,579 --> 00:21:30,957 Some of the kids were saying really, like, mean words 431 00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:31,875 about his sexuality, 432 00:21:31,916 --> 00:21:33,668 which they couldn't even confirm. 433 00:21:33,752 --> 00:21:35,587 They were just talking about the way he was dressed. 434 00:21:35,670 --> 00:21:37,380 They were like, "Do you see what that kid was wearing? 435 00:21:37,422 --> 00:21:38,923 Like, he looks like a blah, blah, blah." 436 00:21:39,007 --> 00:21:40,133 You know? 437 00:21:40,216 --> 00:21:42,177 Just, like, bad, bad, bad words. 438 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:43,261 - Ow. 439 00:21:43,345 --> 00:21:44,804 [kids laughing] 440 00:21:49,184 --> 00:21:50,977 - Oh, my God, there's a stick. 441 00:21:51,061 --> 00:21:52,145 - Kick him in the balls. 442 00:21:52,228 --> 00:21:53,730 Come on, let's kick him in the balls. 443 00:21:55,273 --> 00:21:56,649 - He would take the trolley home, 444 00:21:56,733 --> 00:22:00,195 and the trolley stop was on the way to my house, 445 00:22:00,278 --> 00:22:04,199 so we ended up walking together every day after school. 446 00:22:04,282 --> 00:22:05,408 So one day, I was like, 447 00:22:05,450 --> 00:22:06,618 "Do you wanna come over for a little bit, 448 00:22:06,701 --> 00:22:08,536 and then you can take the next trolley?" 449 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:11,790 And he was like, "Yeah, I would love to." 450 00:22:11,873 --> 00:22:14,626 We go to my room, and on my desk, 451 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:16,127 I would always, like, paint my nails, 452 00:22:16,169 --> 00:22:17,921 so I had, like, all these different nail polishes, 453 00:22:17,962 --> 00:22:20,840 and then also, I loved to, like, tag on my desk. 454 00:22:22,300 --> 00:22:25,303 He, like, started to paint his nails. 455 00:22:25,345 --> 00:22:28,056 [soft music] 456 00:22:28,139 --> 00:22:32,060 And I remember just feeling like, "Oh, this guy-- 457 00:22:32,143 --> 00:22:34,854 this kid is so, like, sweet." 458 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:39,734 After that point, we were best friends. 459 00:22:39,818 --> 00:22:42,028 ♪ ♪ 460 00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:43,738 If we weren't together, we were on the phone. 461 00:22:43,822 --> 00:22:45,073 And if we weren't on the phone, we were texting. 462 00:22:45,156 --> 00:22:48,618 It was, like, always very codependent relationship. 463 00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:52,414 You know, Nick played a huge role for me, 464 00:22:52,497 --> 00:22:55,500 like, showing me a lot of new tips and tricks 465 00:22:55,583 --> 00:22:57,711 on how to be, like, a queen. 466 00:22:57,794 --> 00:23:00,380 - Oh, okay. - He taught me how to contour. 467 00:23:00,463 --> 00:23:02,549 I remember he kind of filled in my eyebrows 468 00:23:02,632 --> 00:23:05,552 and kind of did around my nose and my cheeks. 469 00:23:06,094 --> 00:23:08,346 And also, I would do the same for him, you know? 470 00:23:08,388 --> 00:23:09,848 And I'd be like, "Oh, your hair looks cute 471 00:23:09,931 --> 00:23:12,392 "when it's skater-boy sideswept, like that. 472 00:23:12,475 --> 00:23:15,603 Like, yeah, put that hat on like that." 473 00:23:15,687 --> 00:23:19,232 It was super pure at first. 474 00:23:19,315 --> 00:23:21,985 It was pure, and it was sweet. 475 00:23:22,027 --> 00:23:24,195 We felt like we were 476 00:23:24,279 --> 00:23:27,323 very special people in this world. 477 00:23:27,365 --> 00:23:29,492 And I finally get to experience 478 00:23:29,534 --> 00:23:30,869 where I fit in. 479 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:39,878 - Nick suddenly was infatuated with Rachel. 480 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:43,631 The way we knew Nick was, we were his only friends, 481 00:23:43,715 --> 00:23:45,216 there wasn't other people. 482 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:46,885 He didn't have a life outside of us. 483 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:48,845 But then he started bringing up Rachel, 484 00:23:48,887 --> 00:23:52,223 and, like, our friends would think of her 485 00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:55,060 as his bad influence friend... 486 00:23:55,101 --> 00:23:56,436 - Have you met my friend? 487 00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,104 - Who was more into partying and cocaine 488 00:23:58,188 --> 00:24:00,648 and living life on the edge or whatever. 489 00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:08,073 - Between me and Nick, there was a darkness, 490 00:24:08,156 --> 00:24:12,243 an unspoken darkness that just kind of existed. 491 00:24:12,285 --> 00:24:14,913 [music playing loudly] 492 00:24:14,996 --> 00:24:16,456 This is our chauffeur. 493 00:24:19,584 --> 00:24:21,628 We would all go out with our friends. 494 00:24:21,711 --> 00:24:24,255 I feel like nobody else showed that darkness 495 00:24:24,297 --> 00:24:25,632 the way that we did. 496 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:27,801 We were like, "Okay, if you're like this 497 00:24:27,884 --> 00:24:29,678 "and I'm like this, then that must mean 498 00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:31,763 we're not too far off the rail, right?" 499 00:24:31,805 --> 00:24:34,891 [frantic 2000s-era music] 500 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:38,603 ♪ ♪ 501 00:24:38,687 --> 00:24:39,854 We didn't see any 502 00:24:39,938 --> 00:24:42,899 of our other friends as brave as us, 503 00:24:42,941 --> 00:24:45,735 to do the things that we would do. 504 00:24:45,777 --> 00:24:48,321 We would, like, paint a gun black 505 00:24:48,405 --> 00:24:50,532 and wave it at people, you know? 506 00:24:50,615 --> 00:24:51,950 Like, some real twisted things. 507 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:55,453 Like really, things that should have had us dead. 508 00:24:55,537 --> 00:25:00,208 And we were just, like, smiling, like, "Kill us. 509 00:25:00,291 --> 00:25:01,626 Okay." You know? 510 00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:03,753 Like, just no fear. 511 00:25:03,795 --> 00:25:07,215 ♪ ♪ 512 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:10,885 We started to call ourselves Bonnie and Clyde. 513 00:25:10,969 --> 00:25:12,846 We got really high off of that, 514 00:25:12,929 --> 00:25:14,806 because there was this deep loneliness 515 00:25:14,889 --> 00:25:17,809 that we both carried so much with us 516 00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:20,937 that having each other was such a high. 517 00:25:22,981 --> 00:25:25,066 Wow. I'm freaking lucky. 518 00:25:25,150 --> 00:25:27,152 Nobody in this world has somebody 519 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:28,862 this ride-or-die for them. 520 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:42,834 Our crimes started with us checking cars. 521 00:25:45,378 --> 00:25:48,256 On the way out of a party, we would just start 522 00:25:48,340 --> 00:25:51,843 yanking on car door handles. 523 00:25:51,926 --> 00:25:54,346 A lot of those doors were open. 524 00:25:54,387 --> 00:25:57,766 Sometimes we would find money or, like, something. 525 00:25:59,809 --> 00:26:02,020 Some of our friends got a little bit, like, 526 00:26:02,103 --> 00:26:05,482 "Well, I want that too. I want to come too." 527 00:26:05,523 --> 00:26:06,775 Sometimes I wouldn't even be there. 528 00:26:06,858 --> 00:26:08,485 They're like, "Oh, we're out checking cars." 529 00:26:08,526 --> 00:26:11,363 I'm like, "Thanks for the invite, guys." 530 00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:12,864 I felt FOMO'ed out. 531 00:26:14,657 --> 00:26:16,034 And then I think we just started 532 00:26:16,076 --> 00:26:18,203 running out of things to do together. 533 00:26:18,244 --> 00:26:19,788 We started getting, like, a little aggravated 534 00:26:19,871 --> 00:26:21,122 with each other, too, 535 00:26:21,206 --> 00:26:23,124 'cause we were together so often. 536 00:26:25,001 --> 00:26:28,421 We kept wanting to, like, go to the next level, 537 00:26:28,505 --> 00:26:29,589 go to the next level. 538 00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:31,591 So then we started to check mailboxes. 539 00:26:31,675 --> 00:26:34,469 And the whole concept behind the mailboxes was, 540 00:26:34,552 --> 00:26:36,596 if the mailbox was really full, 541 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,264 that means that they're out of town. 542 00:26:38,348 --> 00:26:45,313 ♪ ♪ 543 00:26:47,899 --> 00:26:50,568 - I would always post where I'm going to be going 544 00:26:50,652 --> 00:26:52,696 on my bulletins on Myspace. 545 00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:54,906 And, yeah, I just thought nothing of that. 546 00:26:54,948 --> 00:26:57,659 I felt like it was a very innocent, normal thing 547 00:26:57,742 --> 00:26:59,202 to post on social media. 548 00:27:02,247 --> 00:27:05,417 When I get back to LA from Jamaica, 549 00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:10,213 I hear my mom yelling towards my dad 550 00:27:10,255 --> 00:27:13,883 about something that had to do with money. 551 00:27:13,925 --> 00:27:16,011 My parents being foreign-- 552 00:27:16,094 --> 00:27:18,388 a lot of people who have parents 553 00:27:18,430 --> 00:27:19,472 that weren't born in America 554 00:27:19,556 --> 00:27:20,557 might be able to relate to this, 555 00:27:20,598 --> 00:27:22,892 but at the time, they didn't really trust 556 00:27:22,934 --> 00:27:24,686 the American bank system. 557 00:27:24,769 --> 00:27:27,856 They kept money in a box under the bed. 558 00:27:27,939 --> 00:27:29,941 I just remember my mom, like, looking at me 559 00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:33,028 and, like, looking really upset and distraught 560 00:27:33,111 --> 00:27:36,990 and saying that someone stole a lot of money from them. 561 00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:40,744 It was something like $28,000 in cash. 562 00:27:40,785 --> 00:27:44,164 They took my mom's jewelry, some clothes, 563 00:27:44,247 --> 00:27:45,457 and it was like-- 564 00:27:45,540 --> 00:27:47,125 it just hit me like a ton of bricks. 565 00:27:47,167 --> 00:27:48,918 Like, "Oh, my God, someone broke into our house 566 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,462 "and took that much money. 567 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:51,755 "Like, who could that have been, 568 00:27:51,838 --> 00:27:55,967 and why was our house able to be walked into like that?" 569 00:27:56,009 --> 00:27:58,094 ♪ ♪ 570 00:27:58,136 --> 00:28:00,805 The authorities came in, they asked questions, 571 00:28:00,889 --> 00:28:03,391 they took fingerprints, all of that, 572 00:28:03,475 --> 00:28:05,477 but they didn't have a lead. 573 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:09,731 I wanted to be able to put it together, and I tried so hard. 574 00:28:09,814 --> 00:28:11,816 I had a list of people in my head 575 00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:12,984 that it could have been. 576 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:14,944 And Nick was always at the top, 577 00:28:14,986 --> 00:28:16,780 or at least the second person on that list. 578 00:28:16,821 --> 00:28:18,156 - Nick, say hello. 579 00:28:18,239 --> 00:28:20,450 - But there were points where I lowered him 580 00:28:20,492 --> 00:28:24,829 on that list in my heart because he was my friend. 581 00:28:24,871 --> 00:28:30,210 - At first, we did go into just random homes, 582 00:28:30,293 --> 00:28:32,712 and then it was celebrity after that. 583 00:28:33,672 --> 00:28:37,133 [typing] 584 00:28:37,175 --> 00:28:39,636 I don't want this to seem like I'm blaming, 585 00:28:39,678 --> 00:28:41,346 because it's important to me to-- 586 00:28:41,429 --> 00:28:42,681 that I take the accountability, 587 00:28:42,764 --> 00:28:45,558 but if we're gonna be specific, 588 00:28:45,642 --> 00:28:49,020 it was when Nick had found that website, 589 00:28:49,062 --> 00:28:50,814 Celebrity Address Aerial. 590 00:28:53,858 --> 00:28:56,903 It shows every single celebrity's address. 591 00:28:56,986 --> 00:29:00,448 And he said, "I found the jackpot." 592 00:29:00,532 --> 00:29:02,992 I was like, "How the hell did you find that?" 593 00:29:08,581 --> 00:29:10,959 - The first robbery was in 2008. 594 00:29:11,042 --> 00:29:12,544 That was Paris Hilton. 595 00:29:12,585 --> 00:29:14,170 - I'm just hot. 596 00:29:14,212 --> 00:29:15,880 - It was coming off of "The Simple Life" 597 00:29:15,964 --> 00:29:18,800 and was so entitled and kind of looked 598 00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:20,927 like she was looking down upon people. 599 00:29:21,011 --> 00:29:23,430 - I've always heard that people hang out at Walmart. 600 00:29:23,513 --> 00:29:24,848 - Why? - I don't know. 601 00:29:24,889 --> 00:29:26,599 - What is Walmart? 602 00:29:26,683 --> 00:29:28,810 - She really was capitalizing 603 00:29:28,893 --> 00:29:32,814 on her, like, princess-y, high-voiced persona. 604 00:29:32,897 --> 00:29:34,441 - That's hot. - That's hot. 605 00:29:34,524 --> 00:29:35,734 That's hot. That's hot. 606 00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:37,235 - Was definitely known for her clothing, 607 00:29:37,277 --> 00:29:39,070 had, like, a zillion and a half 608 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:42,073 Juicy Couture sweatsuits. 609 00:29:42,115 --> 00:29:44,951 - Paris Hilton in Uggs holding Tinker Bell. 610 00:29:45,035 --> 00:29:47,328 That's, like, the avatar in my head. 611 00:29:47,412 --> 00:29:51,833 I used to have a really big fascination with Paris Hilton. 612 00:29:54,044 --> 00:29:58,923 Eden Hilton was the Myspace name that I went by. 613 00:29:59,007 --> 00:30:02,677 I had a internet sister named Amor Hilton, 614 00:30:02,761 --> 00:30:06,348 and we would just pretend to be related to the Hiltons 615 00:30:06,431 --> 00:30:08,892 and make little vlogs for my YouTube. 616 00:30:08,933 --> 00:30:10,477 Yes. We're the Hiltons. 617 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:11,603 Leave us alone. 618 00:30:11,686 --> 00:30:12,937 - Geez. 619 00:30:14,189 --> 00:30:16,358 - What did you get? - Diamonds. 620 00:30:16,441 --> 00:30:17,484 - Hello, Paris. 621 00:30:17,567 --> 00:30:20,236 - Her lifestyle was, like, "I'm gonna just get paid 622 00:30:20,278 --> 00:30:23,198 for being myself." 623 00:30:23,281 --> 00:30:25,283 And I always looked at that. and I was, like, "Wow. 624 00:30:25,325 --> 00:30:27,327 I strive to be like that one day." 625 00:30:29,662 --> 00:30:31,122 - The reason they chose Paris first 626 00:30:31,206 --> 00:30:32,540 was because she had so much shit 627 00:30:32,624 --> 00:30:35,251 that she would never notice. 628 00:30:35,293 --> 00:30:38,755 - To me, it was just a sure shot. 629 00:30:38,797 --> 00:30:41,174 It's like, if you go into a celebrity home, 630 00:30:41,257 --> 00:30:44,344 most likely, you're gonna see a lot cooler things 631 00:30:44,427 --> 00:30:45,970 or nicer things. 632 00:30:47,889 --> 00:30:53,019 But going up to Paris Hilton's home, 633 00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:57,315 I felt like my heart was gonna combust out of me. 634 00:30:57,357 --> 00:31:00,110 Me and Nick-- we were like, "Okay. 635 00:31:00,151 --> 00:31:01,861 "Does your heart feel like it's about to pop out of its chest? 636 00:31:01,945 --> 00:31:03,154 Because mine does, too." 637 00:31:03,196 --> 00:31:06,324 [breathing rapidly] "Okay. Let's keep going." 638 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:10,620 We were, like, cheerleading each other on. 639 00:31:10,662 --> 00:31:15,000 It was because we had each other we could do it. 640 00:31:15,083 --> 00:31:16,835 - And then kind of as a joke, like, 641 00:31:16,876 --> 00:31:18,086 "Let's go to the front door. 642 00:31:18,169 --> 00:31:20,296 Do you think the key is underneath the doormat?" 643 00:31:20,338 --> 00:31:21,923 - They found the key right under the mat. 644 00:31:22,007 --> 00:31:23,174 - "No way! 645 00:31:23,258 --> 00:31:24,634 The key is underneath the doormat." 646 00:31:24,676 --> 00:31:26,177 - And that's how they got in. 647 00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:31,057 - Being inside the home-- 648 00:31:31,141 --> 00:31:34,519 it was almost like I was on a set. 649 00:31:34,561 --> 00:31:37,022 It didn't seem real. 650 00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:39,024 I was like, "How is it so perfect? 651 00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:40,525 "People actually live like this? 652 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:42,235 Like, this is so lavish." 653 00:31:45,780 --> 00:31:48,241 And there was that really big fear 654 00:31:48,324 --> 00:31:50,452 that they would come home. 655 00:31:52,579 --> 00:31:55,540 It was like, "Get what you fucking want, 656 00:31:55,582 --> 00:31:57,417 and let's go, like, now." 657 00:31:59,127 --> 00:32:02,422 There was so much stress and anxiety behind it. 658 00:32:02,505 --> 00:32:03,798 - Yeah. 659 00:32:03,882 --> 00:32:05,216 But there obviously was an adrenaline 660 00:32:05,258 --> 00:32:07,052 and a thrill in there. - Yeah. 661 00:32:07,093 --> 00:32:09,763 Yeah. I am trying my best 662 00:32:09,846 --> 00:32:12,682 to just be as honest and truthful. 663 00:32:19,064 --> 00:32:24,235 I was-- so what it was for me was-- 664 00:32:24,277 --> 00:32:27,572 like, before the crime was committed, anxiety. 665 00:32:27,614 --> 00:32:29,866 And then when the crime was being committed, 666 00:32:29,908 --> 00:32:31,242 it was adrenaline, 667 00:32:31,284 --> 00:32:34,662 and then, when the crime was over, 668 00:32:34,746 --> 00:32:38,166 I felt so high and clear-headed. 669 00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:39,376 Like, it really wakes you up. 670 00:32:39,417 --> 00:32:41,211 Like, you're not, like, sleepy at all. 671 00:32:41,252 --> 00:32:46,007 And I really liked that feeling a lot. 672 00:32:46,091 --> 00:32:47,342 - ♪ There's no coming down ♪ 673 00:32:47,425 --> 00:32:51,763 ♪ I'm high for the night ♪ 674 00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:58,186 ♪ I'm lost in the clouds, flashing thunder sky ♪ 675 00:32:58,269 --> 00:32:59,813 ♪ Don't look back ♪ 676 00:32:59,896 --> 00:33:02,190 - They went to Paris Hilton's house multiple times. 677 00:33:04,693 --> 00:33:06,986 The first couple times, they took small items 678 00:33:07,070 --> 00:33:09,197 that would go unnoticed. 679 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:14,619 - Like a piece of clothing or a purse, or coke or weed. 680 00:33:14,661 --> 00:33:18,373 One particular time, we found a lot of cocaine-- 681 00:33:18,456 --> 00:33:19,833 a lot. 682 00:33:19,916 --> 00:33:21,793 And we didn't go to bed that night. 683 00:33:21,835 --> 00:33:25,839 We stayed up all night, and we just were coked out. 684 00:33:25,922 --> 00:33:27,549 [engine revving] 685 00:33:27,632 --> 00:33:28,842 ♪ Don't look back ♪ 686 00:33:28,925 --> 00:33:33,138 ♪ I'll cross that line ♪ 687 00:33:33,221 --> 00:33:37,225 ♪ Can't get back that stolen time ♪ 688 00:33:39,477 --> 00:33:43,148 ♪ Don't look back, I crossed the line ♪ 689 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:46,484 ♪ Summer rain ♪ 690 00:33:50,447 --> 00:33:55,326 - The whole time, I was just numbing myself out on Xanax. 691 00:33:55,368 --> 00:33:58,121 It wasn't ideal for me to go a whole day 692 00:33:58,163 --> 00:34:00,248 without taking at least, like, a quarter, 693 00:34:00,331 --> 00:34:05,211 and so I always had at least one bar on me. 694 00:34:05,295 --> 00:34:09,341 - And what did it feel like when you didn't have it? 695 00:34:09,382 --> 00:34:10,717 - [sighs] 696 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:15,180 I would fight with everybody, mostly my family. 697 00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:19,476 [water splashing] - [laughs] 698 00:34:22,479 --> 00:34:24,814 Aw, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 699 00:34:24,856 --> 00:34:28,234 [laughs] 700 00:34:28,318 --> 00:34:29,694 [dog collar rattling] 701 00:34:29,736 --> 00:34:30,695 - Hello. 702 00:34:33,782 --> 00:34:35,116 Hi, Dad. 703 00:34:37,702 --> 00:34:38,995 Hi, Shuna. 704 00:34:39,037 --> 00:34:40,538 You are such a cutie. 705 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:43,458 Do you want to jump in, Dad? 706 00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:45,168 - No. - Do you want to go in? 707 00:34:45,210 --> 00:34:48,421 My dad always had my back, no matter what. 708 00:34:48,505 --> 00:34:51,716 But back then, I didn't appreciate that. 709 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:56,429 I just put onto my family that label of "broken family." 710 00:34:57,389 --> 00:35:00,058 [camcorder whirring] 711 00:35:00,141 --> 00:35:03,061 [moody music] 712 00:35:03,103 --> 00:35:10,276 ♪ ♪ 713 00:35:10,735 --> 00:35:16,199 - When Rachel was young, sometimes I just happened 714 00:35:16,241 --> 00:35:20,120 to walk with their mom. 715 00:35:20,203 --> 00:35:25,583 Then, because we divorced, 716 00:35:25,667 --> 00:35:27,711 we walked together, 717 00:35:27,752 --> 00:35:30,046 but we have some distance, 718 00:35:30,088 --> 00:35:33,633 and always Rachel in the middle 719 00:35:33,717 --> 00:35:36,344 and take my hands 720 00:35:36,428 --> 00:35:40,306 and take the other hand with her mom 721 00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:43,309 and walking together. 722 00:35:43,393 --> 00:35:49,524 And sometimes, she, like, sneak out 723 00:35:49,607 --> 00:35:53,945 and, you know, take my right hand 724 00:35:53,987 --> 00:35:58,992 and my ex-wife's left hand together 725 00:35:59,075 --> 00:36:00,910 and she just sneak out. 726 00:36:03,621 --> 00:36:07,459 I lived with Rachel's mom 3 1/2 years. 727 00:36:07,542 --> 00:36:11,046 But during those 3 1/2 years, 728 00:36:11,129 --> 00:36:15,800 I filed three times divorce. 729 00:36:15,884 --> 00:36:21,348 It was a crazy process, but finally, it ended. 730 00:36:24,768 --> 00:36:30,774 I raised Rachel and her sister with my parents in Seattle. 731 00:36:30,815 --> 00:36:33,401 - My grandma--she was just, like, the epitome 732 00:36:33,485 --> 00:36:35,487 of the most perfect grandma. 733 00:36:35,570 --> 00:36:39,407 She was always smiling, and my grandma is my idol. 734 00:36:41,493 --> 00:36:44,454 - When Rachel was eight years old, 735 00:36:44,496 --> 00:36:49,709 somehow I failed managing my financial structure. 736 00:36:49,793 --> 00:36:54,172 I'm, like, a professional poker player, 737 00:36:54,214 --> 00:36:57,842 and I'm a professional, like, gambler. 738 00:36:57,926 --> 00:37:03,973 But maybe this is not considered as a profession, 739 00:37:04,015 --> 00:37:06,184 but that's what I did. 740 00:37:06,226 --> 00:37:10,188 And I had some hardship, 741 00:37:10,271 --> 00:37:14,693 so I surrendered my kids, 742 00:37:14,776 --> 00:37:19,531 and I asked her mom to take care of them. 743 00:37:19,614 --> 00:37:24,285 - I always told myself this story that my dad left me, 744 00:37:24,369 --> 00:37:28,039 and he was an alcoholic and he was a gambler, 745 00:37:28,081 --> 00:37:31,710 and that he didn't really love me. 746 00:37:31,793 --> 00:37:35,630 I couldn't understand why it was happening to me. 747 00:37:35,714 --> 00:37:39,509 - I have felt always guilty. 748 00:37:39,551 --> 00:37:46,433 I just didn't have a proper financial condition 749 00:37:46,516 --> 00:37:48,685 to live with them, so I surrendered. 750 00:37:51,521 --> 00:37:53,732 I thought they could be raised 751 00:37:53,773 --> 00:37:58,862 at a better environment in Calabasas. 752 00:37:58,903 --> 00:38:02,949 The record shows it was not. 753 00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:06,911 [moody rock music] 754 00:38:06,953 --> 00:38:09,581 - I didn't like my world. 755 00:38:09,622 --> 00:38:13,626 Going into a celebrity home and trying on their stuff, 756 00:38:13,710 --> 00:38:15,712 I was able to live in their world. 757 00:38:15,754 --> 00:38:18,214 - Socialite Paris Hilton is said to be distraught 758 00:38:18,256 --> 00:38:21,009 after a burglar ransacked her LA bedroom. 759 00:38:21,092 --> 00:38:22,260 Police say the thief made off 760 00:38:22,302 --> 00:38:23,887 with about $2 million in jewelry. 761 00:38:23,928 --> 00:38:25,889 - More celebrities added to a list of victims 762 00:38:25,930 --> 00:38:28,475 in a string of high-profile burglaries in LA. 763 00:38:28,558 --> 00:38:30,268 - Audrina Patridge, a regular 764 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:31,853 on the reality series "The Hills." 765 00:38:31,936 --> 00:38:34,356 - Former star of "The OC," Rachel Bilson. 766 00:38:34,439 --> 00:38:36,900 - They studied when these young celebrities 767 00:38:36,941 --> 00:38:41,863 would be home or not based on what they saw on "TMZ." 768 00:38:46,910 --> 00:38:49,079 - You know, the social media of the celebrities. 769 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:50,622 Seeing, like, where were they? 770 00:38:50,663 --> 00:38:53,208 Did Paris have a club appearance in Dubai? 771 00:38:53,291 --> 00:38:55,835 Like, was Audrina going to Vegas 772 00:38:55,919 --> 00:38:57,462 for, like, the opening of Tau or something? 773 00:38:57,504 --> 00:38:58,672 They'd be like, "Okay, 774 00:38:58,755 --> 00:39:00,298 "this person's gonna be out of town. 775 00:39:00,340 --> 00:39:03,635 This might be an opening for us to go scope out their house." 776 00:39:03,718 --> 00:39:06,137 - I have to give them credit for that. 777 00:39:06,179 --> 00:39:09,057 I don't think that there was any other case before them 778 00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:10,517 that used social media. 779 00:39:12,894 --> 00:39:17,273 - Surprisingly, you can feel energy of a person. 780 00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:19,693 You can feel when somebody is in a home. 781 00:39:23,154 --> 00:39:27,117 When I took their stuff, it was an instant feeling 782 00:39:27,158 --> 00:39:28,868 of, like, "Ooh, I'm powerful." 783 00:39:31,037 --> 00:39:33,331 And then, once we actually step foot 784 00:39:33,373 --> 00:39:35,000 out of the house, then, all of a sudden, 785 00:39:35,041 --> 00:39:38,211 there was that huge sense of relief. 786 00:39:38,294 --> 00:39:40,880 "Oh, thank God. We got away. 787 00:39:40,964 --> 00:39:42,507 It's over." 788 00:39:42,549 --> 00:39:44,009 Then we would just do it again. 789 00:39:44,050 --> 00:39:49,514 ♪ ♪ 790 00:39:49,556 --> 00:39:52,475 - By this point, they got more players involved. 791 00:39:53,601 --> 00:39:55,687 - There was Courtney Ames. 792 00:39:55,729 --> 00:39:57,897 - I really wanted to be friends with her 793 00:39:57,981 --> 00:40:01,693 because she was known in school to be the badass. 794 00:40:01,776 --> 00:40:03,903 She was always, like, the girl in high school 795 00:40:03,987 --> 00:40:05,739 I was kind of intimidated by 'cause I was like, 796 00:40:05,822 --> 00:40:08,867 "I'll never be cool enough to be her friend." 797 00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:12,871 - Also, Diana Tamayo, who was close to Rachel Lee. 798 00:40:12,912 --> 00:40:16,499 - She was somebody who actually works so much, 799 00:40:16,541 --> 00:40:17,876 and she's in high school 800 00:40:17,917 --> 00:40:20,128 and taking care of her brothers 801 00:40:20,211 --> 00:40:21,212 and her family, 802 00:40:21,254 --> 00:40:23,590 and I, you know, 803 00:40:23,673 --> 00:40:26,051 just kind of led her down that road. 804 00:40:26,092 --> 00:40:28,386 [electronic music] 805 00:40:28,428 --> 00:40:30,638 ♪ ♪ 806 00:40:30,722 --> 00:40:32,766 - These other players wanted in 807 00:40:32,849 --> 00:40:34,517 because they were all friends, 808 00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:37,228 and so they joined in on other burglaries. 809 00:40:37,270 --> 00:40:38,730 - Through them, there were two men 810 00:40:38,772 --> 00:40:40,565 who were brought into the situation. 811 00:40:40,607 --> 00:40:43,193 That was Roy Lopez and Johnny Ajar. 812 00:40:43,234 --> 00:40:46,571 - Courtney Ames was a waitress at the Sagebrush Cantina. 813 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:48,782 - She knew Roy through work, 814 00:40:48,865 --> 00:40:51,076 and she kind of told him, 815 00:40:51,117 --> 00:40:53,244 "Well, hey, I've got this thing going on. 816 00:40:53,328 --> 00:40:54,579 Do you want in?" 817 00:40:54,621 --> 00:40:56,414 He said, "Yes, I want in." 818 00:40:57,248 --> 00:41:00,418 - And they're supposed to help sell off the things 819 00:41:00,502 --> 00:41:02,796 that the kids stole from the house. 820 00:41:02,879 --> 00:41:06,007 So Rachel and Nick looped in these other people. 821 00:41:06,091 --> 00:41:08,009 Then they have this tangential friend, 822 00:41:08,093 --> 00:41:09,260 Alexis Neiers. 823 00:41:09,344 --> 00:41:12,263 [upbeat music] 824 00:41:12,305 --> 00:41:13,932 ♪ ♪ 825 00:41:13,973 --> 00:41:16,226 This girl, like, loves going out to clubs. 826 00:41:16,267 --> 00:41:18,228 She's working as a model. 827 00:41:18,269 --> 00:41:21,981 She's hanging out with her, like, quasi-sister, 828 00:41:22,065 --> 00:41:23,900 friend, Tess Taylor. 829 00:41:23,942 --> 00:41:26,903 Tess and Alexis and Nick become close. 830 00:41:28,071 --> 00:41:29,906 Rachel was not pleased about it. 831 00:41:30,990 --> 00:41:33,702 - He actually met Alexis through me, 832 00:41:33,785 --> 00:41:38,081 'cause my friend's boyfriend's best friend's girlfriend 833 00:41:38,123 --> 00:41:39,457 was Alexis. 834 00:41:39,541 --> 00:41:41,960 So she was always around. 835 00:41:42,002 --> 00:41:45,213 Nick ended up clicking with Alexis 836 00:41:45,296 --> 00:41:47,841 and then just started hanging out, like, on their own. 837 00:41:47,924 --> 00:41:50,552 I was not included in these things, 838 00:41:50,635 --> 00:41:52,554 and I was really jealous that Nick 839 00:41:52,637 --> 00:41:56,641 was gaining a new best friend. 840 00:41:56,683 --> 00:42:00,395 She had, like, blue eyes and, like, pretty hair, 841 00:42:00,478 --> 00:42:01,855 and she's so cute. 842 00:42:01,938 --> 00:42:06,192 And I felt like, I guess I'm that disposable, huh, 843 00:42:06,276 --> 00:42:08,319 where you can just drop me 844 00:42:08,403 --> 00:42:11,156 and choose these other girls 845 00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:14,284 because you felt like they were cooler than me? 846 00:42:18,496 --> 00:42:20,874 But when we were stealing, 847 00:42:20,957 --> 00:42:23,710 me and Nick were still on each other's team. 848 00:42:25,337 --> 00:42:27,130 We were still Bonnie and Clyde. 849 00:42:27,172 --> 00:42:28,715 We're in this together. 850 00:42:30,508 --> 00:42:33,595 When the group got bigger, all of a sudden, 851 00:42:33,678 --> 00:42:36,806 it went from it being just me and him 852 00:42:36,848 --> 00:42:39,517 to more of a liability. 853 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:41,853 It felt very dangerous. 854 00:42:43,396 --> 00:42:48,151 And I, at that point, really felt-- 855 00:42:48,193 --> 00:42:49,778 I was like, "This is bad." 856 00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:58,411 - It's hard to understand-- like, if it was so bad 857 00:42:58,495 --> 00:42:59,746 and it was always so scary, 858 00:42:59,829 --> 00:43:03,291 why do you think you went back time and time again? 859 00:43:05,377 --> 00:43:11,800 - [sighs] Well, you know, 860 00:43:11,883 --> 00:43:14,302 I really liked Xanax. 861 00:43:14,386 --> 00:43:19,724 One of the effects that it had on me was that it-- 862 00:43:19,808 --> 00:43:24,854 that part when I'm high gets super fuzzy. 863 00:43:24,896 --> 00:43:28,483 - What we saw, evidentiary-wise, 864 00:43:28,566 --> 00:43:31,528 it was not a drug-motivated crime 865 00:43:31,569 --> 00:43:34,239 or crime spree. 866 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:38,034 - We like to fill in answers that we don't know. 867 00:43:38,076 --> 00:43:40,078 You want to think there must be a good reason, 868 00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,872 there must be something going on, it's not their fault. 869 00:43:42,914 --> 00:43:44,582 It's their house, it's their childhood, 870 00:43:44,624 --> 00:43:47,168 it's mental illness for drug addiction. 871 00:43:47,252 --> 00:43:49,254 But lots of kids grow up 872 00:43:49,337 --> 00:43:53,049 with way more difficult circumstances than they did. 873 00:43:53,091 --> 00:43:56,594 I grew up with more difficult circumstances than they did. 874 00:43:56,678 --> 00:43:58,596 And so to say, "Oh, well, you know, 875 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,432 she came from divorced parents" 876 00:44:00,515 --> 00:44:02,809 or whatever--no. 877 00:44:02,892 --> 00:44:04,811 I think it's really simple. I do. 878 00:44:04,894 --> 00:44:07,313 I think that they wanted stuff that they couldn't afford, 879 00:44:07,397 --> 00:44:10,900 and they weren't willing to work hard to get it. 880 00:44:10,942 --> 00:44:13,653 - I don't know. You know? 881 00:44:13,737 --> 00:44:16,114 Stealing can be a compulsive behavior, 882 00:44:16,156 --> 00:44:19,409 just like an eating disorder is really about control. 883 00:44:19,451 --> 00:44:24,122 They had drug problems, using prescription drugs. 884 00:44:24,164 --> 00:44:27,000 There was a different mental process going on 885 00:44:27,083 --> 00:44:31,796 than simply, "I want what Paris Hilton has." 886 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,258 These were troubled kids. 887 00:44:35,300 --> 00:44:37,969 They were not part of the mainstream. 888 00:44:38,053 --> 00:44:42,182 The racism, the homophobia even in this privileged place-- 889 00:44:42,265 --> 00:44:45,018 it was, in some ways, worse than anywhere else. 890 00:44:45,101 --> 00:44:49,147 And they wanted, somehow, desperately to be normal. 891 00:44:52,734 --> 00:44:54,778 - Everyone, I think, had a different reason 892 00:44:54,819 --> 00:44:57,447 why they were doing it. 893 00:44:57,489 --> 00:44:59,616 And for me, it was-- 894 00:44:59,657 --> 00:45:01,868 like, honestly, when I started watching 895 00:45:01,951 --> 00:45:04,371 those Fast and Furious, Ocean's 11 movies, 896 00:45:04,454 --> 00:45:07,082 I really just, like-- 897 00:45:07,165 --> 00:45:11,378 I was like--"Icon. I want to be that." 898 00:45:11,461 --> 00:45:13,922 You know? I don't know why. 899 00:45:14,005 --> 00:45:17,384 I don't know why I thought like that, but I did. 900 00:45:23,098 --> 00:45:25,141 - Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando Bloom 901 00:45:25,183 --> 00:45:27,227 had some of his real treasure stolen. 902 00:45:27,310 --> 00:45:29,479 Police say someone broke into his Hollywood Hills home 903 00:45:29,521 --> 00:45:30,897 yesterday. 904 00:45:30,980 --> 00:45:33,191 The thief got away with jewelry and cash. 905 00:45:33,274 --> 00:45:34,984 Orlando Bloom, though, was not home 906 00:45:35,026 --> 00:45:36,695 at the time of the break-in. 907 00:45:36,778 --> 00:45:38,363 - The cops said it was not, like, 908 00:45:38,405 --> 00:45:40,323 a professional operation. 909 00:45:40,365 --> 00:45:43,326 It wasn't, like, some Mission Impossible shit 910 00:45:43,368 --> 00:45:46,496 with, like, no fingerprints or something like that. 911 00:45:46,538 --> 00:45:50,792 But no one was, like, "Maybe it's these teenagers." 912 00:45:50,875 --> 00:45:52,210 - Whoa, what? 913 00:45:52,293 --> 00:45:54,754 - Once the kids got the items, some of them 914 00:45:54,838 --> 00:45:56,172 were kind of brazen with them. 915 00:45:56,214 --> 00:45:57,716 Like, they'd wear them and be like, 916 00:45:57,757 --> 00:45:59,968 "Yeah, I just got this at Paris's house." 917 00:46:00,051 --> 00:46:01,511 - What's the fun of being able to get 918 00:46:01,553 --> 00:46:04,305 into Paris Hilton's house if you can't tell somebody? 919 00:46:04,389 --> 00:46:05,473 Like, "Hey, I've been in there. 920 00:46:05,557 --> 00:46:06,558 I've been in there twice. 921 00:46:06,641 --> 00:46:07,600 I've been in there three times." 922 00:46:07,684 --> 00:46:09,853 - ♪ Got that money ♪ 923 00:46:09,894 --> 00:46:12,897 - It was so irresistible that you're overcoming 924 00:46:12,981 --> 00:46:15,775 your own instinct for self-preservation. 925 00:46:15,859 --> 00:46:18,903 They would be wearing items that were stolen 926 00:46:18,987 --> 00:46:22,115 and posting it on social media. 927 00:46:22,198 --> 00:46:25,285 - Other items were sold, like, on Venice Beach. 928 00:46:25,368 --> 00:46:27,203 - I never sold anything. 929 00:46:27,245 --> 00:46:29,414 I gave a lot of stuff away. I did. 930 00:46:29,456 --> 00:46:31,458 - What was the--what was the Venice Beach thing? 931 00:46:31,541 --> 00:46:32,584 Was that anything? 932 00:46:32,667 --> 00:46:36,129 - Oh. That one--that--that-- 933 00:46:36,212 --> 00:46:38,423 Okay, yes. Then we did sell. 934 00:46:38,465 --> 00:46:42,969 I did sell some--that was-- that was that time, yes. 935 00:46:43,053 --> 00:46:45,096 I think I came up with the idea, actually. 936 00:46:45,180 --> 00:46:47,974 I was like, "What if we just, like, went to Venice 937 00:46:48,058 --> 00:46:49,392 and just opened up a carpet 938 00:46:49,434 --> 00:46:51,936 and just, like, 20 bucks, everything? 939 00:46:52,020 --> 00:46:53,355 People were flocking. 940 00:46:53,438 --> 00:46:54,898 And they were like, "What's that? 941 00:46:54,939 --> 00:46:56,232 "What's this? What's that? What's this?" 942 00:46:56,274 --> 00:46:58,109 And we were just, like, "It's fake, it's real. 943 00:46:58,151 --> 00:47:00,153 Take it if you want it." 944 00:47:00,236 --> 00:47:03,114 We sold everything in less than 15 minutes. 945 00:47:03,156 --> 00:47:04,908 - ♪ What's in that Louis bag? ♪ 946 00:47:04,949 --> 00:47:06,368 ♪ Ooh, can I touch? ♪ 947 00:47:06,451 --> 00:47:07,535 ♪ Got that ♪ 948 00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:09,287 ♪ Got that money in the bank ♪ 949 00:47:09,371 --> 00:47:11,122 ♪ Got that money ♪ 950 00:47:11,164 --> 00:47:13,291 ♪ Got that money in the bank ♪ 951 00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:14,584 ♪ Got that ♪ 952 00:47:18,213 --> 00:47:20,548 - One day, somebody texted me. 953 00:47:20,632 --> 00:47:25,303 And they said, "Holy shit, I think I see you on 'TMZ.'" 954 00:47:27,972 --> 00:47:30,308 [tense music] 955 00:47:30,350 --> 00:47:32,268 - There was surveillance footage 956 00:47:32,310 --> 00:47:36,106 from Audrina Patridge that was run on TMZ, 957 00:47:36,147 --> 00:47:40,026 and everyone would see these videos. 958 00:47:40,110 --> 00:47:41,986 - I called Nick, and I was like, 959 00:47:42,070 --> 00:47:43,738 "Oh, my God, go to 'TMZ.' 960 00:47:43,822 --> 00:47:46,950 "Like, shit, bro. Like, this is bad. 961 00:47:50,954 --> 00:47:52,789 "We're surrounded by menaces. 962 00:47:52,831 --> 00:47:55,959 Like, somebody's gonna rat us out." 963 00:47:56,001 --> 00:47:59,671 And I was just like, "What do I do?" 964 00:47:59,754 --> 00:48:03,508 And so I call my dad. 965 00:48:04,926 --> 00:48:10,473 - I knew she's gonna get caught sooner or later. 966 00:48:10,515 --> 00:48:14,352 So I wanted to cut 967 00:48:14,394 --> 00:48:16,813 the relationship with those friends 968 00:48:16,855 --> 00:48:20,191 by relocating her from LA to Las Vegas. 969 00:48:20,275 --> 00:48:22,027 - Rachel Lee's dad lived in Las Vegas, 970 00:48:22,110 --> 00:48:24,112 and she had, you know, went there-- 971 00:48:24,195 --> 00:48:27,866 fled there soon after things started unraveling. 972 00:48:27,907 --> 00:48:31,244 [tranquil music] 973 00:48:31,327 --> 00:48:33,913 - My dad got me out of that area, 974 00:48:33,997 --> 00:48:35,749 away from those people. 975 00:48:35,832 --> 00:48:37,208 He told me to go to college, 976 00:48:37,292 --> 00:48:39,002 like, try to start a new life. 977 00:48:39,044 --> 00:48:41,004 Just stay out of sight. 978 00:48:46,468 --> 00:48:51,056 But there was one particular night 979 00:48:51,097 --> 00:48:53,641 that my friends called me. 980 00:48:53,725 --> 00:48:55,268 And they said, "Let's go steal." 981 00:48:55,352 --> 00:48:58,521 And I was all the way in Vegas, and I said, 982 00:48:58,605 --> 00:49:00,106 "I'll be there in four hours." 983 00:49:02,192 --> 00:49:05,028 I was so manipulative, and I-- 984 00:49:05,070 --> 00:49:06,571 me and my dad-- 985 00:49:06,654 --> 00:49:07,739 we smoked together. 986 00:49:07,781 --> 00:49:10,367 I am blessed to be able to smoke weed with my dad. 987 00:49:10,408 --> 00:49:14,579 But we were smoking together, and I purposely rolled us, 988 00:49:14,621 --> 00:49:16,581 like, a really big joint 989 00:49:16,664 --> 00:49:18,249 so I could get him super high 990 00:49:18,291 --> 00:49:20,001 and just knock him out. 991 00:49:20,085 --> 00:49:20,960 And I just remember 992 00:49:21,044 --> 00:49:22,253 we were, like, hanging out on the couch, 993 00:49:22,337 --> 00:49:23,880 like, watching Korean drama, 994 00:49:23,922 --> 00:49:25,840 and then I just sparked up the joint, 995 00:49:25,924 --> 00:49:28,426 and we were smoking. 996 00:49:28,510 --> 00:49:30,428 After his first puff, 997 00:49:30,470 --> 00:49:32,555 he put it down. He said, "I'm done." 998 00:49:32,639 --> 00:49:34,349 And I said, "Let's finish it." 999 00:49:34,432 --> 00:49:36,393 And he said, "You smoke too much. 1000 00:49:36,434 --> 00:49:38,478 He's like, "You don't need to smoke so much. 1001 00:49:38,561 --> 00:49:39,896 "Just enjoy. 1002 00:49:39,938 --> 00:49:42,273 "Just take one little and just enjoy it. 1003 00:49:42,357 --> 00:49:44,442 Like, why do you have to get so high-high?" 1004 00:49:44,484 --> 00:49:47,237 And I told my dad, "Hey, I'm gonna go to LA, 1005 00:49:47,278 --> 00:49:50,115 and I'm gonna just go with my friends." 1006 00:49:50,156 --> 00:49:51,658 And he looked at me. 1007 00:49:51,741 --> 00:49:52,951 I will never forget. 1008 00:49:52,992 --> 00:49:54,703 His eyes got so big. 1009 00:49:54,786 --> 00:49:57,664 It's really hard to get, like, a reaction out of my dad. 1010 00:49:57,747 --> 00:49:59,666 He doesn't raise his voice, but I remember, 1011 00:49:59,749 --> 00:50:03,378 his voice got so loud, and he just yelled, "No! 1012 00:50:03,461 --> 00:50:04,587 No!" 1013 00:50:04,629 --> 00:50:07,799 And I--I kind of played off that card of-- 1014 00:50:07,882 --> 00:50:09,342 I wanted him to feel crazy. 1015 00:50:09,426 --> 00:50:11,386 And so I was like, "All right, dude." 1016 00:50:11,469 --> 00:50:13,096 Like, "You're tripping." You know? 1017 00:50:13,138 --> 00:50:14,472 Like, "Calm down." 1018 00:50:14,556 --> 00:50:16,141 And I was like, "All right, I'm gonna go." 1019 00:50:16,224 --> 00:50:20,311 - I tried to stop her, 1020 00:50:20,353 --> 00:50:25,233 but I didn't know how to persuade 1021 00:50:25,316 --> 00:50:28,153 or how to change her mind. 1022 00:50:30,530 --> 00:50:34,659 - I got my things, and I remember taking Xanax, 1023 00:50:34,743 --> 00:50:36,036 and I left. 1024 00:50:39,497 --> 00:50:45,670 It really sounds psychotic, but I still felt that FOMO. 1025 00:50:45,754 --> 00:50:48,673 [dramatic music] 1026 00:50:48,715 --> 00:50:52,052 ♪ ♪ 1027 00:50:52,135 --> 00:50:57,891 I remember pulling up, and Nick was there. 1028 00:50:57,974 --> 00:51:00,518 The stakes were so high, 1029 00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,104 because there was already surveillance of us. 1030 00:51:03,188 --> 00:51:06,649 And at this point, we were, like, 1031 00:51:06,691 --> 00:51:09,277 just on that actual edge. 1032 00:51:11,196 --> 00:51:14,282 And I think there was a part of me that was like, 1033 00:51:14,366 --> 00:51:16,785 "I'm going to finish strong." 1034 00:51:16,868 --> 00:51:19,537 - What you're watching is surveillance video 1035 00:51:19,579 --> 00:51:22,248 inside actress Lindsay Lohan's home. 1036 00:51:22,332 --> 00:51:24,459 Lohan is just one of ten victims 1037 00:51:24,542 --> 00:51:27,087 of the burglars' almost year-long crime spree 1038 00:51:27,170 --> 00:51:28,338 targeting the homes 1039 00:51:28,380 --> 00:51:30,548 of Hollywood's young and famous. 1040 00:51:30,632 --> 00:51:33,259 - The surveillance video from Lindsay Lohan's house 1041 00:51:33,343 --> 00:51:34,344 alerted the cops. 1042 00:51:34,386 --> 00:51:36,388 - Because you can see the commonalities 1043 00:51:36,429 --> 00:51:38,807 in Audrina's and Lindsay's footage. 1044 00:51:38,890 --> 00:51:41,393 - But even when they were caught on surveillance, 1045 00:51:41,434 --> 00:51:43,853 I mean, that alone would not have been enough. 1046 00:51:43,895 --> 00:51:45,689 They were wearing hoodies. 1047 00:51:45,730 --> 00:51:47,941 They had their head down. 1048 00:51:48,024 --> 00:51:52,153 Really, what put all the pieces together was Nick Prugo. 1049 00:51:53,321 --> 00:51:56,408 [soft guitar music] 1050 00:51:56,449 --> 00:51:59,077 ♪ ♪ 1051 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:05,792 - ♪ Is this friendship complicated love? ♪ 1052 00:52:05,875 --> 00:52:07,210 ♪ ♪ 1053 00:52:07,252 --> 00:52:12,674 ♪ Hopes and heartbreak just falls down to one ♪ 1054 00:52:14,509 --> 00:52:17,303 - Shortly after the Lindsay Lohan surveillance 1055 00:52:17,387 --> 00:52:20,765 was released, me and Nick decided to meet up, 1056 00:52:20,849 --> 00:52:24,853 and I got in his car, into the passenger seat. 1057 00:52:24,936 --> 00:52:29,357 I said to him, 1058 00:52:29,441 --> 00:52:32,360 "This is really bad, what's happening to us. 1059 00:52:32,444 --> 00:52:33,570 This is really, really bad." 1060 00:52:33,611 --> 00:52:36,197 And I was like, "I don't know what's gonna happen to us." 1061 00:52:36,281 --> 00:52:38,158 And I remember I put my hand on his shoulder, 1062 00:52:38,241 --> 00:52:40,035 and I said, "But I love you so much. 1063 00:52:40,118 --> 00:52:42,162 I'll never betray you." 1064 00:52:44,998 --> 00:52:48,918 And then, like, within 24 hours, 1065 00:52:48,960 --> 00:52:50,462 I saw all over the news, 1066 00:52:50,545 --> 00:52:52,797 Nick Prugo went to the police station 1067 00:52:52,881 --> 00:52:55,592 and did a full confession, brought in all the property. 1068 00:52:55,633 --> 00:53:01,639 ♪ ♪ 1069 00:53:01,723 --> 00:53:04,642 - Nick was willing to just tell us everything. 1070 00:53:04,684 --> 00:53:07,479 - He just basically gives them 1071 00:53:07,562 --> 00:53:09,356 not only the crimes they were looking at, 1072 00:53:09,439 --> 00:53:11,441 but every other crime. 1073 00:53:11,483 --> 00:53:14,402 - Now authorities say Brian Austin Green, Megan Fox, 1074 00:53:14,486 --> 00:53:17,447 and Ashley Tisdale were also victimized. 1075 00:53:17,489 --> 00:53:21,493 - He kind of walked us through every single burglary 1076 00:53:21,534 --> 00:53:23,620 and who was there with him. 1077 00:53:23,661 --> 00:53:24,454 - Courtney. 1078 00:53:24,496 --> 00:53:25,997 I got you. Thank you. 1079 00:53:26,081 --> 00:53:26,998 Here, Courtney. 1080 00:53:27,082 --> 00:53:28,041 - Who planned it? 1081 00:53:28,124 --> 00:53:29,584 Is Nick running the ring? 1082 00:53:29,668 --> 00:53:30,960 - Did you do it? 1083 00:53:31,002 --> 00:53:32,045 - No, I didn't do it for Nick. 1084 00:53:32,128 --> 00:53:34,089 I didn't do jack shit. 1085 00:53:34,172 --> 00:53:36,883 - Did Nick trick you into it? 1086 00:53:36,966 --> 00:53:41,971 [reporters asking questions] 1087 00:53:42,013 --> 00:53:44,307 - He was betraying everybody, 1088 00:53:44,349 --> 00:53:47,894 but I was still sure he would protect me. 1089 00:53:49,771 --> 00:53:53,108 I was in Las Vegas with my dad at the time 1090 00:53:53,191 --> 00:53:55,360 and my grandmother. 1091 00:53:55,402 --> 00:53:58,363 Nick called me in the morning. 1092 00:53:58,405 --> 00:54:00,240 After his confession, 1093 00:54:00,323 --> 00:54:02,409 I know that it doesn't make sense 1094 00:54:02,492 --> 00:54:05,120 to talk to him, but me and Nick 1095 00:54:05,203 --> 00:54:08,289 were still best friends. 1096 00:54:08,373 --> 00:54:10,208 I remember when I answered the phone, 1097 00:54:10,250 --> 00:54:13,044 it wasn't our usual vibe. 1098 00:54:13,128 --> 00:54:15,046 It felt weird. 1099 00:54:15,088 --> 00:54:17,173 Because what he had said was, 1100 00:54:17,215 --> 00:54:19,718 "Oh, I was thinking about something, 1101 00:54:19,801 --> 00:54:23,138 "and I totally forgot your dad's street address. 1102 00:54:23,221 --> 00:54:25,890 What was the street name called again?" 1103 00:54:25,932 --> 00:54:28,518 And I was like, "Oh, okay." 1104 00:54:28,560 --> 00:54:30,186 And I said it, and he was like, "Oh, yeah. 1105 00:54:30,228 --> 00:54:31,688 That's right. That's what it was." 1106 00:54:31,730 --> 00:54:33,773 He's like, "Oh, yeah. I just wanted to know." 1107 00:54:33,857 --> 00:54:35,859 And he was like, "Okay, anyways I'll call you later." 1108 00:54:35,942 --> 00:54:37,152 I was like, "All right, bye." 1109 00:54:37,235 --> 00:54:38,903 Like, "Have a good day." 1110 00:54:38,945 --> 00:54:41,197 As I was saying, that I just saw black, black, 1111 00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:43,283 black, black, black, black, black, 1112 00:54:43,366 --> 00:54:45,535 and then pounding on the door. 1113 00:54:46,786 --> 00:54:48,413 Nick betrayed me. 1114 00:54:50,582 --> 00:54:53,251 The door swung open as if it was, like, a bomb squad, 1115 00:54:53,293 --> 00:54:57,630 and there were so many of them just piling into the house. 1116 00:54:57,714 --> 00:55:00,425 The first guy that came in, like, grabbed the dog 1117 00:55:00,467 --> 00:55:01,885 and kind of, like, kicked the dog. 1118 00:55:01,926 --> 00:55:03,261 And I remember-- 1119 00:55:03,345 --> 00:55:05,847 I usually-- I'm not a violent person. 1120 00:55:05,930 --> 00:55:06,931 I'm really not. 1121 00:55:07,015 --> 00:55:09,184 But I like kind of, like, charged him a little bit. 1122 00:55:09,267 --> 00:55:11,353 I was like, "Don't touch my dog like that." 1123 00:55:13,521 --> 00:55:16,775 The whole time, like, they were just tossing the house. 1124 00:55:16,858 --> 00:55:19,069 They were going through my dad's stuff. 1125 00:55:19,110 --> 00:55:22,030 They took $20,000 in cash. 1126 00:55:22,113 --> 00:55:23,448 - That was my money. 1127 00:55:23,490 --> 00:55:26,409 That was my gambling seed money. 1128 00:55:26,451 --> 00:55:28,536 - They took my grandma's fur coat 1129 00:55:28,620 --> 00:55:31,289 because they thought it was, like, Lindsay Lohan's. 1130 00:55:31,331 --> 00:55:32,499 They were trying to talk to my grandma. 1131 00:55:32,582 --> 00:55:33,875 I said, "She can't speak English. 1132 00:55:33,958 --> 00:55:34,876 Don't speak to her." 1133 00:55:34,959 --> 00:55:40,298 And she says to me in Korean, [speaking Korean] 1134 00:55:40,340 --> 00:55:42,008 She said, "I don't like these people. 1135 00:55:42,092 --> 00:55:44,094 Don't say anything to them." 1136 00:55:44,135 --> 00:55:50,809 And then finally, they found a ripped-up photo in-- 1137 00:55:50,850 --> 00:55:55,605 they found a ripped-up photo of Paris Hilton naked 1138 00:55:55,647 --> 00:55:58,108 in my bathroom trash can. 1139 00:55:59,150 --> 00:56:01,486 The cops all were so happy. 1140 00:56:01,569 --> 00:56:03,571 They're like, "Whew, we got her. 1141 00:56:03,655 --> 00:56:05,281 Got the evidence we needed." 1142 00:56:05,323 --> 00:56:10,995 The detective said to me, "This is a game of musical chairs. 1143 00:56:11,037 --> 00:56:12,789 "And we've already talked to all your friends, 1144 00:56:12,831 --> 00:56:14,833 and you're the only one without a chair." 1145 00:56:16,668 --> 00:56:17,919 - Rachel Lee was arrested 1146 00:56:18,003 --> 00:56:19,879 on warrants from California yesterday. 1147 00:56:19,963 --> 00:56:21,506 - One of Lee's co-defendants says 1148 00:56:21,548 --> 00:56:23,425 that she was the one who suggested 1149 00:56:23,508 --> 00:56:24,718 which celebrities to target. 1150 00:56:24,801 --> 00:56:26,803 - Lee is now facing charges in Las Vegas 1151 00:56:26,845 --> 00:56:28,680 of possessing stolen property 1152 00:56:28,722 --> 00:56:31,016 and charges of burglary in Los Angeles. 1153 00:56:39,482 --> 00:56:44,154 [both speaking indistinctly] 1154 00:56:44,195 --> 00:56:45,613 - I think a lot of my peers 1155 00:56:45,697 --> 00:56:47,032 would have wanted the case. 1156 00:56:47,073 --> 00:56:50,368 Everybody was interested in trying big cases, 1157 00:56:50,452 --> 00:56:51,619 media cases, 1158 00:56:51,703 --> 00:56:56,499 cases that show that the office trusted you as an attorney. 1159 00:56:56,541 --> 00:56:57,751 - I did not wanna take it 1160 00:56:57,834 --> 00:57:00,587 because it was gonna be a mess. 1161 00:57:00,670 --> 00:57:02,756 - They decided to assign me the case. 1162 00:57:02,839 --> 00:57:05,967 - Can you tell us about the prosecution's positioning? 1163 00:57:06,051 --> 00:57:07,635 - Well, it was the people's position 1164 00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:09,554 that we always encourage disposition of cases. 1165 00:57:09,637 --> 00:57:11,056 We're always open to-- 1166 00:57:11,097 --> 00:57:13,683 I knew that because of the media attention, 1167 00:57:13,725 --> 00:57:16,394 there would be more scrutiny both outside of the office 1168 00:57:16,478 --> 00:57:18,813 and within the office from my supervisors. 1169 00:57:18,897 --> 00:57:21,149 I had to be more careful about what I talked about 1170 00:57:21,232 --> 00:57:23,568 in terms of the case, and where I talked about it. 1171 00:57:23,651 --> 00:57:25,070 - Yeah, so we can't talk about those, 1172 00:57:25,111 --> 00:57:26,738 so that's all for now. 1173 00:57:26,821 --> 00:57:29,366 - First step is always to contact the IO, 1174 00:57:29,407 --> 00:57:31,201 the investigating officer, and talk 1175 00:57:31,242 --> 00:57:32,577 about the investigation. 1176 00:57:32,660 --> 00:57:34,496 - Who was the investigating officer assigned? 1177 00:57:34,579 --> 00:57:35,997 - Brett Goodkin. 1178 00:57:36,081 --> 00:57:37,332 - Officer Brett Goodkin 1179 00:57:37,374 --> 00:57:39,584 has worked the LAPD's Hollywood station 1180 00:57:39,626 --> 00:57:41,044 for six years. 1181 00:57:41,086 --> 00:57:43,296 - Officer Brett Goodkin investigated the Bling Ring. 1182 00:57:43,380 --> 00:57:45,799 - Is there some aspect of this that this burglary crew 1183 00:57:45,882 --> 00:57:48,677 targeted these people because of a fascination 1184 00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,012 with celebrity--you know, there's absolutely that. 1185 00:57:51,096 --> 00:57:53,556 - Brett Goodkin, the lead investigator, 1186 00:57:53,598 --> 00:57:55,892 was just willing to blab. 1187 00:57:55,934 --> 00:57:58,144 As a reporter, it's not my job to tell 1188 00:57:58,228 --> 00:57:59,729 Brett Goodkin to shut up. 1189 00:57:59,771 --> 00:58:01,398 Keep on talking, buddy. 1190 00:58:01,439 --> 00:58:03,316 I love this. 1191 00:58:03,400 --> 00:58:04,609 - He was the detective in charge 1192 00:58:04,693 --> 00:58:05,944 of the whole investigation. 1193 00:58:06,027 --> 00:58:08,947 - The charges range from residential burglary 1194 00:58:08,988 --> 00:58:11,825 to felon in possession of multiple firearms. 1195 00:58:14,452 --> 00:58:15,328 - I had no contact 1196 00:58:15,412 --> 00:58:16,913 with any celebrities up until this point. 1197 00:58:16,955 --> 00:58:18,623 I didn't know how the world worked. 1198 00:58:20,834 --> 00:58:22,877 I had never dealt with victims 1199 00:58:22,961 --> 00:58:24,462 who had personal assistants 1200 00:58:24,504 --> 00:58:25,588 who then had personal assistants. 1201 00:58:25,672 --> 00:58:27,632 And I was like, "Wait, I need to talk to the victim. 1202 00:58:27,716 --> 00:58:28,800 "I need to talk to the victim. 1203 00:58:28,842 --> 00:58:29,968 I can't talk to their assistant." 1204 00:58:30,010 --> 00:58:31,720 - How much contact with celebrities 1205 00:58:31,803 --> 00:58:32,846 is, like, part of that job? 1206 00:58:32,929 --> 00:58:34,639 - It's a big part of the job. 1207 00:58:34,681 --> 00:58:37,267 - I deferred a lot to my investigating officer 1208 00:58:37,308 --> 00:58:40,562 who had had contact with them in order to have them identify 1209 00:58:40,645 --> 00:58:43,857 stolen property, et cetera, and tried to communicate 1210 00:58:43,940 --> 00:58:45,775 as much as I could through him. 1211 00:58:45,817 --> 00:58:49,279 - She really did have to deal with a lot of stupid bullshit. 1212 00:58:49,320 --> 00:58:52,449 But it was not a bad case. It was a strong case. 1213 00:58:52,490 --> 00:58:55,493 There was a lot of evidence that we found and recovered. 1214 00:58:55,577 --> 00:58:56,661 - Based on Nick's statement, 1215 00:58:56,745 --> 00:58:58,288 they found stolen property 1216 00:58:58,329 --> 00:58:59,873 in the homes of the defendants. 1217 00:58:59,956 --> 00:59:03,168 - I mean, millions of dollars' worth of items. 1218 00:59:03,251 --> 00:59:06,171 [swaggering music] 1219 00:59:06,212 --> 00:59:07,672 ♪ ♪ 1220 00:59:07,756 --> 00:59:10,300 - Chanel costume jewelry, necklaces, 1221 00:59:10,342 --> 00:59:11,718 scarves, stuff like that. 1222 00:59:11,801 --> 00:59:14,471 - A shitload of clothing and shoes. 1223 00:59:14,554 --> 00:59:17,515 - Rolex watches from Orlando Bloom's house. 1224 00:59:17,557 --> 00:59:19,768 - Jewelry from Lindsay Lohan's house. 1225 00:59:19,851 --> 00:59:21,603 - Marc Jacobs purses. 1226 00:59:21,686 --> 00:59:24,606 A gun from Brian Austin Green's house. 1227 00:59:24,689 --> 00:59:26,483 - They went into Paris Hilton's house, 1228 00:59:26,524 --> 00:59:28,234 and they basically just cleared, 1229 00:59:28,318 --> 00:59:29,819 like, a jewelry shelf. 1230 00:59:30,862 --> 00:59:32,072 - People were obsessed. 1231 00:59:32,155 --> 00:59:33,865 Like, the courthouse in downtown LA 1232 00:59:33,948 --> 00:59:35,992 where these kids would show up, 1233 00:59:36,034 --> 00:59:38,870 every single appearance was swarmed 1234 00:59:38,953 --> 00:59:41,790 with television cameras from legitimate news outlets, 1235 00:59:41,873 --> 00:59:45,001 and then celebrity news outlets like "TMZ." 1236 00:59:45,043 --> 00:59:48,672 - Are you gonna make a deal, Rachel, or what? 1237 00:59:48,713 --> 00:59:51,383 - How does it feel to be a rat? 1238 00:59:51,424 --> 00:59:53,843 - It's just like-- it's a shit show. 1239 00:59:53,885 --> 00:59:55,970 - Courtney, can we see the tattoo? 1240 00:59:56,054 --> 00:59:57,931 What'd you get? - It's LA, baby. 1241 00:59:58,014 --> 00:59:59,224 These kids want to be famous. 1242 00:59:59,307 --> 01:00:02,060 - Well, I'm definitely sorry for what I've done. 1243 01:00:02,143 --> 01:00:05,230 I'm trying to take early responsibility of my crimes-- 1244 01:00:05,271 --> 01:00:07,607 - Nick Prugo kept appearing on the news. 1245 01:00:07,691 --> 01:00:08,733 - We, you know, thought, 1246 01:00:08,775 --> 01:00:10,235 "These people are celebrities. They have everything." 1247 01:00:10,276 --> 01:00:12,821 - Alexis Neiers was, like, filming her show. 1248 01:00:12,904 --> 01:00:15,198 - Coming up on "Pretty Wild"... 1249 01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:16,408 - I'm sorry, Alexis. 1250 01:00:16,449 --> 01:00:18,410 We're going to have to pull you from LA Fashion Week. 1251 01:00:18,493 --> 01:00:19,744 - [crying] 1252 01:00:19,786 --> 01:00:21,746 - She was in the midst of this reality show-- 1253 01:00:21,830 --> 01:00:24,499 - "Pretty Wild," which is supposed to be 1254 01:00:24,582 --> 01:00:26,084 a reality show following 1255 01:00:26,167 --> 01:00:29,170 a fun, unconventional family in Hollywood. 1256 01:00:29,254 --> 01:00:31,047 - Let's do the frequency machine on you. 1257 01:00:31,089 --> 01:00:33,258 - As they're filming the pilot, 1258 01:00:33,341 --> 01:00:34,718 all of this Bling Ring stuff 1259 01:00:34,759 --> 01:00:36,594 is coming out in the news, 1260 01:00:36,678 --> 01:00:40,932 and Alexis is getting arrested. 1261 01:00:41,016 --> 01:00:43,059 - Finally. - Are you all right? 1262 01:00:43,101 --> 01:00:45,937 How did you do it? - I am not good. 1263 01:00:46,021 --> 01:00:49,441 - So the show just became appointment television. 1264 01:00:49,482 --> 01:00:50,775 Like, you wanted to see that. 1265 01:00:50,817 --> 01:00:52,694 - Hi, guys. - Hi, honey. 1266 01:00:52,777 --> 01:00:53,862 - I went shopping today. 1267 01:00:53,945 --> 01:00:56,656 - She was a character that people were familiar with 1268 01:00:56,740 --> 01:00:58,867 almost as much as Audrina 1269 01:00:58,950 --> 01:01:01,161 or other reality stars that she was robbing. 1270 01:01:01,244 --> 01:01:04,164 - You and Tess, it seems like-- you have a kind of a-- 1271 01:01:04,247 --> 01:01:07,459 I mean, the kind of life that a lot of teenagers 1272 01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:08,960 just kind of dream about having. 1273 01:01:09,044 --> 01:01:11,755 - At the end of the day, we are so wholesome 1274 01:01:11,796 --> 01:01:12,881 and down to earth. 1275 01:01:12,964 --> 01:01:14,049 - Nancy Jo Sales, 1276 01:01:14,132 --> 01:01:15,800 who was a writer for "Vanity Fair," 1277 01:01:15,842 --> 01:01:18,803 was writing a story about the Bling Ring case, 1278 01:01:18,887 --> 01:01:22,724 and Alexis Neiers was sort of her, like, big interview. 1279 01:01:22,807 --> 01:01:24,142 The headline was, 1280 01:01:24,184 --> 01:01:25,643 "The Suspects Wore Louboutins," 1281 01:01:25,685 --> 01:01:26,811 and there's this picture of Alexis 1282 01:01:26,895 --> 01:01:28,813 looking glamorous and stuff. 1283 01:01:28,897 --> 01:01:30,273 - Give me the magazine. 1284 01:01:30,315 --> 01:01:31,691 - I got the issue. 1285 01:01:31,775 --> 01:01:33,526 This is the issue you girls are in. 1286 01:01:33,610 --> 01:01:35,487 Whoo! - No way. 1287 01:01:35,528 --> 01:01:36,863 This is so cool. 1288 01:01:36,946 --> 01:01:39,157 - In a scene on "Pretty Wild," 1289 01:01:39,199 --> 01:01:41,409 they open the magazine, and instantly, 1290 01:01:41,493 --> 01:01:43,745 like, tears are just flowing. 1291 01:01:43,828 --> 01:01:46,831 - She thought I was wearing 6-inch Louboutins 1292 01:01:46,873 --> 01:01:48,833 to court with my tweed outfit. 1293 01:01:48,875 --> 01:01:50,126 I wasn't wearing Louboutins. 1294 01:01:50,168 --> 01:01:52,087 I was wearing little brown kitten heels, 1295 01:01:52,170 --> 01:01:53,421 [bleep] bitch. 1296 01:01:53,505 --> 01:01:54,756 - She got hung up on this detail 1297 01:01:54,839 --> 01:01:56,925 that Nancy Jo Sales had written 1298 01:01:57,008 --> 01:01:58,343 that when she was in court, 1299 01:01:58,385 --> 01:02:00,512 she wore 6-inch Louboutins, 1300 01:02:00,553 --> 01:02:02,347 when in fact, she had just worn 1301 01:02:02,430 --> 01:02:05,684 little Bebe Chu kitten heels. 1302 01:02:05,725 --> 01:02:09,688 - [sniffling] Nancy Jo? 1303 01:02:09,729 --> 01:02:11,773 This is Alexis Neiers calling. 1304 01:02:11,856 --> 01:02:14,943 - She calls up Nancy Jo Sales on speakerphone. 1305 01:02:15,026 --> 01:02:16,528 The whole family is, like, sitting around her. 1306 01:02:16,569 --> 01:02:18,029 They're crying, and she's like, 1307 01:02:18,071 --> 01:02:20,198 "Nancy Jo, I'm just calling 1308 01:02:20,281 --> 01:02:22,742 to let you know how disappointed I am." 1309 01:02:22,826 --> 01:02:24,077 And then-- and the family's like, 1310 01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:27,038 "Yeah, we're disappointed!" And she's like, "Mom, stop! 1311 01:02:27,122 --> 01:02:30,959 "Every time you start, I have to start over! 1312 01:02:31,042 --> 01:02:33,712 "Nancy Jo, I'm just calling to let you know 1313 01:02:33,753 --> 01:02:35,255 how disappointed I am..." 1314 01:02:35,338 --> 01:02:36,756 - I am in your story. 1315 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:38,633 - It was just so ridiculous. 1316 01:02:38,717 --> 01:02:40,510 - Have a nice life. Goodbye. 1317 01:02:44,848 --> 01:02:47,600 - I got the details of who broke into my house 1318 01:02:47,684 --> 01:02:50,812 from that "Vanity Fair" article. 1319 01:02:50,895 --> 01:02:55,900 There was an interview with Nick in which he admits 1320 01:02:55,942 --> 01:02:58,111 that he broke into a friend's house 1321 01:02:58,194 --> 01:03:03,700 in the summer of tenth grade, and that was it for me. 1322 01:03:03,742 --> 01:03:06,745 After reading it, I felt crazy. 1323 01:03:06,828 --> 01:03:09,122 That, to me, was like, "Okay. 1324 01:03:09,205 --> 01:03:13,752 Like, I gotta take him down somehow, but I don't know how." 1325 01:03:13,835 --> 01:03:15,253 I hit up all these, like-- 1326 01:03:15,337 --> 01:03:17,922 like, newscasters and journalists that I felt 1327 01:03:18,006 --> 01:03:21,760 would take my story somehow. 1328 01:03:21,801 --> 01:03:25,013 I hit up Ellen DeGeneres, John Quinones 1329 01:03:25,096 --> 01:03:29,059 from "What Would You Do," but I was not a famous person. 1330 01:03:30,727 --> 01:03:32,562 It definitely bothered me a lot 1331 01:03:32,645 --> 01:03:34,898 when I would see, like, photos of Nick 1332 01:03:34,939 --> 01:03:37,108 and, like, the Bling Ring crew on "TMZ." 1333 01:03:37,192 --> 01:03:39,069 - I just really can't comment, I'm sorry. 1334 01:03:39,110 --> 01:03:40,028 - Okay, can you at least tell me 1335 01:03:40,111 --> 01:03:41,571 who your favorite actress is? 1336 01:03:41,613 --> 01:03:43,698 - Um, Angelina Jolie. 1337 01:03:43,782 --> 01:03:45,450 - Angelina Jolie. - She's gorgeous, yeah. 1338 01:03:45,492 --> 01:03:49,037 - Okay, but she's not next on the list, is she? 1339 01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:51,414 - Honestly, guys, like, I didn't really even-- 1340 01:03:51,456 --> 01:03:53,667 I barely knew Nick, and I didn't really know 1341 01:03:53,750 --> 01:03:55,835 anyone else that was involved. 1342 01:03:55,919 --> 01:03:58,296 - Alexis, I think-- she, in people's minds, 1343 01:03:58,380 --> 01:04:01,132 is the Bling Ring because she was on "Pretty Wild." 1344 01:04:01,174 --> 01:04:02,801 I think people knew her much more than they knew 1345 01:04:02,884 --> 01:04:03,927 even Nick Prugo. 1346 01:04:03,968 --> 01:04:06,388 But she actually had, like, 1347 01:04:06,471 --> 01:04:08,890 fairly little involvement in the end. 1348 01:04:08,973 --> 01:04:10,475 - Ms. Neiers is charged with a felony, 1349 01:04:10,517 --> 01:04:13,770 commonly known as first-degree residential burglary, 1350 01:04:13,812 --> 01:04:15,980 of Orlando Bloom's residence. 1351 01:04:16,064 --> 01:04:18,066 Do you understand the charge against you? 1352 01:04:18,108 --> 01:04:19,484 - Yes. 1353 01:04:19,567 --> 01:04:22,362 - She's not someone who was going to every burglary. 1354 01:04:22,445 --> 01:04:25,824 - It was thought that she was one of the least culpable 1355 01:04:25,907 --> 01:04:27,575 of the Bling Ring. 1356 01:04:27,659 --> 01:04:30,704 - I--I can't speak for Alexis 1357 01:04:30,787 --> 01:04:33,331 because she knows what she's done. 1358 01:04:33,373 --> 01:04:34,749 - Lead pursuant to People versus-- 1359 01:04:34,833 --> 01:04:36,751 - She pled out early, 1360 01:04:36,835 --> 01:04:39,045 and she was done with her case. 1361 01:04:39,129 --> 01:04:40,338 - How does she plead? 1362 01:04:40,380 --> 01:04:41,881 - No contest. 1363 01:04:41,965 --> 01:04:43,341 - And you understand your no contest plea 1364 01:04:43,425 --> 01:04:45,468 will be treated the same as a guilty plea by the judge, 1365 01:04:45,510 --> 01:04:47,721 and he will find you guilty based upon your plea? 1366 01:04:47,804 --> 01:04:49,097 - [whispers] Yes. - Yes. 1367 01:04:49,180 --> 01:04:53,351 - Alexis got probation and 180 days in county jail. 1368 01:04:53,435 --> 01:04:56,813 Johnny Ajar also was split off from the case 1369 01:04:56,896 --> 01:05:01,109 because his case involved his own other priors. 1370 01:05:01,192 --> 01:05:04,654 All the remaining defendants, their case is still open. 1371 01:05:07,866 --> 01:05:09,367 - Please. Come on. 1372 01:05:09,409 --> 01:05:11,703 - Every court date, people were approaching me, 1373 01:05:11,786 --> 01:05:13,038 wanting to talk. 1374 01:05:13,121 --> 01:05:15,206 My mom, being a lawyer-- she was like, 1375 01:05:15,248 --> 01:05:17,042 "Just don't say anything. 1376 01:05:17,083 --> 01:05:19,294 "You have to understand that this is something 1377 01:05:19,377 --> 01:05:21,463 that could be very dangerous." 1378 01:05:21,546 --> 01:05:26,217 That is definitely where it changed for me. 1379 01:05:26,301 --> 01:05:28,928 That rebellious side of me disappeared. 1380 01:05:29,012 --> 01:05:31,097 I became very submissive, 1381 01:05:31,181 --> 01:05:35,727 and I was just doing exactly what I was told. 1382 01:05:35,769 --> 01:05:38,521 Keep quiet. 1383 01:05:38,563 --> 01:05:41,900 But that also meant I couldn't defend myself. 1384 01:05:41,983 --> 01:05:44,861 - Nick Prugo is the kind of shy kid 1385 01:05:44,903 --> 01:05:46,363 who could live on your street. 1386 01:05:46,404 --> 01:05:48,907 That is, until he meets a young woman 1387 01:05:48,990 --> 01:05:51,076 who changed his life forever: 1388 01:05:51,159 --> 01:05:54,287 his best friend Rachel Lee, whom he says 1389 01:05:54,371 --> 01:05:57,248 is the mastermind behind the Bling Ring. 1390 01:05:57,290 --> 01:05:59,542 - In the media, that word, "mastermind," 1391 01:05:59,584 --> 01:06:00,960 just kept coming up. 1392 01:06:01,044 --> 01:06:02,504 Like, mastermind, Rachel Lee, mastermind, 1393 01:06:02,587 --> 01:06:04,422 and people were calling me the ringleader. 1394 01:06:04,506 --> 01:06:07,801 The defendants that actually decided to talk 1395 01:06:07,884 --> 01:06:09,552 started to create that narrative. 1396 01:06:09,594 --> 01:06:11,179 - When it actually came time to do it, 1397 01:06:11,262 --> 01:06:14,808 I'd always have to have Rachel lead or, you know, help me. 1398 01:06:14,891 --> 01:06:16,101 - And how would she convince you? 1399 01:06:16,142 --> 01:06:18,019 - She would just go, and I'd follow. 1400 01:06:18,103 --> 01:06:21,022 - How often would you guys plan a new mark? 1401 01:06:21,106 --> 01:06:22,357 - Whenever we'd run out of money, 1402 01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:24,609 or if Rachel wanted a new outfit. 1403 01:06:24,693 --> 01:06:26,945 I was really genuinely scared, and Rachel's just, like, 1404 01:06:27,028 --> 01:06:28,405 going back and forth in the rooms, 1405 01:06:28,446 --> 01:06:30,949 checking, like, grabbing clothes for herself. 1406 01:06:31,032 --> 01:06:32,200 And, you know-- - Wow, 1407 01:06:32,283 --> 01:06:33,410 like, Rachel's such a bitch. 1408 01:06:33,451 --> 01:06:35,078 She, like, ruined this kid's life. 1409 01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,915 And--as if I was, like, forcing these people 1410 01:06:38,957 --> 01:06:39,916 to do these things. 1411 01:06:39,958 --> 01:06:42,794 And I'm like, what? 1412 01:06:42,836 --> 01:06:44,838 Like, what the hell? 1413 01:06:44,921 --> 01:06:46,756 Like, when did this get so twisted? 1414 01:06:46,798 --> 01:06:48,508 Like, when did this get so-- 1415 01:06:48,591 --> 01:06:50,927 how did this get so, like, out of hand? 1416 01:06:50,969 --> 01:06:52,637 You know? 1417 01:06:52,679 --> 01:06:54,180 The more and more I saw him, 1418 01:06:54,264 --> 01:06:56,307 the more I felt like I really didn't know him. 1419 01:06:57,851 --> 01:07:00,478 In court, my attorney told me, 1420 01:07:00,520 --> 01:07:02,856 just look down and act like he's not there. 1421 01:07:02,939 --> 01:07:05,817 [melancholy music] 1422 01:07:05,900 --> 01:07:10,363 ♪ ♪ 1423 01:07:10,447 --> 01:07:12,323 - In the office, we decided to take 1424 01:07:12,407 --> 01:07:14,200 this case to the grand jury... 1425 01:07:14,284 --> 01:07:16,745 - Which meant that she had to put on live witnesses. 1426 01:07:16,828 --> 01:07:20,623 So she did have to deal with all the handlers 1427 01:07:20,665 --> 01:07:22,334 to bring the celebrities in, 1428 01:07:22,375 --> 01:07:24,044 like, through the back of the courtroom 1429 01:07:24,127 --> 01:07:25,420 and have them testify. 1430 01:07:25,503 --> 01:07:28,089 "TMZ" covered it pretty extensively. 1431 01:07:28,173 --> 01:07:30,008 - Are you gonna recover all your jewelry? 1432 01:07:30,091 --> 01:07:31,343 - Not everything. 1433 01:07:31,426 --> 01:07:32,886 - How much do you think they should do in jail? 1434 01:07:32,969 --> 01:07:34,471 How much jail time? 1435 01:07:34,512 --> 01:07:36,056 - Ten years. 1436 01:07:36,139 --> 01:07:37,390 - Have you ever been robbed? 1437 01:07:37,474 --> 01:07:39,434 - I haven't, but the night is young. 1438 01:07:39,517 --> 01:07:41,227 [laughter] 1439 01:07:41,311 --> 01:07:43,646 - Yeah, I've had my innocence robbed, too. 1440 01:07:43,688 --> 01:07:45,774 But I--no, I, um-- 1441 01:07:45,857 --> 01:07:48,610 it's a really awful thing to have happen to you. 1442 01:07:48,651 --> 01:07:50,153 So--but at the same time-- 1443 01:07:50,195 --> 01:07:51,529 - The concern was, they would not be sympathetic, 1444 01:07:51,571 --> 01:07:53,698 given their wealth. You know. 1445 01:07:53,782 --> 01:07:55,200 These are celebrities who-- 1446 01:07:55,241 --> 01:07:56,910 they don't feel comfortable or safe 1447 01:07:56,993 --> 01:07:58,912 or like they have any private life 1448 01:07:58,995 --> 01:08:00,372 probably anywhere but their homes, 1449 01:08:00,455 --> 01:08:02,290 and then to have somebody in that home 1450 01:08:02,374 --> 01:08:05,418 felt like such an invasion of their space. 1451 01:08:05,502 --> 01:08:07,045 And having talked to the victims 1452 01:08:07,087 --> 01:08:10,548 really solidified that idea in my mind, 1453 01:08:10,632 --> 01:08:13,551 that that is really the crime that was committed here, 1454 01:08:13,593 --> 01:08:16,304 that taking away of that safe space for them. 1455 01:08:17,555 --> 01:08:19,599 - Rachel Bilson and Lindsay Lohan, too, 1456 01:08:19,683 --> 01:08:21,518 I think, moved out of those houses 1457 01:08:21,559 --> 01:08:24,062 and never felt safe in those houses again. 1458 01:08:24,104 --> 01:08:25,647 You know, it's amazing to me 1459 01:08:25,730 --> 01:08:27,774 that the narrative still persists of, like, 1460 01:08:27,857 --> 01:08:29,401 "Well, you asked for it. 1461 01:08:29,442 --> 01:08:30,902 "If you decide to be a celebrity, 1462 01:08:30,944 --> 01:08:32,570 "you know what you're walking into. 1463 01:08:32,612 --> 01:08:35,115 "If you're rich and you're famous, then, like, 1464 01:08:35,198 --> 01:08:37,992 you get--and you have to take everything." 1465 01:08:38,076 --> 01:08:39,160 - It's very violating. 1466 01:08:39,244 --> 01:08:40,704 It's not about the material things 1467 01:08:40,745 --> 01:08:44,124 and the things that they took, because that comes and goes. 1468 01:08:47,669 --> 01:08:49,504 - When the burglary happened to me, 1469 01:08:49,587 --> 01:08:51,881 I felt really bad for my parents 1470 01:08:51,923 --> 01:08:56,511 even more than I felt for myself, especially my mom. 1471 01:08:56,594 --> 01:08:59,723 Like, that was the moment where a lot changed 1472 01:08:59,764 --> 01:09:02,350 when it comes to my mom's anxiety, 1473 01:09:02,434 --> 01:09:04,019 and they did blame me. 1474 01:09:04,102 --> 01:09:05,145 - Not 'til next year. 1475 01:09:05,228 --> 01:09:06,271 - Not 'til--hey. - Wait. 1476 01:09:06,354 --> 01:09:07,397 - You didn't tell me. 1477 01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:09,232 - They brought up that if it wasn't 1478 01:09:09,274 --> 01:09:11,234 for me being on Myspace 1479 01:09:11,276 --> 01:09:13,778 or putting my whole life out there on YouTube, 1480 01:09:13,820 --> 01:09:15,405 that this wouldn't happen. 1481 01:09:15,447 --> 01:09:18,241 I did start to internalize that guilt, 1482 01:09:18,283 --> 01:09:22,787 and then I projected it out into anything that I could 1483 01:09:22,829 --> 01:09:26,791 by being the angry, non-trusting person. 1484 01:09:38,595 --> 01:09:40,889 - Ultimately the grand jury indicted all the targets 1485 01:09:40,972 --> 01:09:42,140 of all the charges. 1486 01:09:42,223 --> 01:09:43,391 - How does Mr. Prugo plead? 1487 01:09:43,475 --> 01:09:45,560 - He'll plead not guilty. 1488 01:09:45,602 --> 01:09:46,978 - Diana Tamayo? 1489 01:09:47,062 --> 01:09:48,229 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 1490 01:09:48,313 --> 01:09:49,314 - Roy Lopez? 1491 01:09:49,356 --> 01:09:50,565 - Not guilty, Your Honor. 1492 01:09:50,648 --> 01:09:52,067 Deny any and all special allegations. 1493 01:09:52,150 --> 01:09:54,152 - Thank you. And Courtney Ames? 1494 01:09:54,194 --> 01:09:55,987 - Not guilty. 1495 01:09:56,029 --> 01:09:57,697 - Not guilty pleas will be given-- 1496 01:09:59,491 --> 01:10:01,493 - Soon after the indictment, I transferred 1497 01:10:01,534 --> 01:10:03,328 out of central trials eleven. 1498 01:10:03,370 --> 01:10:06,498 I transferred to the gang unit and left the case. 1499 01:10:11,419 --> 01:10:14,422 - I got the case post grand jury 1500 01:10:14,506 --> 01:10:19,969 with Nick Prugo, Rachel Lee, Courtney Ames, 1501 01:10:20,011 --> 01:10:23,848 Roy Lopez, and Diana Tamayo. 1502 01:10:23,890 --> 01:10:25,225 It was a great case. 1503 01:10:25,308 --> 01:10:28,186 Sarika--she did great. 1504 01:10:28,228 --> 01:10:30,188 She had a lot of physical evidence 1505 01:10:30,230 --> 01:10:32,023 of high dollar value. 1506 01:10:32,107 --> 01:10:34,359 We just needed to get all that sorted 1507 01:10:34,442 --> 01:10:37,028 about what was taken from where and when. 1508 01:10:37,070 --> 01:10:38,905 - That was a little complicated 1509 01:10:38,988 --> 01:10:40,031 because there was word 1510 01:10:40,073 --> 01:10:42,617 that there was potentially items we couldn't find 1511 01:10:42,701 --> 01:10:44,285 in Las Vegas because they had been buried in the desert 1512 01:10:44,369 --> 01:10:47,038 by Rachel Lee's dad. 1513 01:10:47,122 --> 01:10:50,250 - I asked my dad, "If you were trying 1514 01:10:50,333 --> 01:10:51,918 to get rid of stolen property"-- 1515 01:10:52,002 --> 01:10:54,129 I just wanted--I like to know people's psyches. 1516 01:10:54,212 --> 01:10:57,716 I just like to know. 1517 01:10:57,757 --> 01:11:00,510 And I asked him, "What would you do 1518 01:11:00,552 --> 01:11:02,470 "if you had a bunch of stolen stuff? 1519 01:11:02,554 --> 01:11:03,763 What would you do with it?" 1520 01:11:03,847 --> 01:11:06,975 And he said, "I would bury it in the middle of the desert." 1521 01:11:07,017 --> 01:11:09,769 And then Nick twisted that into, 1522 01:11:09,853 --> 01:11:12,897 "Oh, Rachel's dad said to bury everything in the desert." 1523 01:11:14,190 --> 01:11:15,567 - You know, the best way I can describe it 1524 01:11:15,608 --> 01:11:16,693 is like, word on the street, 1525 01:11:16,735 --> 01:11:18,236 because we weren't able to prove it. 1526 01:11:18,987 --> 01:11:21,489 But some neighbors of her dad had said they'd seen him 1527 01:11:21,573 --> 01:11:23,033 doing something out in the desert. 1528 01:11:23,074 --> 01:11:25,618 And so the speculation was that he had been out there 1529 01:11:25,702 --> 01:11:27,162 burying some items of property 1530 01:11:27,245 --> 01:11:28,955 that were never recovered. 1531 01:11:29,039 --> 01:11:31,916 [percussive music] 1532 01:11:32,000 --> 01:11:33,543 ♪ ♪ 1533 01:11:33,585 --> 01:11:37,839 - As a parent, I want that they don't get caught. 1534 01:11:37,922 --> 01:11:43,595 You better get rid of all the things, evidence. 1535 01:11:43,636 --> 01:11:48,808 And my name was quoted on the publicity. 1536 01:11:48,892 --> 01:11:53,646 I was not related to the concealment of the goods 1537 01:11:53,730 --> 01:11:57,609 or whatever, but I was the-- 1538 01:11:57,650 --> 01:12:03,406 I became the person who could be asked about that matter. 1539 01:12:03,448 --> 01:12:07,285 So I just gave up all the business I was doing, 1540 01:12:07,327 --> 01:12:09,704 and just I disappeared. 1541 01:12:11,664 --> 01:12:14,292 I stayed in Korea for three years. 1542 01:12:14,334 --> 01:12:21,341 ♪ ♪ 1543 01:12:21,383 --> 01:12:23,009 - The first deal-- 1544 01:12:23,093 --> 01:12:25,261 they offered me 11 years. 1545 01:12:25,303 --> 01:12:27,389 And I remember being in the lawyer's office, 1546 01:12:27,472 --> 01:12:30,016 and he told me that, and my mom-- 1547 01:12:30,100 --> 01:12:31,309 she was sitting in the chair, 1548 01:12:31,393 --> 01:12:32,560 literally having a heart attack. 1549 01:12:32,644 --> 01:12:34,604 She was like, "11 years? That's impossible. 1550 01:12:34,646 --> 01:12:36,981 Like, she's only 18 years old. Like, how could this be?" 1551 01:12:37,023 --> 01:12:40,235 And in my mind I'm like, "But I committed crime." 1552 01:12:40,318 --> 01:12:41,945 Like, you can't just, 1553 01:12:42,028 --> 01:12:43,655 because I grew up in Calabasas 1554 01:12:43,697 --> 01:12:45,490 or because that was my first crime, 1555 01:12:45,573 --> 01:12:50,370 that I don't deserve to pay for it. 1556 01:12:53,707 --> 01:12:55,667 Calculating my age, I was like, "All right. 1557 01:12:55,709 --> 01:12:57,669 "18 plus 11. All right. 1558 01:12:57,711 --> 01:12:58,962 "That means I'll be, like-- 1559 01:12:59,004 --> 01:13:00,171 I'll still be young when I come out." 1560 01:13:00,213 --> 01:13:03,842 I was like, "All right." My attorney was like, "Oh, no. 1561 01:13:03,925 --> 01:13:05,719 Like, we're gonna get you something better than that." 1562 01:13:05,802 --> 01:13:08,388 And I was like, "Well, if that's my cards, 1563 01:13:08,471 --> 01:13:09,681 those are my cards." 1564 01:13:13,810 --> 01:13:16,521 A week or two later, my lawyer called me 1565 01:13:16,604 --> 01:13:17,605 back into the office. 1566 01:13:17,689 --> 01:13:21,192 He said, "They're offering you four years. 1567 01:13:21,234 --> 01:13:23,111 And I said, "Okay." 1568 01:13:23,194 --> 01:13:26,072 [foreboding music] 1569 01:13:26,156 --> 01:13:27,449 ♪ ♪ 1570 01:13:27,532 --> 01:13:29,868 This is the moment I've been running from 1571 01:13:29,909 --> 01:13:31,870 since I was 14. 1572 01:13:31,953 --> 01:13:36,041 This is the moment. It's actually here. 1573 01:13:36,124 --> 01:13:39,461 When the judge sentenced me, I felt the thud in my heart, 1574 01:13:39,544 --> 01:13:41,338 like, at the same time she did that. 1575 01:13:41,379 --> 01:13:43,757 And I was like, "Oh, the luck has run out." 1576 01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:46,593 Like, that--this is some real shit right here. 1577 01:13:48,720 --> 01:13:50,889 - You know what you did, and you know 1578 01:13:50,972 --> 01:13:52,891 if what you did was worth four years or not. 1579 01:13:52,932 --> 01:13:54,726 Rachel, I think, was maybe the smart one. 1580 01:13:54,768 --> 01:13:56,644 I don't know. She just-- 1581 01:13:56,728 --> 01:13:58,563 "I'm not going to get involved in this." 1582 01:13:58,605 --> 01:13:59,731 She took her time, 1583 01:13:59,773 --> 01:14:01,691 she took it like a man, and she left. 1584 01:14:01,733 --> 01:14:03,485 - Or like a woman. - Or like a woman. 1585 01:14:03,568 --> 01:14:04,736 There we go. 1586 01:14:04,819 --> 01:14:07,197 - Rebecca Ahn, you are found guilty 1587 01:14:07,238 --> 01:14:09,908 on four counts of first-degree residential burglary. 1588 01:14:09,991 --> 01:14:12,369 You are sentenced to four years in state prison 1589 01:14:12,410 --> 01:14:13,745 and $800,000. 1590 01:14:13,828 --> 01:14:17,040 - There are still a number of kids in the Bling Ring case 1591 01:14:17,123 --> 01:14:19,125 who have yet to be sentenced. 1592 01:14:19,209 --> 01:14:21,211 Sofia Coppola decides 1593 01:14:21,294 --> 01:14:23,546 this is such a fascinating story 1594 01:14:23,588 --> 01:14:26,174 that she is gonna turn it into a feature film. 1595 01:14:29,469 --> 01:14:30,553 They start filming this in LA. 1596 01:14:30,595 --> 01:14:32,722 And since I've been kind of, like, writing about it, 1597 01:14:32,764 --> 01:14:34,432 I ask if I can do a set visit. 1598 01:14:34,474 --> 01:14:36,351 So they invite me to set, 1599 01:14:36,434 --> 01:14:37,560 they let me talk to Sofia Coppola 1600 01:14:37,602 --> 01:14:39,479 for a little bit, and I'm like, "Okay, 1601 01:14:39,562 --> 01:14:42,107 "so I heard that you're paying Alexis Neiers 1602 01:14:42,190 --> 01:14:43,942 as a consultant on this movie." 1603 01:14:43,983 --> 01:14:46,653 And that was something I was interested in, 1604 01:14:46,736 --> 01:14:48,780 because obviously, people might find it 1605 01:14:48,863 --> 01:14:50,448 problematic that she's literally, like, 1606 01:14:50,532 --> 01:14:52,909 profiting off of her crime. 1607 01:14:52,951 --> 01:14:55,578 So I asked Sofia Coppola, what was Alexis like, 1608 01:14:55,620 --> 01:14:56,955 and has she been helpful? 1609 01:14:56,996 --> 01:14:58,915 And she was like, "Yeah, you know, she's been helpful, 1610 01:14:58,957 --> 01:15:01,710 but who's been really helpful is Brett Goodkin." 1611 01:15:02,293 --> 01:15:04,295 - Fascination with celebrity-- 1612 01:15:04,379 --> 01:15:05,422 yeah, there's absolutely that. 1613 01:15:05,463 --> 01:15:07,674 - And I was like, "The LAPD cop?" 1614 01:15:07,757 --> 01:15:10,802 And she was like, "Yeah. He's a technical advisor. 1615 01:15:10,885 --> 01:15:12,554 "He's, like, a consultant for us on the movie. 1616 01:15:12,637 --> 01:15:14,264 "And, like, he actually did a cameo the other day. 1617 01:15:14,305 --> 01:15:15,473 "He came in, and he, like, slapped 1618 01:15:15,557 --> 01:15:17,642 the cuffs on Emma Watson." 1619 01:15:17,684 --> 01:15:18,810 - Get her back. - Please stop. 1620 01:15:18,852 --> 01:15:20,145 - I need you to stop that. 1621 01:15:20,186 --> 01:15:21,312 - I need to speak to my mom. 1622 01:15:21,396 --> 01:15:23,356 - What you're doing with my daughter-- 1623 01:15:23,440 --> 01:15:24,983 - I called him up, and he told me, 1624 01:15:25,025 --> 01:15:26,735 you know, "Listen, I just advised 1625 01:15:26,818 --> 01:15:28,486 "on, like, procedural stuff. 1626 01:15:28,528 --> 01:15:30,363 "Yes, I did do a cameo. 1627 01:15:30,447 --> 01:15:32,574 It's not like I'm Bruce Willis." 1628 01:15:32,657 --> 01:15:36,119 And he said he got $5,000 or $6,000. 1629 01:15:36,161 --> 01:15:37,162 He couldn't even remember. 1630 01:15:37,245 --> 01:15:38,621 I called the LAPD. 1631 01:15:38,663 --> 01:15:40,874 I called the DA's office. 1632 01:15:40,957 --> 01:15:43,626 - I got a call from the "LA Times" asking me, 1633 01:15:43,668 --> 01:15:45,545 "How do you feel about your detective working 1634 01:15:45,628 --> 01:15:48,381 on the Sofia Coppola 'Bling Ring' case?" 1635 01:15:48,465 --> 01:15:51,176 We had no idea. 1636 01:15:51,217 --> 01:15:54,763 We made a speakerphone call to Detective Goodkin 1637 01:15:54,846 --> 01:15:57,349 to ask if this was the case. 1638 01:15:57,390 --> 01:15:59,267 He initially denied. 1639 01:15:59,351 --> 01:16:02,145 We told him we got a call from the "LA Times." 1640 01:16:02,187 --> 01:16:05,023 "Oh, yeah. I am working, 1641 01:16:05,106 --> 01:16:07,108 "but I'm not really getting paid that much. 1642 01:16:07,192 --> 01:16:08,193 I'm just kind of"... 1643 01:16:08,234 --> 01:16:10,695 You know, the defense attorneys subpoenaed 1644 01:16:10,779 --> 01:16:11,905 the payroll records 1645 01:16:11,988 --> 01:16:14,032 from Sofia Coppola's production company. 1646 01:16:14,115 --> 01:16:17,869 - Turns out he actually got, like, $12,500, 1647 01:16:17,911 --> 01:16:20,663 and he had not disclosed that to the LAPD, 1648 01:16:20,705 --> 01:16:24,709 and he had also not disclosed it to the DA. 1649 01:16:24,751 --> 01:16:30,298 - You cannot go and work on a film about some crimes 1650 01:16:30,382 --> 01:16:33,551 while that case is still open. 1651 01:16:33,635 --> 01:16:36,012 It's like the vortex of fame. 1652 01:16:36,054 --> 01:16:38,765 Kids with no criminal records wanting to go 1653 01:16:38,848 --> 01:16:41,059 and break into these, you know, celebrity homes, 1654 01:16:41,101 --> 01:16:45,647 my detective who wants to be famous or whatever. 1655 01:16:45,730 --> 01:16:47,857 As the detective, you're supposed to be 1656 01:16:47,899 --> 01:16:50,110 the person that's gonna be on the stand a lot 1657 01:16:50,193 --> 01:16:51,361 during trial. 1658 01:16:51,444 --> 01:16:54,364 Your credibility is very important. 1659 01:16:54,406 --> 01:16:56,574 And once you've lied to the DA, 1660 01:16:56,616 --> 01:16:58,993 that credibility is shot. 1661 01:16:59,077 --> 01:17:01,663 So he obviously was not gonna be able 1662 01:17:01,746 --> 01:17:03,623 to testify at trial. 1663 01:17:05,125 --> 01:17:08,503 - When I found out what had been occurring 1664 01:17:08,586 --> 01:17:09,963 behind the scenes with Brett Goodkin 1665 01:17:10,046 --> 01:17:12,799 and how that affected the case, I was disappointed for sure, 1666 01:17:12,882 --> 01:17:16,177 because when I left the case, it was like, 1667 01:17:16,261 --> 01:17:20,098 everything was going according to plan the way it should. 1668 01:17:20,140 --> 01:17:23,643 - Everyone would have gotten a state prison offer, 1669 01:17:23,727 --> 01:17:27,230 but for the fact that Brett Goodkin 1670 01:17:27,272 --> 01:17:28,440 kind of blew this case up. 1671 01:17:28,481 --> 01:17:29,691 Sorry, Brett. 1672 01:17:31,067 --> 01:17:33,611 We had to let all the defense attorneys know. 1673 01:17:33,653 --> 01:17:34,988 - The judge told them, 1674 01:17:35,071 --> 01:17:37,115 "You guys should write Brett Goodkin 1675 01:17:37,198 --> 01:17:39,659 "a thank you-note, because pretty much, 1676 01:17:39,743 --> 01:17:43,788 he just reduced your punishment majorly." 1677 01:17:43,830 --> 01:17:47,500 - In the end, Nick got two years' state prison, 1678 01:17:47,584 --> 01:17:49,669 and everybody else just got probation. 1679 01:17:52,672 --> 01:17:54,507 - They got the better end of the stick. 1680 01:17:54,591 --> 01:17:56,468 And I was like, "Oh, shit. 1681 01:17:56,551 --> 01:17:58,345 "Like, this is twisted. 1682 01:17:58,428 --> 01:18:00,263 Our system is twisted." 1683 01:18:03,725 --> 01:18:04,976 How can I be the ringleader 1684 01:18:05,060 --> 01:18:06,978 when I never even met Roy in person? 1685 01:18:07,062 --> 01:18:08,688 Or how can I be the ringleader when me and Alexis 1686 01:18:08,772 --> 01:18:10,815 weren't even friends? 1687 01:18:10,857 --> 01:18:12,942 - I don't know. I don't have a lot of sympathy. 1688 01:18:12,984 --> 01:18:16,029 - And police say alleged ringleader Rachel Lee 1689 01:18:16,112 --> 01:18:18,990 is wearing a necklace stolen from Rachel Bilson. 1690 01:18:19,074 --> 01:18:21,034 - Nick Prugo wasn't the only one to say 1691 01:18:21,117 --> 01:18:23,578 that this was really-- really Rachel-Lee-driven. 1692 01:18:23,661 --> 01:18:25,580 And in one of the videos, at least, 1693 01:18:25,663 --> 01:18:27,082 it appears that she's sort of the one 1694 01:18:27,165 --> 01:18:29,584 that Nick's trailing behind. 1695 01:18:29,668 --> 01:18:32,462 This started with Rachel Lee, and Nick Prugo went along. 1696 01:18:33,963 --> 01:18:36,341 - Of course, we weren't there, so we're not sure. 1697 01:18:36,383 --> 01:18:39,052 Was it Rachel's idea? Was it Nick's idea? 1698 01:18:39,135 --> 01:18:42,097 - Because Rachel stayed out of the limelight 1699 01:18:42,180 --> 01:18:45,225 and could not refute the idea that she was the ringleader, 1700 01:18:45,308 --> 01:18:46,643 it just persisted. 1701 01:18:46,685 --> 01:18:49,479 - When people think "Rachel Lee," 1702 01:18:49,521 --> 01:18:51,314 they think "ringleader." 1703 01:18:51,356 --> 01:18:53,149 - I know. - And so it's-- 1704 01:18:53,191 --> 01:18:54,150 - I know. 1705 01:18:54,192 --> 01:18:56,236 - It's kind of, like, never been disproven. 1706 01:18:56,319 --> 01:18:58,196 Right? - Yeah. 1707 01:18:58,238 --> 01:19:01,366 - I don't buy that Rachel pressured Nick 1708 01:19:01,449 --> 01:19:02,992 into doing anything. 1709 01:19:03,034 --> 01:19:04,703 I could understand how that story 1710 01:19:04,744 --> 01:19:06,955 would work out for him. 1711 01:19:07,038 --> 01:19:09,708 But he was an independent person. 1712 01:19:09,791 --> 01:19:11,209 He'll do something if he wants to do something. 1713 01:19:11,251 --> 01:19:12,877 If he didn't want to do that, he would have said, 1714 01:19:12,919 --> 01:19:14,129 "Let's not do this." 1715 01:19:14,212 --> 01:19:18,216 - You know, for a lot of people that were involved 1716 01:19:18,258 --> 01:19:20,010 in the Bling Ring, it was kind of, like, 1717 01:19:20,051 --> 01:19:22,220 a one-time thing for them. You know? 1718 01:19:22,303 --> 01:19:24,806 And I think for me and Nick, it was very repetitive. 1719 01:19:24,889 --> 01:19:27,142 So I feel like if anybody was the ringleader, 1720 01:19:27,225 --> 01:19:29,060 it was me and him, because I feel 1721 01:19:29,102 --> 01:19:30,520 like we did it just as much. 1722 01:19:31,896 --> 01:19:36,151 He and I were both equally as aggressive 1723 01:19:36,234 --> 01:19:38,737 and both equally as passive. 1724 01:19:38,820 --> 01:19:41,740 [uneasy music] 1725 01:19:41,781 --> 01:19:44,200 ♪ ♪ 1726 01:19:44,242 --> 01:19:46,077 Right before I went to prison, 1727 01:19:46,119 --> 01:19:48,913 I was living with my mom in an apartment 1728 01:19:48,997 --> 01:19:50,915 because she had to spend so much money 1729 01:19:50,957 --> 01:19:52,625 on lawyers and everything, 1730 01:19:52,709 --> 01:19:55,003 so everything got kind of downsized. 1731 01:19:55,086 --> 01:19:57,630 I was looking for something in my room, 1732 01:19:57,714 --> 01:19:59,049 and then I pulled out the Ziploc, 1733 01:19:59,090 --> 01:20:02,677 and it was probably, like, about an inch full of Xanax. 1734 01:20:02,761 --> 01:20:05,013 And honestly, still to this day, 1735 01:20:05,096 --> 01:20:07,640 I don't know if this is, like, a truth or a lie, 1736 01:20:07,724 --> 01:20:12,604 but I took one, and then I put the rest down the toilet. 1737 01:20:12,687 --> 01:20:14,022 I was like, "That's it. 1738 01:20:14,105 --> 01:20:16,107 You're never gonna purchase Xanax again." 1739 01:20:23,239 --> 01:20:27,118 When I self-surrendered into state prison, 1740 01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,913 we went to the guard gate 1741 01:20:29,954 --> 01:20:33,124 to where it was just that typical scene 1742 01:20:33,208 --> 01:20:34,501 of that entrance of a prison, 1743 01:20:34,584 --> 01:20:36,920 with the barbed wire on the top of the fence. 1744 01:20:36,961 --> 01:20:39,964 And the guard looked at me, and he said, 1745 01:20:40,048 --> 01:20:41,424 "Welcome to prison." 1746 01:20:47,347 --> 01:20:51,476 At the time, my grandma was in an elderly home 1747 01:20:51,559 --> 01:20:54,521 because when my dad was advised to go to Korea 1748 01:20:54,604 --> 01:20:56,064 and he left, 1749 01:20:56,147 --> 01:20:58,733 there was nobody to take her. 1750 01:20:58,817 --> 01:21:00,860 Late at night, a correctional officer 1751 01:21:00,944 --> 01:21:02,487 brought me into the office and was like, 1752 01:21:02,529 --> 01:21:04,406 "Hey, you should sit down. Like, I have something-- 1753 01:21:04,489 --> 01:21:06,533 a mail for you, and I already read it." 1754 01:21:06,616 --> 01:21:10,453 And my grandma passed away 1755 01:21:10,495 --> 01:21:13,206 while my dad was in Korea and while I was in prison. 1756 01:21:17,919 --> 01:21:21,006 When my dad came back for the funeral 1757 01:21:21,089 --> 01:21:23,216 and he came and visited me, 1758 01:21:23,299 --> 01:21:26,928 he said, "My mom died alone because of you." 1759 01:21:27,012 --> 01:21:29,848 And I said, "I know." 1760 01:21:29,889 --> 01:21:32,308 And he just said to me, 1761 01:21:32,350 --> 01:21:35,854 "It might take me a long time to forgive you." 1762 01:21:35,895 --> 01:21:37,981 And I was like, "Okay." 1763 01:21:40,108 --> 01:21:42,360 But he still came and visited me, 1764 01:21:42,402 --> 01:21:45,196 and he still treated me like his daughter. 1765 01:21:45,238 --> 01:21:52,203 ♪ ♪ 1766 01:21:53,413 --> 01:21:56,499 - When you were in a prison, I was getting some kind 1767 01:21:56,541 --> 01:21:57,792 of a punishment also. 1768 01:21:57,876 --> 01:21:59,044 - Yeah. 1769 01:21:59,085 --> 01:22:02,422 - I didn't know how to tune-- 1770 01:22:02,505 --> 01:22:07,844 how to tune your life as a father, 1771 01:22:07,886 --> 01:22:11,723 because you were too indulged. 1772 01:22:11,765 --> 01:22:14,184 Like, in Las Vegas, 1773 01:22:14,225 --> 01:22:20,106 why you didn't listen to when I say no, 1774 01:22:20,190 --> 01:22:23,568 when I screamed about, like, no. 1775 01:22:23,651 --> 01:22:26,905 I just said, "No!" 1776 01:22:26,946 --> 01:22:28,365 You know? - Mm-hmm. 1777 01:22:28,406 --> 01:22:31,743 - So you have to get some kind of message 1778 01:22:31,785 --> 01:22:34,746 from that kind of expression. 1779 01:22:34,829 --> 01:22:36,373 - I think I was ignoring, 1780 01:22:36,414 --> 01:22:37,832 like, deliberately, like, just ignoring. 1781 01:22:37,916 --> 01:22:40,043 - Because you-- you didn't have any room, 1782 01:22:40,085 --> 01:22:41,336 because you're too much self-centered 1783 01:22:41,419 --> 01:22:43,713 with your friend. - Yeah. Yeah. 1784 01:22:43,755 --> 01:22:45,882 Okay. So let me ask you this. 1785 01:22:45,924 --> 01:22:49,302 From that girl back in Las Vegas and now, 1786 01:22:49,386 --> 01:22:53,723 do you think I've progressed? 1787 01:22:53,765 --> 01:22:56,017 - Uh, I don't know. 1788 01:22:56,101 --> 01:22:59,187 Maybe physically, you are kind of adjusted, 1789 01:22:59,270 --> 01:23:01,898 and you are going fine. 1790 01:23:01,940 --> 01:23:05,735 But love, happiness, you have to develop 1791 01:23:05,777 --> 01:23:11,533 your own definition now. 1792 01:23:17,664 --> 01:23:23,294 - 30 days in jail on a reckless driving case, 1793 01:23:23,378 --> 01:23:27,132 30 days in jail on the first DUI case consecutive, 1794 01:23:27,173 --> 01:23:28,967 and 30 days in jail 1795 01:23:29,050 --> 01:23:33,013 on the second DUI case consecutive. 1796 01:23:33,096 --> 01:23:34,681 That's 90 days in jail. 1797 01:23:34,764 --> 01:23:37,267 - The surveillance video from the jewelry store 1798 01:23:37,308 --> 01:23:41,146 where Lindsay allegedly lifted a $2,500 necklace. 1799 01:23:41,229 --> 01:23:43,273 - Reality TV star Alexis Neiers, 1800 01:23:43,314 --> 01:23:44,899 jailed for her role 1801 01:23:44,983 --> 01:23:46,609 in the celebrity Bling Ring robberies, 1802 01:23:46,651 --> 01:23:50,113 claims she could hear Lohan crying in the next cell. 1803 01:23:50,989 --> 01:23:54,284 - Fame is often fleeting. 1804 01:23:54,325 --> 01:23:56,953 Celebrities are just people, and they're as happy 1805 01:23:56,995 --> 01:23:58,663 and as miserable as anybody else, 1806 01:23:58,747 --> 01:23:59,831 sometimes more so. 1807 01:24:03,585 --> 01:24:07,005 - Growing up, I myself desperately wanted 1808 01:24:07,047 --> 01:24:07,964 to be famous. 1809 01:24:08,006 --> 01:24:10,091 And part of the reason I went to school in LA 1810 01:24:10,175 --> 01:24:12,344 is because that was when "The Hills" was on. 1811 01:24:12,427 --> 01:24:14,137 Living here was like the Mecca. 1812 01:24:14,179 --> 01:24:16,139 I could finally go to all those places 1813 01:24:16,181 --> 01:24:17,599 that everyone had talked about. 1814 01:24:17,682 --> 01:24:20,560 And then when I got here and I realized that, like, 1815 01:24:20,643 --> 01:24:21,811 even when you're here, 1816 01:24:21,853 --> 01:24:26,775 it's just still a constant, like-- 1817 01:24:26,858 --> 01:24:28,360 no one's ever satisfied. 1818 01:24:28,401 --> 01:24:31,863 - I grew up in LA, but I'm not a-- 1819 01:24:31,905 --> 01:24:34,199 I'm not struck by celebrities. 1820 01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:37,118 Oh, you know, can I-- I mean, look. 1821 01:24:37,202 --> 01:24:39,162 When Snoop Dogg shot "Gin and Juice" near my house, 1822 01:24:39,204 --> 01:24:41,206 did I go and get his autograph? I sure did. 1823 01:24:41,289 --> 01:24:42,874 But I otherwise was not an autograph-getter. 1824 01:24:42,957 --> 01:24:43,917 That wasn't me. 1825 01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:45,502 I don't want to take a picture with a celebrity. 1826 01:24:45,543 --> 01:24:47,671 - There are people who actually, literally, 1827 01:24:47,712 --> 01:24:50,965 don't care that there are cameras everywhere. 1828 01:24:51,049 --> 01:24:52,967 Um, I'm not one of them. 1829 01:24:53,051 --> 01:24:54,636 - Do you wanna be famous? - Sure. 1830 01:24:58,431 --> 01:25:01,518 - My family, to this day, still don't have justice. 1831 01:25:01,559 --> 01:25:04,020 The authorities basically made us believe 1832 01:25:04,062 --> 01:25:06,064 that no matter how we pursue this, 1833 01:25:06,106 --> 01:25:07,565 nothing's gonna happen, 1834 01:25:07,649 --> 01:25:11,945 and there was nothing that we could do about it. 1835 01:25:12,028 --> 01:25:13,405 Corvette, Corvette. 1836 01:25:13,488 --> 01:25:15,156 It is not. 1837 01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:16,574 Corvette, Corvette-- 1838 01:25:16,616 --> 01:25:20,245 I've always felt like I should be capitalizing on this. 1839 01:25:20,286 --> 01:25:23,206 Corvette, Corvette. Hop in a-- 1840 01:25:23,248 --> 01:25:25,250 And it comes in waves because then at times, 1841 01:25:25,291 --> 01:25:28,211 I feel like, if I want to have a brand, 1842 01:25:28,253 --> 01:25:30,714 I don't want it to be the professional victim. 1843 01:25:30,755 --> 01:25:32,257 But at the same time, 1844 01:25:32,340 --> 01:25:35,969 the outcome could become a blessing 1845 01:25:36,052 --> 01:25:39,014 if I navigated it that way. 1846 01:25:39,097 --> 01:25:42,267 I have no gas and no friends. 1847 01:25:42,308 --> 01:25:43,435 [drumming on dashboard] 1848 01:25:43,518 --> 01:25:46,521 Around March 2020, I wanted to expand 1849 01:25:46,604 --> 01:25:48,356 my social media presence again, 1850 01:25:48,440 --> 01:25:50,442 and my videos weren't getting that many views. 1851 01:25:50,483 --> 01:25:52,277 And then I realized one day, like, 1852 01:25:52,318 --> 01:25:56,114 I have all these screenshots of Nick messaging me 1853 01:25:56,156 --> 01:25:57,282 and, like, all this proof 1854 01:25:57,365 --> 01:25:59,492 that I've put on my Facebook before 1855 01:25:59,576 --> 01:26:02,370 that I could just get together and post it on YouTube, 1856 01:26:02,454 --> 01:26:04,706 and hopefully, more people will see it. 1857 01:26:04,789 --> 01:26:06,332 I told the whole story. 1858 01:26:06,416 --> 01:26:07,959 Coming out of my parent's room. 1859 01:26:08,043 --> 01:26:09,085 I run out of the room. 1860 01:26:09,127 --> 01:26:10,670 Like, "Who died? What happened?" 1861 01:26:10,754 --> 01:26:12,339 And all I hear is, "Where's the money? 1862 01:26:12,422 --> 01:26:14,424 Where's all the money?" And I-- 1863 01:26:14,466 --> 01:26:16,801 It caught on and started getting more views, and then-- 1864 01:26:16,843 --> 01:26:18,178 - Enter Eden Hilton. 1865 01:26:18,261 --> 01:26:19,929 Eden has an insane storytime on his channel 1866 01:26:19,971 --> 01:26:21,890 about the Bling Ring, and you should go watch it. 1867 01:26:21,973 --> 01:26:23,975 This is his story that he told on his channel. 1868 01:26:24,059 --> 01:26:25,226 Them hanging out-- 1869 01:26:25,310 --> 01:26:26,478 - More people started reaching out to me, 1870 01:26:26,561 --> 01:26:29,564 and that reopened this case for me 1871 01:26:29,647 --> 01:26:31,566 in such a different way that I've never felt before. 1872 01:26:31,649 --> 01:26:33,818 I'm not gonna stop until I get justice. 1873 01:26:33,902 --> 01:26:36,446 And if I don't get justice, I will forever talk about it. 1874 01:26:36,488 --> 01:26:39,407 I don't have any bad blood with Nick anymore, 1875 01:26:39,491 --> 01:26:41,284 and we've spoken recently. 1876 01:26:41,326 --> 01:26:44,621 And it's not like I want his life to be ruined. 1877 01:26:44,662 --> 01:26:48,792 I would never let him into my home, 1878 01:26:48,833 --> 01:26:54,214 but I would maybe have, like, sushi with him 1879 01:26:54,297 --> 01:26:56,841 or something, just to talk in person. 1880 01:26:56,883 --> 01:27:00,512 All I really ever wanted, more than the money back 1881 01:27:00,553 --> 01:27:02,222 or notoriety or anything, 1882 01:27:02,305 --> 01:27:05,475 was for Nick and Rachel to apologize to me. 1883 01:27:12,357 --> 01:27:14,067 - People were hurt, 1884 01:27:14,150 --> 01:27:16,194 not physically, but emotionally, 1885 01:27:16,236 --> 01:27:17,862 and that's even worse. 1886 01:27:17,904 --> 01:27:19,406 Ugh. 1887 01:27:19,489 --> 01:27:22,117 It's really stressful thinking about the past, 1888 01:27:22,200 --> 01:27:24,953 'cause it's so far from where I am today. 1889 01:27:27,414 --> 01:27:31,167 It's quite disturbing, actually. 1890 01:27:31,209 --> 01:27:33,044 - What disturbs you? 1891 01:27:33,086 --> 01:27:35,005 - [sighs] 1892 01:27:35,046 --> 01:27:40,343 I think I, honestly, was a sociopath. 1893 01:27:40,427 --> 01:27:44,806 I think I honestly didn't care about anybody or anything. 1894 01:27:48,893 --> 01:27:51,938 My first proud moment came in fire camp. 1895 01:27:52,022 --> 01:27:54,399 - There are only 86 female prison inmates 1896 01:27:54,441 --> 01:27:56,192 in the entire county who work 1897 01:27:56,234 --> 01:27:58,361 at Malibu Conservation Camp 13. 1898 01:27:58,403 --> 01:27:59,863 Now it's a joint program 1899 01:27:59,904 --> 01:28:01,740 of the California Department of Corrections 1900 01:28:01,823 --> 01:28:03,283 and LA County Fire, 1901 01:28:03,366 --> 01:28:05,827 designed to help rehabilitate inmates. 1902 01:28:07,912 --> 01:28:10,290 - We got to work with LA Fire Department 1903 01:28:10,373 --> 01:28:14,294 and, you know, being a part of a community. 1904 01:28:14,377 --> 01:28:16,796 Through fire camp I found myself, 1905 01:28:16,880 --> 01:28:20,258 and I also was around women who wanted to be better 1906 01:28:20,300 --> 01:28:21,885 and who wanted to make changes in their life. 1907 01:28:21,926 --> 01:28:25,055 And everyone at fire camp was empowering each other, 1908 01:28:25,138 --> 01:28:27,307 so it was like the perfect last stop. 1909 01:28:31,102 --> 01:28:35,940 The week before I paroled, like, before I got out, 1910 01:28:36,024 --> 01:28:39,694 a tradition in prison is, like, you pass on your fortune 1911 01:28:39,778 --> 01:28:42,947 to the ones that, you know, kind of took care of you 1912 01:28:43,031 --> 01:28:44,783 when you were there. 1913 01:28:44,866 --> 01:28:46,743 I took everything that was in my locker, 1914 01:28:46,785 --> 01:28:49,245 and then I gave away all the food to my friends 1915 01:28:49,287 --> 01:28:51,373 and, like, my body stuff, like, face lotions, 1916 01:28:51,456 --> 01:28:53,625 and I just gave all my stuff away. 1917 01:28:56,419 --> 01:28:59,339 And then they're like, "Lee to the office," 1918 01:28:59,422 --> 01:29:01,132 and that means, like, you're getting out. 1919 01:29:01,174 --> 01:29:04,594 And so when when that happens, when somebody paroles, 1920 01:29:04,636 --> 01:29:09,516 everybody lines up to the fence where they can see you leave. 1921 01:29:09,599 --> 01:29:14,354 And so--and I remember all the girls were, like, cheering. 1922 01:29:14,437 --> 01:29:17,399 And they were so, like, happy for me. 1923 01:29:17,482 --> 01:29:19,693 And they're like, "You live your best life, girl!" 1924 01:29:19,776 --> 01:29:22,278 Like, "I better not see you here ever again," 1925 01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:24,155 and, "If I see you, I'm gonna kick your ass!" 1926 01:29:24,239 --> 01:29:25,573 You know? 1927 01:29:25,657 --> 01:29:27,450 Like, "You're dead, girl, you're dead, Lee, 1928 01:29:27,492 --> 01:29:29,160 if you come back here!" 1929 01:29:29,202 --> 01:29:32,080 And I was like, "Stop, guys." 1930 01:29:32,163 --> 01:29:34,416 Like, I'm--like, stop. You know? 1931 01:29:34,499 --> 01:29:38,044 And my mom and my stepdad had, like, balloons 1932 01:29:38,128 --> 01:29:40,005 and, like, welcome home-- 1933 01:29:40,088 --> 01:29:43,758 home. 1934 01:29:43,842 --> 01:29:45,385 [sniffling] 1935 01:29:45,468 --> 01:29:47,512 And then my mom was, like, "Oh, come see your room. 1936 01:29:47,554 --> 01:29:48,972 Come see your room." 1937 01:29:49,014 --> 01:29:51,057 And I was like, "Oh, my God, it's so cute." 1938 01:29:51,141 --> 01:29:52,267 Like, it was empty, 1939 01:29:52,308 --> 01:29:54,144 but there was, like, a mattress on the floor, 1940 01:29:54,227 --> 01:29:57,272 and I had, like, my box from prison. 1941 01:29:57,355 --> 01:30:02,694 And I just remembered feeling 1942 01:30:02,736 --> 01:30:05,530 like this is all that I need in the world. 1943 01:30:05,572 --> 01:30:07,198 I don't need anything else. 1944 01:30:07,282 --> 01:30:10,201 [soft music] 1945 01:30:10,285 --> 01:30:17,417 ♪ ♪ 1946 01:30:21,546 --> 01:30:23,340 - Hi. Welcome. 1947 01:30:23,381 --> 01:30:24,883 - Thank you. 1948 01:30:28,678 --> 01:30:30,805 Oh. 1949 01:30:30,889 --> 01:30:32,349 - I like the color. - Yeah. 1950 01:30:32,390 --> 01:30:33,391 - The color is really pretty. 1951 01:30:33,475 --> 01:30:34,559 - That mustard's pretty. 1952 01:30:34,601 --> 01:30:37,729 I've tried to make new friends. 1953 01:30:37,812 --> 01:30:40,899 But I have some trauma with friends. 1954 01:30:40,940 --> 01:30:44,694 [soft music] 1955 01:30:44,736 --> 01:30:48,156 When I look back to when Nick and I were actually friends, 1956 01:30:48,198 --> 01:30:50,200 our relationship was just crumbling 1957 01:30:50,241 --> 01:30:51,993 from the first day that we met. 1958 01:30:53,203 --> 01:30:56,915 To me, he's dangerous. 1959 01:30:56,956 --> 01:31:02,587 This is very extreme, what I'm going to say, 1960 01:31:02,629 --> 01:31:04,089 but it is my truth. 1961 01:31:04,172 --> 01:31:07,092 And to be honest, I feel like I was one of his victims. 1962 01:31:07,175 --> 01:31:09,260 I feel like he-- 1963 01:31:09,302 --> 01:31:11,638 I was the perfect person 1964 01:31:11,721 --> 01:31:18,728 that he could just dig his claws into and just-- 1965 01:31:22,691 --> 01:31:25,610 You know, there is only one scene from that movie 1966 01:31:25,694 --> 01:31:28,071 that I feel I'll never be able to forget. 1967 01:31:28,113 --> 01:31:30,448 - I love your shirt. 1968 01:31:30,490 --> 01:31:31,991 - Thank you. 1969 01:31:32,075 --> 01:31:38,123 - When my character is walking into school 1970 01:31:38,164 --> 01:31:39,457 it's, like, slow motion, 1971 01:31:39,499 --> 01:31:41,960 and the wind's, like, blowing in her hair, 1972 01:31:42,002 --> 01:31:45,463 and Nick's character's narrating over that scene. 1973 01:31:45,505 --> 01:31:46,798 And he says... 1974 01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:48,800 - I loved her almost like a sister. 1975 01:31:48,842 --> 01:31:50,719 That's what made this situation so hard. 1976 01:31:50,802 --> 01:31:52,387 - Like, "I loved her like a sister, 1977 01:31:52,470 --> 01:31:56,474 "and if I could do it all over again, 1978 01:31:56,558 --> 01:31:57,934 I wouldn't have hurt her." 1979 01:31:57,976 --> 01:32:01,479 And I just remember, like, when I was watching 1980 01:32:01,521 --> 01:32:02,981 that moment, 1981 01:32:03,023 --> 01:32:09,571 I knew that it was a message for me from him. 1982 01:32:09,654 --> 01:32:12,907 But I'll never allow him in my life again, 1983 01:32:12,949 --> 01:32:16,202 no matter what. 1984 01:32:16,286 --> 01:32:20,582 - ♪ And it falls down ♪ 1985 01:32:22,625 --> 01:32:25,295 [camera shutters snapping] 1986 01:32:30,508 --> 01:32:33,345 - Haven't you guys got enough now? 1987 01:32:33,428 --> 01:32:34,429 - Excuse me. 1988 01:32:34,512 --> 01:32:35,972 - You know, maybe back then, 1989 01:32:36,014 --> 01:32:38,016 when everyone was talking in the media, 1990 01:32:38,099 --> 01:32:39,559 I didn't trust myself, 1991 01:32:39,642 --> 01:32:40,894 because I didn't know-- 1992 01:32:40,977 --> 01:32:44,272 I didn't really know, like, what was, like-- 1993 01:32:44,314 --> 01:32:45,690 I didn't have my story straight. 1994 01:32:45,732 --> 01:32:46,858 And I still don't. 1995 01:32:46,941 --> 01:32:50,862 There's a lot of holes in my story. 1996 01:32:50,904 --> 01:32:53,156 - Do you think sometimes you lie 1997 01:32:53,198 --> 01:32:55,617 accidentally or unconsciously? - Yeah. 1998 01:32:55,700 --> 01:32:57,535 I--I do. I do. 1999 01:32:57,619 --> 01:32:59,245 I actually catch myself sometimes, 2000 01:32:59,329 --> 01:33:01,373 and they're very stupid lies. 2001 01:33:01,414 --> 01:33:03,792 [discordant music] 2002 01:33:03,875 --> 01:33:06,836 All of these members of this group, 2003 01:33:06,878 --> 01:33:11,383 every single one of our truths is truth, to thyself. 2004 01:33:11,466 --> 01:33:14,386 - Nick! 2005 01:33:14,469 --> 01:33:16,680 - Alexis. 2006 01:33:16,721 --> 01:33:18,807 - It's a footprint in time. 2007 01:33:18,890 --> 01:33:20,642 It's there forever. 2008 01:33:22,102 --> 01:33:27,899 But now I'm finally getting to know who I really am. 2009 01:33:29,734 --> 01:33:33,613 At least, I think so. 2010 01:33:33,697 --> 01:33:37,117 - ♪ Temptation pulling me today ♪ 2011 01:33:37,200 --> 01:33:39,369 ♪ Should I take the high road? ♪ 2012 01:33:39,411 --> 01:33:40,912 ♪ Should I stay away? ♪ 2013 01:33:40,954 --> 01:33:44,749 ♪ But we here and yeah, we on the same page ♪ 2014 01:33:44,791 --> 01:33:46,793 ♪ We feeling for that fakeness ♪ 2015 01:33:46,876 --> 01:33:48,586 ♪ Can you listen on this ♪ 2016 01:33:48,670 --> 01:33:50,755 ♪ I knew that I should show up ♪ 2017 01:33:50,839 --> 01:33:55,760 ♪ Own up to my compass pulled up ♪ 2018 01:33:55,802 --> 01:33:59,097 ♪ I need to put it undone ♪ 2019 01:33:59,180 --> 01:34:04,436 ♪ So sweet, got my pressure on up ♪ 2020 01:34:04,477 --> 01:34:06,938 ♪ I knew that I should show up ♪ 2021 01:34:06,980 --> 01:34:10,817 ♪ Own up to my compass pulled up ♪ 2022 01:34:12,485 --> 01:34:14,946 ♪ I need to put it undone ♪ 2023 01:34:14,988 --> 01:34:18,867 ♪ So sweet, got my pressure on up ♪ 2024 01:34:21,286 --> 01:34:24,664 ♪ Place it on me, stack it to the top ♪ 2025 01:34:24,748 --> 01:34:26,791 ♪ You know I like that curvy girl ♪ 2026 01:34:26,875 --> 01:34:28,585 ♪ Body don't stop ♪ 2027 01:34:28,626 --> 01:34:31,004 ♪ Let it drop, drop, drop, drop ♪ 2028 01:34:31,087 --> 01:34:34,883 ♪ Take it to the floor, we ain't got house so ♪ 2029 01:34:34,966 --> 01:34:36,468 ♪ Bitch asked me for more ♪ 2030 01:34:37,510 --> 01:34:38,345 [bright tone]