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Ray William Johnson: True Story Podcast

The Bling Ring - The Rachel Lee story

Sun, 02 Feb 2025

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This is the story of Rachel Lee and The Bling Ring

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Chapter 1: Who is Rachel Lee and what is her story?

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So this 19 year old girl, she ends up robbing a bunch of celebrities. Now the girl, her name's Rachel. And Rachel lives a nice, comfortable, upper middle class life. But for some reason, this life is not enough for her. She wants more.

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And so one day, Rachel and her best friend, this guy, Nick, Nick's 18, Rachel and Nick, they decide, hey, let's cruise through some rich neighborhoods and break into some cars. So they do this, and they get some decent stuff from it. But that's still not enough for Rachel. She still wants more. Now, they live in the Los Angeles area, in Calabasas. So they get this idea.

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They're like, hey, celebrities live around here. Why don't we rob some of their houses? They probably got some good stuff and we can look up where they live online. This is their plan. And so they go and they choose their first victim, Paris Hilton. All right, real quick. You know what everyone could use a little more of? Cash back. That's why I like using Upside.

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And one night, Rachel and Nick, they make their way over to Paris Hilton's house. And they're kind of nervous because they have no idea what they're actually doing. And luckily, Paris isn't home. And when Rachel and Nick get to the door, they discover that breaking in is going to be really easy because Paris actually left a key underneath the doormat.

Chapter 2: How did Rachel Lee and Nick start their crime spree?

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They rob Orlando Bloom's house and they end up taking a half million dollars worth of art and Rolexes. So these guys are going strong and it seems like they might never get caught. Until, until the gang decides they're gonna hit Lindsay Lohan's house. And this is where they screw up.

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Because while they're there at Lindsay Lohan's house, stealing a ton of whatever Lindsay Lohan has in her house, security cameras catch them again. And I guess later, Lindsay Lohan notices all her is missing and she takes the security footage and she gives it to police. And police, they release that footage to the public.

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So now there are two videos of Rachel and her friends circulating around for everyone to see. And of course, this story makes the news again, and at some point, the media starts referring to Rachel, Nick, and her friends as The Bling Ring, which is kind of a cool name.

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One of the crazy things about this story is when it hits the news and the public starts hearing about The Bling Ring, people are actually cheering them on. Like they're all rooting for them, the thieves, to succeed. Because during this time, celebrity hate feels like it's at an all-time high.

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Like people see Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan on TV, and they just see them as like spoiled little train wrecks. Not as human beings who are having their privacy and their personal property violated. So it feels like the general public just has no sympathy for these people getting robbed. Anyway, once this second security video goes public, that's when people start recognizing them.

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And Rachel and Nick, they've bragged about these robberies at parties and in social settings so much that people start putting two and two together and the police, they start getting tons of tips from people. And police already had suspicions about Rachel and Nick just because of all the rumors that had been flying around. because they just couldn't keep their mouth shut about it.

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So anyway, bam, police go and they arrest Nick. Here's his mugshot. And he denies everything, but eventually he gives in and he snitches on everyone else in their crew. And bam, one by one, they all get arrested. Here's Rachel's mugshot. And here are other mugshots from other members of the Bling Ring.

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And poor Rachel, she's sentenced to four years in prison and Nick is sentenced to two years in prison and another guy gets three years and another woman gets 180 days in jail and three others get sentenced to probation. So, shout out to keeping your door locked, I guess.

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