Episode 40 - The Bling Ring + $100 Million Brinks Truck Robbery

First Bec (they/them) takes us back to a simpler life; a time  when ugg boots and Paris Hilton ran supreme.  A group of plucky teens break into several celebrity houses to try on their clothes, steal their drugs, and brag to their friends about it. Eventually their reckless behaviour catches up with them, but not before they snort Paris Hilton's cocaine, use Rachel Bilson's bathroom, AND a reality show premiere shows the arrests being made.

Then Adam (he/him) tells us about the time $100 million was taken in less than half an hour. Brinks put a bunch of jewels in a trailer, not the armoured vehicles they're known for, and would you believe it? The jewels were stolen!  And in a strange twist of fate, Brinks decides to sue the victims. Adam takes us through the crime itself and the subsequent trial where they really poured salt on the wound.

Bec's Sources:

• https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/crime-in-the-media/the-bling-ring/
• https://www.lofficielusa.com/film-tv/bling-ring-scandal-timeline-celebrity-heist-hollywood-burglary
• https://www.tiktok.com/@julianburzynski/video/6904399244581506310?lang=en

Adam's Sources:

• $100 Million Gone in 27 Minutes

• Millions of dollars worth of jewelry stolen in California Brinks truck heist | The Hill
• Armored Brink’s Security Truck in California Robbed of Gems and Jewelry Worth Millions - WSJ
• Brink's driver was asleep inside truck during jewelry heist - Los Angeles Times

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