Rachel Lee is lastly taking the prospect to handle her involvement within the notorious Bling Ring robberies.
HBO dropped a primary look on Thursday, September 21, at their upcoming documentary The Ringleader. Lee is the primary topic of the undertaking as she affords her facet of the story 15 years after the crimes initially made headlines.
“Most individuals, in the event that they noticed me on the road they’d be like, ‘Oh she’s only a regular individual,’” she says within the trailer. “However there’s all the time nervousness. What in the event that they understand who I’m and what I did with the Bling Ring?”
In accordance with Lee, her private life was the rationale why she finally robbed a number of houses of high-profile stars. “I didn’t like my world,” she provides. “Going into a celeb house and attempting on their stuff, I used to be in a position to stay of their world.”
The Bling Ring: The place Are Alexis Neiers, Rachel Lee and the Relaxation Now?
The Bling Ring — consisting of Rachel Lee, Nick Prugo, Alexis Neiers, Courtney Ames and Diana Tamayo — grew to become notorious for stealing roughly $3 million in money and belongings from Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Audrina Patridge and lots of extra from 2008 to 2009. The kids and 20-somethings grew to become family names themselves following their […]
The Bling Ring — consisting of Lee, Nick Prugo, Alexis Neiers, Courtney Ames and Diana Tamayo — grew to become notorious for stealing roughly $3 million in money and belongings from Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson and lots of extra celebrities’ houses from 2008 to 2009.
Rachel Lee. HBO/YouTube
Following their 2010 arrests, the group was the inspiration behind Sofia Coppola‘s movie of the identical title and a e book by New York Occasions bestselling creator Nancy Jo Gross sales. Lee served 16 months in jail for her position within the Hollywood heists earlier than stepping again from the highlight. She has since graduated from cosmetology college for hairstyling and beforehand hinted at plans to work on a TV screenplay.
Lee later made a uncommon remark in regards to the crimes, telling Us Weekly solely in 2018, “As a teen, I used to be chasing love in all of the flawed locations and by the point I noticed, it was too late and I used to be in jail. I actually really feel jail was a blessing in disguise — the very best factor that ever occurred to me. It made me understand you’ll be able to solely belief your self on the finish of the day.”
Lee’s try to supply her model of occasions comes after Prugo and Neiers lately participated in Netflix’s The Actual Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist. The pair, who didn’t movie collectively, recalled how they received concerned within the robberies throughout the September 2022 particular.
Alexis, for her half, additionally publicly made amends by discussing the scenario with sister Gabrielle Neiers on Bilson’s podcast one month later.
Nick Prugo and Alexis Neiers from ‘Netflix’s The Actual Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist’. Courtesy of Netflix (2)
“We have been so excited to personal all of it,” Alexis defined whereas crying on the “Broad Concepts” podcast. “This isn’t tears for me — it’s because I understand how laborious that is for [Gabby]. I needed to undergo it with a unique sufferer. Our intention with doing the documentary was for you and the opposite victims. It’s so irritating and so unlucky that that’s not what ended up popping out of the documentary.”
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Alexis claimed that the Netflix doc didn’t correctly painting her model.
“Sadly, the reality about what transpired at Rachel’s home that night time and Gabby’s entire involvement received reduce out,” Alexis mentioned about her and Gabrielle’s participation in Bilson’s house being robbed. “The explanation why we did the Instagram Reside [after the fact] — we weren’t allowed to do it earlier than the documentary got here out — was to say that we aren’t going to be silent about this. The closure deserves to lastly transpire 11 years later.”
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring debuts on HBO Sunday, October 1, and can be obtainable to stream on Max.
