Paris
CNN
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Three cast members from the Netflix show “Bling Empire: New York” were burglarized last week in Paris.
The burglary happened on Mar. 2 in an apartment in Paris’ fashionable 8th arrondissement, near the Champs Elysées, rented by Lynn Ban, her husband Jett Kain and fellow cast member Blake Abbie, who are visiting for Fashion Week, according to their agent, Gia Khan.
Three minors and one adult were detained in the case, the Parisian persecutor’s office confirmed to CNN.
According to Khan, the adult was suspected of handling the stolen goods and had been recently released from prison. He has since been released without charge but the investigation into the minors is ongoing, the prosecutor’s office confirmed.
During the robbery, the apartment safe containing documents was taken, as well as passports, an iPad. A Tom Ford jacket and other luxury clothes were also stolen, the stars’ agent said, most which were recovered in under 24 hours by Paris police.
Just prior to the theft, Kain had been returning to the apartment from a shopping trip to meet his wife and accompany her to a fitting. After dropping his bags by the door, they left together, Kahn told CNN.
The three teenagers allegedly then slipped into the building behind them, broke the lock of the apartment and forced the door. The alleged burglars later filmed themselves with Kain’s shopping, wearing his new jacket and boasted about having taken the safe from the closet, Khan told CNN.
Finding the door forced in and the apartment ransacked, the couple immediately called the police, she said.
The suspects were traced using the tablet’s geolocation and caught just hours later, with one still wearing the stolen jacket.
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