Current:Home > Contact-usThe Bling Ring’s Alleged Leader Rachel Lee Revisits Infamous Celebrity Crime Case in New Documentary-InfoLens
The Bling Ring’s Alleged Leader Rachel Lee Revisits Infamous Celebrity Crime Case in New Documentary
View Date:2024-12-23 10:12:01
Rachel Lee is heading back to the Hollywood Hills—in a sense.
The alleged leader of the infamous Bling Ring will revisit the crime spree that made her and a few other teenagers, including Alexis Neiers and Nick Prugo, household names in the early aughts in an upcoming HBO documentary.
"Most people, if they saw me on the street they'd be like, 'Oh she's just a normal person,'" Lee says in the documentary's trailer. "But there's always anxiety. What if they realize who I am and what I did with the Bling Ring?"
As a refresher, the Bling Ring was the nickname given to the group of teens and young adults who targeted homes belonging to a few celebs such as Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge. (They were later convicted of multiple thefts in the wake of their spree, which is believed to have occurred over the course of nearly a year until August 2009.)
"I didn't like my world," Lee continues in the trailer. "Going into a celebrity home and trying on their stuff, I was able to live in their world."
Though counterparts like Neiers and Prugo have detailed their involvement in the burglaries more than a decade later—including in Netflix's The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist—Lee will finally share her side of the story at length. As someone in the trailer explains, "Everyone else has been like, 'She was the mastermind. She was the ringleader.'"
In October 2011, Lee pleaded no contest to burglarizing Patridge's home and was sentenced to four years in state prison. (Other charges including conspiracy to commit burglary and receiving stolen property had been dismissed.) She was granted parole in 2013.
And in the decade since her release, she's has only spoken out once before, reflecting on the legal trouble she ran into as a 19-year-old.
"As a teen, I was chasing love in all the wrong places and by the time I realized, it was too late and I was in prison," Lee, now in her early 30s, told Us Weekly in 2018. "I truly feel prison was a blessing in disguise—the best thing that ever happened to me. It made me realize you can only trust yourself at the end of the day."
The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring debuts on HBO and will be available to stream on Max Oct. 1.
Get the drama behind the scenes. Sign up for TV Scoop!veryGood! (8843)
Related
- Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why
- 3 Army Reserve officers disciplined after reservist killed 18 people last October in Maine
- How Teresa Giudice and Luis Ruelas Will Celebrate 2nd Wedding Anniversary
- Dave Bayley of Glass Animals reflects on struggles that came after Heat Waves success, creative journey for new album
- Is Kyle Richards Finally Ready to File for Divorce From Mauricio Umansky? She Says...
- Dave Bayley of Glass Animals reflects on struggles that came after Heat Waves success, creative journey for new album
- Hiker dies at Utah state park after high temperatures, running out of water
- Toronto Film Festival lineup includes movies from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, more
- Investigators believe Wisconsin kayaker faked his own death before fleeing to eastern Europe
- 2022 model Jeep and Ram vehicles under investigation by feds after multiple safety complaints
Ranking
- Why Suits' Gabriel Macht Needed Time Away From Harvey Specter After Finale
- The Simpsons writer comments on Kamala Harris predictions: I'm proud
- Keanu Reeves explains why it's good that he's 'thinking about death all the time'
- Holding out for a hero? Here are the 50 best, from Deadpool to Han Solo
- Human head washes ashore on Florida beach, police investigating: reports
- Florida’s only historically Black university names interim president
- Darren Walker, president of Ford Foundation, will step down by the end of 2025
- Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street breaks losing streak
Recommendation
-
Michael Jordan and driver Tyler Reddick come up short in bid for NASCAR championship
-
2 killed when small plane crashes after takeoff from Long Island airport
-
Miss Kansas Alexis Smith Calls Out Her Alleged Abuser Onstage in Viral Video
-
Yemen's Houthi-held port of Hodeida still ablaze 2 days after Israeli strike
-
Love Actually Secrets That Will Be Perfect to You
-
Lainey Wilson accidentally splits pants during tour
-
Commission says New York judge should be removed over profane rant at graduation party
-
Dubai Princess Shares Photo With 2-Month-Old Daughter After Shocking Divorce