Add The California Post on Google Even Beverly Hills isn’t safe anymore.
Los Angeles’ crime crisis is hitting everyone — from everyday residents to the rich and famous — and reality TV star Morgan Stewart says she’s learned that the hard way.
Stewart pulled back the curtain on the string of burglaries that have targeted her home during Friday’s episode of the “Therapuss” podcast, describing how thieves repeatedly made off with luxury items despite private security.
One of the most painful losses came just two days after she returned from France with a coveted Hermès Birkin bag.
“Bought it in France, brought it home, stolen out of my house two days later,” Stewart recounted.
She said the burglars struck after a security guard fell asleep, smashing through her office door before raiding the couple’s bedroom.
“They went into our bedroom and ransacked my husband’s watches.”
The thieves walked away with multiple rare handbags but mysteriously left behind an entire glass display case full of designer bags.
Stewart believes they assumed the case was alarmed.
In another break-in, she said, security intercepted the burglars on a nearby hillside as they fled with her jewelry. The repeated invasions have forced her to transform her property into something resembling “Fort Knox.”
The celebrity said she the crimes upset her — but she also painted a grim picture of life in one of Southern California’s wealthiest enclaves.
“I was just furious. I was angry. I’m pissed. It’s a violation,” Stewart said.
She added that the break-ins have become so routine that they’re almost expected.
“This is happening a lot in the area, unfortunately, it’s happening all the time,” she pointed out. “Everyone I know has gotten robbed.”
Other celebrities have lamented the occurrence of crime in LA for years. Superstar Goldie Hawn in 2024, for instance, declared “L.A. is terrible” after several home break-ins over the course of just four months.
Hollywood was on high alert last year after a spate of home invasions, crafty break-ins and the recent tragic double-murder of “American Idol” music supervisor Robin Kaye and her husband Thomas Deluca inside their Encino home, at the hands of an apparent robber.
Brad Pitt’s home in a gated community was broken into; thieves climbed a fence to get on the property and ransacked it. In 2017, Kendall Jenner had hundreds of thousands of dollars of jewelry stolen from her, in what was reported to be an inside job.
“The unfortunate reality is that the more you have in terms of wealth and notoriety, the more you become a target,” Jeff Zisner, president and CEO of Aegis Security and Investigations, told Fox News.
Robbery statistics have seen some improvement last year in Los Angeles after a spike in 2022, according to police data.
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