17.7.09

ORLANDO BLOOM'S LOS ANGELES HOUSE ROBBED OF £300,000


THIEVES HAVE RAIDED THE LOS ANGELES HOME OF ORLANDO BLOOM, MAKING AWAY WITH NUMEROUS BELONGINGS WORTH MORE THAN £300,000. HIS VINTAGE WATCH COLLECTION, INCLUDING ONE THAT WAS WORTH AROUND £150,000, JEWELRY AND CASH ARE THOUGHT TO BE STOLEN, AFTER BURGLARS ENTERED THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS HOME THROUGH A WINDOW. THE ENGLISH ACTOR WAS AWAY IN NEW YORK AND WAS NOT AT THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE BREAK IN. A RELATIVE DISCOVERED THE THEFT AND BLOOM IMMEDIATELY HEADED HOME TO MAKE A LIST OF THE MISSING ITEMS AND TALK WITH POLICE. FOURTEEN WATCHES, INCLUDING THE WATCH SEAN CONNERY WORE IN THE FILM 'GOLDFINGER' ARE MISSING. THE £150,000 WATCH WAS A 1950s ROLEX MILGAUSS. 'ORLANDO IS ABSOLUTELY GUTTED THAT HIS PERSONAL SPACE WAS INVADED', SAID A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE STAR. THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WERE CALLED TO THE PROPERTY EARLY IN THE MORNING FINGERPRINTED AND PHOTOGRAPHING THE SCENE, AND MAKING SURE IT WAS SECURED AGAINST FURTHER BREAK-INS. LA AUTHORITIES LATER TOLD TMZ.COM THAT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE "A TYPICAL BURGLARY" AND SUSPICIONS HAVE ARISEN THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN INSIDE JOB. BLOOM IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF CELEBRITY VICTIMS: PARIS HILTON, PARAMOUNT PICTURES HEAD SHERRY LANSING, AND TIM MCGRAW AND FAITH HILL HAVE ALL BEEN BURGLARIZED RECENTLY.

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