Brad Pitt was in London playing movie star. Back home in Los Angeles, someone was playing burglar.
According to LAPD, three suspects scaled the fence of a property reportedly owned by Pitt, smashed in through a front window, and ransacked the place around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Pitt wasn’t home—he was promoting F1, his new racing thriller. The suspects made off with an unknown amount of loot, and as of now, no arrests have been made.
The mansion—because of course it’s a mansion—was purchased by Pitt in 2023 for $5.5 million. He got it from oil heiress Aileen Getty, who traded up to his old estate in the Hollywood Hills for a casual $33 million. Pitt also owns a Carmel-by-the-Sea cliffside property, because actors need options.
But apparently, no one was home Wednesday night—not even a housekeeper.
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Brad Pitt’s Not the First Celeb to Get Robbed—and He Won’t Be the Las
This isn’t a one-off. In the last few weeks alone, burglars hit Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s L.A. house on Valentine’s Day. The week before that, French soccer star Olivier Giroud was robbed. Jewelry, cash, “a significant amount of stuff”—gone.
Police haven’t said whether the incidents are connected, but this fits the M.O. of the so-called “South American burglary crews” that have quietly targeted rich U.S. neighborhoods for over a decade. Private security, gated homes, motion sensors—none of it seems to matter.
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Meanwhile, Pitt’s in His “Reinvention” Era
As for Brad, he hasn’t said a word about the break-in. And he probably won’t. He’s busy doing press for F1, a movie he says rekindled his love for acting.
“This film just reinvigorated the whole thing again for me,” he told GQ.
That “thing” being… pretending everything’s fine while people climb through your window and steal your stuff.