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They would be dressed well, and according to Prugo, merchants never questioned their use of the cards. They would take credit cards found in the cars and go shopping the next day in areas like Melrose Avenue. Prugo and Lee began checking the doors of expensive cars parked in their neighborhood to see if they were unlocked on an almost nightly basis. They split the money, and the next day went on a shopping spree on Rodeo Drive. During that first burglary, they reportedly discovered $8,000 in cash hidden under a bed. Prugo claims to have been reluctant but did not want to risk losing her friendship. The first home they burgled together occurred during the summer after tenth grade, when he claims that Lee suggested they burgle the residence of an acquaintance from Woodland Hills whom Prugo knew to be out of town at the time. After being accepted into her circle of friends and participating in their nightlife activities, Prugo became hooked on drugs and began stealing from his parents to support his addiction. The two initially bonded over their interest in fashion and social media. Lee befriended Prugo after he arrived at Indian Hills and introduced him to most of the other people who would eventually join the crime spree. In 2003, Prugo had a role as "Kenny" in Little Lost Souls: Children Possessed, a made-for-TV quasi-documentary about the exorcism of children whose parents believed them to be possessed by evil. Nicholas Frank Prugo, reported to be a shy guy, transferred to Indian Hills High School after being expelled from Calabasas High School for excessive absences. Toward the end of the crime spree, Lee moved to Las Vegas to live with her father. According to fellow burglar Nick Prugo, Lee was obsessed with reality television. A year later, she was fined and put on probation for petty theft after she and Diana Tamayo stole $85 of merchandise from a Sephora cosmetics store. She was expelled from Calabasas High School and later attended Indian Hills High School, an alternative school that awarded her a creative arts scholarship upon graduating. Lee, the ringleader of the group, is of Korean descent and lived in Calabasas with her mother. 3 Investigation and criminal proceedingsīling Ring members Rachel Lee.Visit Ben Kendrick's website for info on his fiction work, follow him on Twitter or check out what he's doing now over at Rise at Seven. Thanks to a background in fiction writing, Ben is drawn to films that make story and character a priority however, that doesn't stop him from enjoying a range of Hollywood offerings - from blockbuster action flicks to campy so-bad-they're-good B-movies.
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A graduate of the New School’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, Ben has been passionate about movies ever since standing in line for a midnight showing of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when he was eight years-old.
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He is a member of the Denver Film Critics Society as well as the Online Film Critics Society - with work referenced, cited, or syndicated on CNN, Wikipedia, Huffington Post, Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB, Yahoo, and Business Insider, among others. She plays a key role in the unfolding events, and Chang offers a strong performance, but viewers are never granted anything but superficial information about her motivations, feelings, or backstory - which means the onscreen experience, at times, is showing a play-by-play of events without providing much insight into what (besides celebrity obsession) fuels Rachel's choices.īen Kendrick is the former Content Director (and current film critic) of Screen Rant, CBR, and Collider as well as host of the Screen Rant Underground and Total Geekall podcast. For that reason the character, as the leader and instigator, is somewhat of a missed opportunity in the film. Rachel (Katie Chang) is charming and spontaneous, but beyond manipulating Marc, the character is mostly just a cold and callous face to the burgling crew. Coppola presents Marc as the only voice-of-reason and apprehension, a relatable stand-in for the audience, whereas the rest of the Bling Ring is mostly depicted (albeit intentionally) as thoughtless teenage cliches.
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Broussard succeeds in fleshing Marc out - positioning the group's second-in-command as an impressionable fish-out-of-water that's desperately afraid of being abandoned by his BFF Rachel. Certain members of the crew get more attention than others - such as Marc (Broussard) who is easily the most sympathetic of the bunch.