A former mannequin turned actuality TV host was attacked by “a number of” muggers as she walked by means of a preferred Beverly Hills neighborhood — earlier than the tv character slammed Los Angeles’ rising violent crime.
Camille Anderson, the host of “Promoting Mega Mansions,” was strolling with a good friend between eating places within the posh California metropolis Saturday evening when “a number of grown grownup males” approached them from an alleyway, she advised her Instagram followers on Wednesday.
The 47-year-old alleges she was robbed of her objects when she tried to combat off her attackers close to the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Canon Drive at round 9 p.m. on Aug. 16.
“I might see somebody within the alleyway,” Anderson advised KTLA. “I didn’t assume a lot of it and it occurred so rapidly. They lunged at me and tried to take my purse. I tensed up. It was simply my pure response.”
Anderson says the thieves failed of their first try at grabbing her purse and threw her to the bottom “very forcefully. Like my physique slammed into the bottom,” she stated in a put up on Instagram.
The brazen thieves hopped right into a ready getaway automotive and fled the realm.
Anderson’s screams caught the eye of bystanders, who referred to as 911.
Officers managed to trace down the suspects “inside 10 minutes,” Anderson advised her followers.
Police transported the 2 pals to the realm the place the suspected thieves have been captured and Anderson positively recognized the three males.
Vlad Oganisyan, 23, Razmik Papikyan, 25, and Grigoryan Vahagn, 45, have been arrested and cited within the theft.
The three males have been booked on felony stage expenses and bonded out of jail the following morning, based on inmate data considered by The Publish.
They might face expenses associated to theft and conspiracy, KTLA reported. Their instances stay underneath investigation by the Beverly Hills Police Division.
Anderson believes the three males had somebody recognizing for potential victims the evening of the assault.
“I do assume they presumably had a lookout, whether or not they have been throughout the road or close to the restaurant the place we dined,” she advised the outlet. “Perhaps somebody saved an eye fixed on us. I don’t assume it was about me specifically, however simply the truth that I had a pleasant purse on and a watch.”
The Publish has reached out to the Beverly Hills Police Division.
Anderson, who additionally appeared within the 2005 movie “Wedding ceremony Crashers,” escaped the assault comparatively unhurt solely sustaining minor scrapes and bruises.
She ripped into the rising crime all through the realm after her theft.
“I simply need to get this message on the market to take security so significantly in Los Angeles. It’s a extremely large drawback,” she stated. “I’ve now been mugged in Beverly Hills, I can say. That’s so unhappy.
“I’ve had a number of days to course of this and now I’m mad. I’m mad that these a**holes so clearly haven’t any regard for human life. For what, a handbag, a watch, and a cellphone? Guess what, they have been caught. Beverly Hills police have been extraordinarily proactive and acted at lightning pace. THANK YOU.”
The 1998 Miss Austin USA winner praised first-year LA County DA Nathan Hochman and his aggressive push towards crime within the county since taking workplace in December 2024.
“Now we have a tremendous new DA that takes this very significantly. Very robust on crime, hopefully so much more durable. Lets see how this goes within the coming weeks,” she stated.
Anderson says she has lived within the metropolis for a very long time and has witnessed the “change,” and urged her fellow Angelenos to name out the violent crime within the space.
“Right here’s the larger query although. How can we preserve this from occurring within the first place?” she requested. “As a result of I used to be fortunate sufficient to stroll away with some scrapes and bruises. However the subsequent individual might not be that fortunate. In actual fact, folks have lately been held up at gunpoint. Please, make this an even bigger dialog.”
