Saturday, July 24, 2010

Alexis Neiers, Pretty Wild star and prisonmate with Paris Hilton, released from jail

Celebs might want to lock up their homes.

Reality star Alexis Neiers was released from prison on Friday after serving 30 days behind bars for her role in burglarizing the home of "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Orlando Bloom.

Neiers said her experience in a Lynwood, Calif. jail—the same one that's now home to Paris Hilton — was humbling.

"I've had time to reflect on my life and the choices that led me to this experience, left alone in my cell 23 hours a day and having everything stripped away but the bare essentials. I did a lot of soul searching," she told E! News.

Neiers, a star of the network's "Pretty Wild," about growing up in the fast lane, was caught on security tape as she broke into Bloom's house last summer with two other hooded females.

The women rummaged through the house and took off with more than $500,000 in watches, cash and other booty, police said.

Neiers pleaded no contest in May to first-degree residential burglary.

The Bloom break-in is one of several robberies linked to Hollywood's so-called "Bling Ring," a mostly teenage band of celebrity-obsessed wannabes who allegedly stole from Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Audrina Patridge and actress Rachel Bilson.

A detective testified at Neiers' preliminary hearing that investigators found a Chanel necklace stolen from Lohan inside Neiers' family home.

Neiers admitted she was on Bloom's property the night of the burglary but claimed she was drunk and didn't remember taking anything.

Now she has to face three years of probation and was ordered to pay up to $600,000 in restitution.
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