In 2008, a group of LA teenagers started breaking into celebrities’ homes. Orlando Bloom, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton all lost designer clothes to the crew who became known as The Bling Ring. A few years later, Nancy Jo Sales was the journalist and author who took the story mainstream. In this subscriber episode preview she tells us how she earned their trust to write about them, and how they signaled the rise of Instagram influencer culture.
Get in touch with Nancy Jo Sales via her site: nancyjosales.com
Read Nancy’s book: The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-obsessed Teens Ripped off Hollywood and Shocked the World
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