Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Dorit Kemsley was held at gunpoint and robbed Wednesday night during an invasion at her Encino Hills home while her children, ages 7 and 5, were in the house.Three men broke into the residence through the sliding glass door of the children’s home school room just before 11 p.m. PT while she was asleep, a source close to Kemsley told DailyMail.com. Kemsley had just returned from London, where she attended her nephew’s wedding on Tuesday night alongside her husband, PK Kemsley. PK stayed in London.
The intruders threatened her life while stealing handbags and jewelry. There is a lot of detail about what was supposedly exchanged between Dorit and the robbers on the Daily Mail site but the source is unclear. Erika Jayne, Lisa Rinna and Teddi Mellencamp have all been spotted coming to her house today.
I actually have some other EXCLUSIVE information in my emails this morning about Dorit and production. For now let’s just say that rumors that filming has started are premature. Production starting, does not mean filming has started. I’m working on several followups. Stay tuned…
Hope her and the kids are okay but honestly, I can’t say I’m surprised with all her “glam” posts that she posts. It’s only welcoming this type of crime. I’m certain that the criminals knew PK was out of town by monitoring their social media accounts. Remember Kim K was robbed in France because they were able to track her activity via social media.
And just think… did they not discuss Kyle being robbed last night on RHOBH?
I’ve never understood how all these rich people seem to never have drapes on their windows and they have HUGE windows. If I remember correctly Lisa Vanderpump had a wall of windows as her front entrance but no drapes or window coverings. Again, where are the cameras?
Also, I don’t mean to be the cynic, but I agree with the other poster, that this could be a setup to save her job and deflect from her and Lisa R’s terrible treatment of Garcelle.
I hope her kids didn’t have to witness much of this. It can’t be overstated how traumatic this can be for them. Just horrible. On the bright she will certainly be holding a diamond for another season. Also, cool to see the ladies showing up to support her outside of filming.
She gets robbed the day before filming and owes money. All that security? Not buying it
Wow…aren’t you just delightful.
I also have to agree as well.
She is telling the truth. I agree with her 100%. On the flip side, aren’t you just a ball of skepticism and snarky comments?!
Dorit & PK are shady as hell. They’ve been given the benefit of the doubt many a few too many times. I tend to believe the robbery happened but I can also understand why some people would be skeptical.
I have to agree, Dorit was up on the chopping block for next season, this is too suspicious
I think she was also robbed at her old house 3 years ago. Awful luck
Did they have Teddi’s husband’s security system, as I understand Kyle did prior to their robbery of her jewelry and purses?
Damn that would be juicy
Me either. No alarm system?? Hard to swallow. And/or alarm company never showed up? Something doesn’t smell right.
Everyone out there has video camera’s in their houses. Is there any mention of video during the alleged robbery? It’s just to coincidental. Can someone come up with a PKism about what are the odds???? The odds are a million to one that Dorit talks about paying full retail and the next day she is robbed.
I wonder if she or PK took the jewelry and handbags when they went overseas and then PK could hide them or sell them through associates (or fences).
With the goods an ocean away, there’s very little chance the LAPD will find the stuff. If it does surface somewhere in Europe, PK is smart enough to make sure the trail doesn’t lead back to him.
They will collect the full value from their insurance (which is more than they could have sold the items for). They will also have some percentage of the value from selling the stuff overseas. There’s no way she could show up wearing the jewelry or handbags after reporting them stolen.
For Dorit’s lifestyle/mindset, since everything was already photographed on her, the items don’t have as much value as new stuff she hasn’t worn yet, so she can now buy new things if she’s still employed as a Housewife; or they can live off the money if she isn’t a Housewife.
When Kyle was robbed, she lost a lot of heirlooms from her mother and grandmother~ things she was saving to pass down to her daughters, as well as gifts Mauricio had given her. Including the diamond earrings Andy Cohen presented to her on Mauricio’s behalf on WWHL which never made any sense to me. Why would Mo have Andy present the 21st anniversary gift on live t.v.??)
This is extremely traumatizing. She will suffer immensely and needs emotional support, not to be questioned and torn down. I’m not a huge Dorit fan, but to make something like this up takes extreme depraviy. I don’t see it. It’s also extremely unlikely. Crime is going up in the LA suburbs. There are other stories like this among famous and not.
I find Dorit to be pretentious and insufferable as well as not adding a whole lot to the show other than her preening around in her cartoon outfits. Having said that, I feel badly for her and her family having to go through such a traumatic event. There is nothing worse than to have such a violation of your personal space. I hope that terror of the incident is short lived and that she & the kids can move on.
Strangely i saw 3 articles about her closet, who pays for it and whats in it just yesterday.
Interesting. My exclusive later I am finding very interesting as well.
TT….I CAN’T WAIT for your next exclusive!!!! I’m crossing my fingers it will be TONIGHT!!!!
I’m hoping so too! I have so many questions and am waiting on answers.
I’ve been checking back. Can’t wait for the exclusive!
Yes, I keep checking to see if Tamara has posted anything yet. I get excited when she tells us something is forthcoming, or she’s getting info from her sources because her info is always 1. reliable, and 2. so juicy.
I’m glad everyone is safe. I’m sure her insurance policy will cover her losses..good thing she has so many pictures of her clothes and other possessions as proof of her losses..so very fortunate for her and PK.
This would be horrible. I can’t even begin to imagine. Prayers for her because I’m sure she will suffer from this for awhile.
I think the Housewives need to be more cognizant of what they are sharing on camera.
Part of what makes them interesting is their material wealth. Let’s face it if you’re a professional thief the lure of a $95,000 Birkin bag on the kitchen table (Crystal) can be enticing.
With that said, no one deserves what Dorit went through.
I feel a bit guilty thinking that Dorit and PK are so shady that maybe…..
Why would anyone spend that kind of money on a freaking purse? A PURSE! Donate to a local food bank or something! Gah!!!!!!
And, then obnoxiously call it an “investment”. Gag.
It’s their money they can do what they want with it but it really does seem so stupid.
In their defense, some of the bags *are* actually an investment. That bag on Crystal’s table might be 95K today, but in 5 years it likely will be 100K+
Sure. Putting that money in real estate is a good investment too but then you can’t show it off as much like Kyle and others love to do…
hope i’m wrong but this doesn’t pass the smell test! she’s right back to work filming! cements a SL for her after rumors of being on the chopping block. continues to stay in home after this happening, talks to press immediately. in the blink of an eye it went from $100,000 in stolen goods to $1 million. pk definitely has his $$$ issues and debts. she talks about how she paid full retail for everything she wears on nat’l tv! they are desperate to sell this home that they’ve been in for only a few years. they’ve had at least one robbery in recent years and possibly another. not a mark on her, no cut phone lines, she got to keep her cell phone? what about security cameras in home, why wasn’t system on at that hour?? lots of questions and red flags but most of all, she doesn’t seem too traumatized if she’s able to jump right back into work, speak to the press, have her friends over for comfort! kim k was truly traumatized and changed her entire life after her Paris incident.
did Mellencamps husband do her security also??
I have the same question.
I’ve read yes Edward did both houses.
Inside job? Hmmmmm
I thought the same when it was noted that Edgar did the security for Kyle and Dorit’s home. Not a good look for his company.
And Teddi immediately tried to shift blame to Dana White out the gate.
Still.. if it is truth it’s horribly traumatic and I feel horribly for her and her family.
I wondered too. Teddi turned up to “support” her.
I swear I saw burglar alarm pads on the wall — wasn’t it turned on? Should be connected directly to the police or a private security firm. I would have private security patrol if I had that kind of money.
I have no opinion if it’s true, but it’s a terrible story. Terrifying.
I know from working for an alarm company, in high “false alarm” areas cops won’t even respond to an alarm trigger anymore. They respond with private security and in the LA area I’ve seen an alarm call take over an hour for “officers”to respond. I’m sure for Beverly Hills it could be different, but the point I am attempting to make is that the alarm could have been on and it wouldn’t have made a difference in a quick smash and grab.
She’s not in Beverly Hills. She’s in Encino which is in The Valley, north of the Los Angeles Basin. It’s part of the City of Los Angeles and is covered by the LAPD.
No. One of her neighbors did. I live in Los Angeles have seen a lot of the coverage on the local news.
Why didn’t she have her alarm ? She didn’t learn anything from Kyle, not to mention the uptick in crimes going on now in LA and over Mulholland to the Valley. Let this be a lesson. TURN ON YOUR ALARM! That being said, how terrifying. Hopefully the kids slept through it. Knowing CA, even if they catch the robbers, nothing will happen to them.
The scariest part was that the sliding glass door into the room where the kids homeschool was busted out.
OMG, then they were awake. Should have read above more thoroughly! TURN ON THE ALARM!
Why do you say they were awake? Dorit was asleep so I’m sure the children were asleep as well. It was 11 p.m. so there is no way they were having home school in their classroom while their mom slept.
Also, we don’t know the layout of the house. It could well be that the classroom is on the ground floor and that the bedrooms are upstairs.
Dorit did not wake up to the sound of the sliding door glass breaking. She said she woke up when they were at the foot of her bed. If she had heard the glass breaking, she would have gotten out of bed to investigate or at least to check on the children. since she did NOT hear the glass break, there’s a good chance the children did not either.
my 2 cents
1. Dorit, was of last week, was up on the chopping block for next season, so the timing is fitting
2. Erika + Tom orchestrated 5 fake break ins (that I know of) for insurance $$$, it was only time for Dorit to follow suit
3. no security went off? how fitting. Just like Kyle.
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WOW….do you just make up your own facts?
Why don’t you explain exactly how faking a break in would save Droit’s job?
The answer, it wouldn’t.
You assertion that somehow Kyle staged her own break-in is absolutely ridiculous!
Kyle’s situation seemed like an inside job. Someone like the housekeeper’s husband or the gardener’s son, etc. Everyone knows they have 5 dogs, making a break-in on a random day risky, so someone knew the dogs were being boarded. Someone knew the staff was off.
Dorit’s robbery is in a whole other ballpark. Breaking in at 11pm is no guarantee that the homeowner and maybe visitors isn’t still awake. 11 is not the middle of the night.
Many people with small children are still up at 11, especially if they don’t have normal 9-5 jobs. She’d just come back from an overseas trip making sleep hours even less predictable.
Why didn’t the robbers break in when Dorit was still in England?
Did the children go to England with their mom and dad? That would have been an ideal time to break in to an empty house.
If the kids stayed in the US, did they go to Dorit’s parents house? Again, a better time to break in than waiting until Dorit was back home (with possibly a handgun or taser on her or a panic button in her bedroom or even a visitor/friend in another bedroom with time to call the police or get his own gun/taser/bear spray). Robbers generally do NOT want to deal with homeowners during a burglary.
Wow, that’s a whole lotta thinking there. I’m exhausted just reading it.
I think Kyles burglary was during a renovation of the house IIRC. The list of possible suspects could have included construction crews working the site.
I hope I am wrong, but was she setting up her insurance claim on last nights show by saying she pays full retail for everything?
I just wonder what accent she used to talk to the robbers? Not buying it.
Too bad it happened.
Too Funny 😂 DawnMammer. I’m sure that English accent went out the window!
Absolutely devistating! How could they not have good security? They’re in Encino for God’s sake!
Exactly. And her husband was out of town. A woman alone with two small children should turn on the security system, and the Ring cameras.
Poor woman. How on earth will she now be able to give the IRS a full inventory of all the items she paid retail for?
And the fab 5 or whatever were there for support, alrighty. I think these women that love to showcase their wealth for the Bling Ring 2.0 need to get an armed guard and safe room like Tiffany has. No excuse for this, I know my alarm would wake the dead so wtf Dorit! Well if she did pay full retail, this will work out great for the insurance reimbursement right, receipts and all, video footage just days before the incident cataloging the goods.
Terrifying. I hope we (collectively) aren’t desensitized to the horror of what she went through. Guns scare me — having a gun aimed at me?? I don’t know if I’d be able to follow their directions and the jerks would shoot me for not cooperating. I hope the kids were asleep. Ugh. I’m imagining 3 men breaking into my house, even without a gun, truly scary. A tip for you all — when my kids moved out and I purged some of their unused things I kept the bats and put them by every entry and by my bed (hidden). It gives me a little peace of mind.
Now, if this ends up being untrue 1) she has created an environment of people being skeptical of real victims and 2) she’s morally bankrupt.
I wouldn’t want to confront an intruder with a baseball bat.
Since you say the children were grown, I would rather put bells on my doors (like shops use to know when someone enters), lock my bedroom door and then use one of those roll-out ladders to climb out the bedroom window.
Someone as rich as Dorit should have real alarms with loud rings when a door is opened instead of the bells I suggested, and a panic button in her bedroom.
OK. Hear me out. Rumored that Dorit is being fired. Needs a storyline. They are presently filming. PK owes money. Am I the only skeptic, here. The insurance money will help PK. PK was not home, at the time. What could make you more relevant? Hope I am wrong. But, with these bitches, anything is possible.
I don’t think they set it up for insurance fraud or a storyline. If that’s the case and they did with their children home God help them.
I think PK owes a lot of money to a lot of people. People not banks. I don’t think they even own their home. Remember that video of the guy following dorit around the pool asking about the money he owed her on a business deal??? This really doesn’t smell right.
Say what you like about Dorit. I do not question her love for her children. No mother would stage something like that with her children in the house
allegedly.
Sure seems like your spidey-sense is tingling over this story TT. Can’t wait for your updates!
I disagree. “No mother would stage something like that with her children in the house.” Staging does not involve strangers. Staging could have been done by Dorit alone. Or one of PK’s trusted associates. the staging is just breaking the glass.
The glass could have been broken while the kids were not home.
Dorit could have dropped them at her parents house or to play with friends, break the glass, and then pick up the kids and take them straight upstairs (without going into their classroom)…or out to a restaurant for dinner first, etc.
If there were no actual robbers, then the only thing the kids were exposed to was their mom waking them up to say “Everything is ok, but the police are coming here to talk to Mummy. They may want to ask you if you heard the glass break while you were asleep.” (children are very susceptible to false memories).
Bravo has shown us that there are plenty of people who would do something like that for a payout of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars.
(This scenario assumes that the jewelry and handbags were long gone before this break in was staged. There’s no need for accomplices to haul the stuff away. Dorit and/or PK could have brought the stuff with them to England and then when it was safely unloaded, taken their time setting up the fake robbery. Just break the glass and call the police. Show them the empty shelves and drawers and cry a lot.)
Awful if true. Still don’t understand how this woman managed to survive the worst scenario ever – she gave away a dog to a very good
‘family friend’. The relationship then changed numerous times and she couldn’t even name the person she dumped dog on. Meanwhile, Teddy is trying to get brother on show and gets him a job with Vanderpump Rules. Obviously, she can’t sub said brother from her amazing business model – eat lettuce only presented a la my Instagram and you’ll lose weight! [disclaimer: death may be side effect]. Jack and Diane royalties must have dried up too.
Aarghh. Just realised how that read. Worse scenario ever is something like a home invasion!!!
I meant basic ‘scripted’ Real Housewives nonsense.
Apologies all round.
Teddi Mellencamp is very upset with Dana Wilkey about what happened to Dorit, to say the least.
Teddi trying to deflect from her husbands “security company” again?
Teddi’s husband that also helped Kyle and Mauricio with theirs right..?
Well Dorit did not hold back about the value of her wedding dresses, nor is it very hidden what designer outfits she is wearing.
Anyway, that is a horrible experience in front of the children and all.
One irrelevant person upset with another irrelevant person. Thirsty Teddy, take a seat!
Whenever I comment on Dorit, why do I feel compelled to start with “If it’s true”…
I want to empathize with any victim of a crime. What I hate is trying to figure out if they ARE a victim.
Meanwhile, I am watching a t.v. program showing Kylie Jenner showing off her million dollar closet. Jesus.
I wouldn’t want to confront an intruder with a baseball bat.
Since you say the children were grown, I would rather put bells on my doors (like shops use to know when someone enters), lock my bedroom door and then use one of those roll-out ladders to climb out the bedroom window.
Someone as rich as Dorit should have real alarms with loud rings when a door is opened instead of the bells I suggested, and a panic button in her bedroom.
I feel so bad for her. Mostly because she’s a mother of very young children. She probably puts a lot of pressure on herself to protect them and this is a real blow. Thank God they’re okay. I’ll bet PK feels terrible that he wasn’t there.
I don’t understand why the HW’s don’t have cameras all over their houses? It shouldn’t be so easy to break in.
It smells fishy. As you say, why not have cameras? People in that income bracket normally have security cameras at each door inside and outside the house. Definitely a security system.
Why would Dorit not activate the security system??? Home alone with no other adult in the house would trigger most mothers to activate the security system and possibly even have the kids sleep in her room. No husband at home. No staff. (not sure if the nanny normally stays over or if this were a day off).
Whole thing feels fake-ish. I guess we’ll see. I mean, Encino Hills isn’t even that great a neighborhood compared to where some of the other housewives live….
I’m surprised she didn’t talk her way out of it LOL.
I want to believe her- I really do. But I don’t. Mainly because if this happened to you, wouldn’t the people you called to come over and comfort you be your family and real friends? Who shows up instead? Her co-workers!
They think they’re smarter than everyone but they are just so obvious with the “I always pay retail” etc.
And if they set it up, the kids were never in danger- at the time. These bozos ( and that’s an insult to Bozo, for which I apologize) don’t factor in that the harm is done when when the 7 year old’s pals start saying they heard someone tried to kill his mom. It’s really criminal on so many levels. I hope I’m wrong for the kids’ sake.
I never looked at it from the calling the co-workers standpoint but it is odd that “they” are the ones she called and showed up.
I find it hard to just automatically believe anything when it comes to the Housewives. Too many years of watching the shows has given me a pretty jaded opinion of what these women will do for money and a storyline. As with many of the other commenters, if the alarm system in the house was installed by Edgar’s company, wth is up with that company. If it just wasn’t turned on, wth is wrong with Dorit that she didn’t turn it on?
What’s with this franchise? Kyle, LVP, Erika, Dorit, all robbed. I can’t recall anyone from any other franchise getting robbed.
If you’re on TV flaunting your bags and jewelry, you’d think you have the security to back it up.
What a shame that all those brown and black people who work for Dorit were absent, eh? They might have put the burglars off breaking in… strength in numbers…
I’ll preface with I’m sorry to bother you because I know you are obviously busy, can I ask if you know when you’ll get the scoop out you spoke of? I know it’ll be up when it’s ready, just curious if you have a timeframe because I’m chomping at the bit 🙂 Ty and Happy Halloween!
I’m chomping at the bit too. Let’s just say that my SOURCE appears to be very busy at the moment and I am trying to WAIT PATIENTLY. But it’s hard. I’m starting to wonder if I will ever get the tea.
If it’s true then it’s terrifying and I couldn’t imagine it happening to me or a loved one. However, I’m far from rich and I have a security system on every entrance and live cameras. If I had her expensive designer shit I would have cameras in the closets too! The situation is very confusing and I’m DREADING hearing about it all next season. Ugh…their house isn’t some huge ass mansion. Idk how a glass door shattering wouldn’t wake up. TMZ reported one intruder said “kill her”….we’re never gonna hear the end of this nest season. God forbid she just wants to move on and be thankful everyone is safe and not talk about it. If it was me I’d come out with a statement and that be that instead of reliving it for attention which I assume will happen.