The appearance of Lohan, Bloom and four other celebrities in late June before a Los Angeles County grand jury went unnoticed. The stars' reactions revealed in recently unsealed testimony obtained by The Associated Press offers the most detailed account so far of the personal toll that resulted from the rash of celebrity break-ins by the so-called "Bling Ring" between October 2008 and August 2009. One-by-one, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge and Paris Hilton also recounted for grand jurors how they walked into their supposedly secure Hollywood Hills homes to find them ransacked and looted.
Some of the items stolen were eventually returned. Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kim, who is handling the prosecution, urged jurors to overlook the stars' wealth and celebrity.
"It doesn't matter," Kim told the grand jury in closing remarks. Some folks lost items of sentimental value."
None of the stars have testified in open court. An aspiring model and reality television star, Neiers served 30 days in jail.
The five remaining defendants had been previously charged and the actors' grand jury testimony eliminated the need for a preliminary hearing.
The testimony led to indictments for felony residential burglary against Nicholas Frank Prugo, Rachel Lee, Roy Lopez Jr., Courtney Leigh Ames and Diana Tamayo. Lohan's testimony came during a turbulent streak in her life. For 40 minutes, Lohan described coming home with her sister early last August to find her rented house in complete disarray.
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