Today's Blind Items - The Thief

This is not some Lindsay Lohan stealing a fur coat or a pair of earrings thing while you are not looking. I do though, often wonder how many items she ultimately stole in her klepto career. It surely wasn't the number that was reported or discussed. My guess it was probably a multiple of ten of that, because you can't tell me the only times she did it were the times she was busted. There must have been successes too. It isn't like she has stopped, but this is not about her. We are talking next level here. We are talking the size and scope of a Kardashian Paris robbery type situation and it is all masterminded by someone who is a celebrity themselves. Oh, most of you know who he is because you are gossip aficionados. To anyone other than you though, no one would have a clue. Well, I take that back. The portion of the world where he supposedly makes his living would know who he is and they are probably not the biggest gossip fans. Other than that, no one.

He comes from a celebrity family in the sense that he and his family frequently deal, work and interact with celebrities. Their level of interaction is at the highest level of celebrity. Primarily they interact with European royalty and celebrity. Everyone thinks the family is worth a great deal of money. They deal with a lot of money, but that does not translate to riches of their own. Are they comfortable? Yes. Do they have the same wealth of the celebrities with whom they interact? No. It is even less so for our thief who relies on others to pick up dinner checks and who has not felt the trickle down effects from his family.

It was several years ago that our thief, who is well versed on what is worth money and easily flipped for money that he began to take careful note of homes and yachts of celebrity. He is not someone who goes in to a place in the dead of night and breaks locks. He is a thief who will make several visits to a home or yacht for parties or as a guest for a week and sees where cameras are and how efficient everyone is. He looks to see if it could be blamed on someone else, perhaps a crew member. He looks to see if the owners care about it or even know about the items he wishes to purloin. For each of these visits, he always has a date. He prides himself on well known European models or actresses who provide another level of distraction. They don't know what he is doing as he takes an item here or an item there. He never strikes the same place twice and he has never had help, until now. Our thief, who has taken millions of dollars worth of items over the years, now has someone to help him gain access to places even his other companions could not. This particular companion is very well known and is in high demand as an A lister. She also knows a great deal of secrets about many of the elite being robbed because they have had illicit affairs with her they would not want known. It is another reason, they would remain tight lipped in case they did catch on to the identity of the thief. The thing is, she is impatient and wants more and more. The thrill of a job gets her adrenaline rushing. Our thief takes his time and is content with three or four thefts a year. Our A lister would prefer three or four per month. That is how you get caught.