{"id":14378,"date":"2022-04-25T20:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1631608"},"modified":"2022-04-25T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T18:48:10","slug":"bling-ring-hollywood-heist-who-is-alexis-neiers-and-where-is-she-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bling-ring-hollywood-heist-who-is-alexis-neiers-and-where-is-she-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist \u2013\u00a0Who is Alexis Neiers and where is she now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 25 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Airing on Channel 4 tonight is Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist \u2013 a true crime docuseries about the gang of Calabasas teens who burgled the homes of Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom and other stars between 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>While you may have seen Sofia Coppola\u2019s 2013 drama about the criminal group, Channel 4 is diving back into the story with this three-part series, which features interviews with two of the Bling Ring members: Nick Prugo and Alexis Neiers.<\/p>\n<p>Neiers, who was 18 when she was arrested for her part in the Bling Ring crimes, was also known for starring in her own reality TV show prior to the burglaries \u2013 but who is she and where is she now?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Alexis Neiers (who now goes by Alexis Haines).<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Alexis Neiers?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Alexis Neiers in 2010<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Getty<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Alexis Neiers, who now goes by Alexis Haines, is a TV personality and a member of the Bling Ring \u2013 a group of teenagers and young adults who stole approximately $3m (\u00a32.4m) in cash, jewellery and belongings from the homes of celebrities between 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The daughter of Mikel Neiers, director of photography for the NBC sitcom Friends, and former Playboy model Andrea, Alexis Neiers was homeschooled alongside her sister Gabby and her unofficially adopted sister Tess Taylor after her parents divorced.<\/p>\n<p>Neiers began pursuing a career in acting and modelling alongside Tess Taylor at the age of 16, telling <a href=\"\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/jmv79p\/alexis-neierss-pretty-wild-road-to-recovery&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Vice<\/a> that this was to \u201csustain [her] drug habit\u201d. She then met producer Dan Levy (unrelated to Schitt\u2019s Creek star Dan Levy), who made her the star of her own reality TV show on E! in 2010 \u2013 Pretty Wild \u2013 which followed her family as they navigated the Hollywood social scene.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2009, Neiers was arrested for her connection to the Bling Ring burglaries, which included the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox, Rachel Bilson, Audrina Patridge and Paris Hilton. One of the Bling Ring members \u2013 Nick Prugo \u2013 confessed to the crimes, having been arrested after an anonymous tipster told police that he was responsible for the Lindsay Lohan burglary, with police capturing his face on CCTV in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Neiers\u2019 arrest was documented in the first episode of Pretty Wild and in November 2009, she pleaded no contest to the burglary of Bloom\u2019s house but claimed in an interview with <a href=\"\/\/archive.vanityfair.com\/article\/share\/e9cc0cc3-dbf1-4fab-8367-5fc7c05608e6&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Vanity Fair<\/a> that she was drunk and \u201cnot sure what was going on\u201d during the burglary.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2010, Neiers was sentenced to 180 days in prison with three years of probation and ordered to pay $600,000 to Bloom. She served her time at Century Regional Detention Facility, where she stayed in the same cellblock as Bling Ring victim Lohan, but Neiers told Vice that she \u201csaw her very few times\u201d and \u201cnever spoke to her\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where is Alexis Neiers now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Alexis Neiers served just one month of her six-month sentence, however in December 2010, she was arrested again at the age of 19 for possession of black tar heroin and a fake ID, according to <a href=\"\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/pretty-wilds-alexis-neiers-sent-to-rehab-after-heroin-bust-120910-2010912\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Us Weekly<\/a>. She avoided prison and was allowed to live at the SOBA Recover Centre in Malibu, where she stayed for a year.<\/p>\n<p>While in the rehabilitation centre, Neiers obtained her Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor certification and became a drug and alcohol counsellor.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, she married Canadian businessman Evan Haines, with whom she has two children, and has since written a memoir titled <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Recovering-Reality-Alexis-Haines\/dp\/1951407008?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Recovering from Reality<\/a>, hosted an accompanying podcast and runs courses with her mother.<\/p>\n<p>Neiers has been portrayed in two films about the Bling Ring burglaries. In 2011, her character in TV film The Bling Ring was renamed Maddie Bishop and played by Spencer Locke, while in Sofia Coppola\u2019s feature film The Bling Ring, her character was named Nicki Moore and played by Emma Watson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist begins tonight at 10pm on Channel 4, and continues next Monday.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/&quot;\">Factual<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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