The father of one of the teenagers arrested in connection to burglaries on the homes of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge has defended his daughter, insisting she was "sucked into" committing the crimes by the other suspects.
Los Angeles police have so far taken six people into custody on burglary charges following break-ins at Lohan's house in August and Patridge's property in February.
But the producer dad of 18-year-old Alexis Neiers, who was arrested last Thursday, is adamant his daughter had no idea what she was getting into when she allegedly joined fellow teens Courtney Ames and Diana Tamayo on the raids.
Mikel Neiers, director of photography for hit TV shows Friends and Spin City, tells People.com, "She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, associating with the wrong people. She got sucked into this. We're standing by her."
And the defiant parent is confident the allegations against Alexis will be dropped when the case goes before a judge.
He adds, "I'm sure (the case against her is) going to be thrown out of court."
Alexis' attorney Jeffery Rubenstein states, "I expect my client will be fully vindicated when all the facts of the case come out. At this time, no formal charges have been filed against her. When the time is right, she will tell her side of the story."
Roy Lopez, a bouncer at a bar in Calabasas, California, Rachel Lee, 19, and Nicholas Prugo, 18, have also been held by cops over the burglaries.
Los Angeles police have so far taken six people into custody on burglary charges following break-ins at Lohan's house in August and Patridge's property in February.
But the producer dad of 18-year-old Alexis Neiers, who was arrested last Thursday, is adamant his daughter had no idea what she was getting into when she allegedly joined fellow teens Courtney Ames and Diana Tamayo on the raids.
Mikel Neiers, director of photography for hit TV shows Friends and Spin City, tells People.com, "She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, associating with the wrong people. She got sucked into this. We're standing by her."
And the defiant parent is confident the allegations against Alexis will be dropped when the case goes before a judge.
He adds, "I'm sure (the case against her is) going to be thrown out of court."
Alexis' attorney Jeffery Rubenstein states, "I expect my client will be fully vindicated when all the facts of the case come out. At this time, no formal charges have been filed against her. When the time is right, she will tell her side of the story."
Roy Lopez, a bouncer at a bar in Calabasas, California, Rachel Lee, 19, and Nicholas Prugo, 18, have also been held by cops over the burglaries.
- 10/27/2009
- WENN
In the unfolding case of the teenage burglary gang - suspected of breaking into A-list celebrity homes in Los Angeles - one parent says his daughter is no professional thief. "She was in the wrong place at the wrong time, associating with the wrong people," Mikel Neiers tells People of his daughter, Alexis, 18. "She got sucked into this. We're standing by her. I'm sure [the case against her is] going to be thrown out of court." Alexis Neiers was one of four teenage girls arrested Thursday in a sting operation by Lapd detectives. A fifth suspect, Roy Lopez, 27, was also detained. Related: Inside Story: From...
- 10/26/2009
- by Ken Lee and Johnny Dodd
- PEOPLE.com
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