Crime & Safety
'Swatting' 911 Prank Prompts Large Police Response to Kardashian Home
The reality TV stars are the latest victims of fake emergency calls targeting celebrities.
A false report of an assault at the Hidden Hills home of 1976 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner and his wife and reality television star Kris drew a response by sheriff's deputies Friday.
In the latest case of what authorities call swatting, deputies were sent to the residence around 4:40 p.m. on a call that some type of assault had occurred, said Sgt. Shawn Ruda of the Los Angeles County sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills Station
"We went there, they searched the house, nobody was inside and nobody was hurt," Ruda said.
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Kris Jenner is the mother of Kim Kardashian, star of the reality television series "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," which also includes appearances by the Jenners.
Swatting involves the false reporting of crimes at the homes of celebrities and the subsequent response by law enforcement, which sometimes includes SWAT units.
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Police were called to the Beverly Hills home of Tom Cruise on Thursday in a similar prank, and a 12-year-old recently was arrested on suspicion of committing swatting calls against Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber, according to TMZ.