The home of actress Nicole Kidman and musician Keith Urban was burglarized on Valentines Day, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation.
The break-in of their Los Angeles residence on Friday included ransacking and breaking glass, the source said. It was not immediately clear what — if any — property may have been taken.
No other details were immediately available.
Representatives for Kidman and Urban did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.
The break-in happened about the same time as Beverly Hills police arrested three people allegedly connected to burglaries carried out by South American crews. The arrests followed a vehicle chase and subsequent crash near the city’s famed retail strip, Rodeo Drive, authorities said.
In January, the Beverly Hills Police Department arrested five suspects in connection with a string of burglaries in their city, as well as in other California locations, including Glendale, San Marino, Los Angeles, Burbank, Pleasanton, Bakersfield, Ventura County, Orange County and San Mateo County, according to a statement.
Police did not say those arrests were connected to investigations of South American crews. At least one of the suspects is Colombian, according to jail records.
It was not immediately clear if the Beverly Hills incidents are connected to the break-in at the home of Kidman and country star Urban, a Hollywood couple that has nearly a dozen top awards together — Oscars and Grammys — in their respective fields.
On Feb. 5, the Southern California home of Los Angeles Football Club star forward Olivier Giroud, member of the French National Team that won the 2018 World Cup, was burglarized, a law enforcement source familiar with that crime said. Thieves made off with what the source described as “a significant amount” of jewelry and other items.
It wasn’t yet known if that case could be connected to the South American spree or other celebrity home break-ins.
South American crews have been targeting high-end homes from coast to coast for burglaries, authorities have said. This year alone, arrests connected to investigations of the crews have been made in Ohio and New York City.
On Dec. 9 a break-in took place at the home of , who was in Texas at the time, leading the Bengals to a 27-20 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Three men, all from Chile, were in that burglary.
Residences of quarterback , as well as those of the , Bobby Portis and Mike Conley Jr., have been burglarized in recent months, according to authorities, sources and documents.
The about the break-ins, some of which happened while they were at work on the road.
