A Los Angeles man remained jailed today for allegedly assaulting a man in his 70s in Beverly Hills in what police are calling an antisemitic attack.
The victim and his wife were in the area of North Rexford Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard at about 9 a.m. Saturday when the suspect — who had no relationship with the couple — made antisemitic statements to the victim, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department, whose station is located feet away from the site of the attack.
The man suffered a laceration on his head after being struck with a belt and was treated at the scene by Beverly Hills Fire Department paramedics. Police said he did not require hospitalization.
The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival, but was later arrested after being spotted by a Bhpd senior forensic specialist, according to police.
Jarris Jay Silagi, 44, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon,...
The victim and his wife were in the area of North Rexford Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard at about 9 a.m. Saturday when the suspect — who had no relationship with the couple — made antisemitic statements to the victim, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department, whose station is located feet away from the site of the attack.
The man suffered a laceration on his head after being struck with a belt and was treated at the scene by Beverly Hills Fire Department paramedics. Police said he did not require hospitalization.
The suspect fled the scene prior to police arrival, but was later arrested after being spotted by a Bhpd senior forensic specialist, according to police.
Jarris Jay Silagi, 44, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
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Nov. 16 was the 12th anniversary of the murder of renowned film awards publicist Ronni Chasen. Hardly anyone has spoken publicly of it in years, but at the time it was national news. Just about everyone in Hollywood, whether they knew her or not, was vested in what happened — in part because it seemed so inexplicable. She was gunned down in her car while waiting at a traffic light in a quiet stretch of Beverly Hills, on her way home from the premiere of Burlesque, a project on which several clients had been involved.
A frenzy of speculation broke out: road rage or random drive-by; connections to shady film finance and bad art deals and gambling debts. The Beverly Hills Police Department, under an uncommon media spotlight, eventually declared it found its culprit in Harold Smith, a poor Black man with a criminal record...
Nov. 16 was the 12th anniversary of the murder of renowned film awards publicist Ronni Chasen. Hardly anyone has spoken publicly of it in years, but at the time it was national news. Just about everyone in Hollywood, whether they knew her or not, was vested in what happened — in part because it seemed so inexplicable. She was gunned down in her car while waiting at a traffic light in a quiet stretch of Beverly Hills, on her way home from the premiere of Burlesque, a project on which several clients had been involved.
A frenzy of speculation broke out: road rage or random drive-by; connections to shady film finance and bad art deals and gambling debts. The Beverly Hills Police Department, under an uncommon media spotlight, eventually declared it found its culprit in Harold Smith, a poor Black man with a criminal record...
- 11/22/2022
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Updated with family statement: One day after Aariel Maynor, 30, of Los Angeles was sentenced to 150 years to life in prison in the killing of Jacqueline Avant, the victim’s relatives issued the following thank you to police, fire department personnel and elected officials:
The Avant-Sarandos Families are grateful to Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook and the Beverly Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills Fire Department and Paramedics, Los Angeles Police Department – Hollywood Division, Attorney Shawn Holley, Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse, and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila for their unwavering dedication to public service and for the swift justice of our beloved Jacqueline Avant.
Previously on Tuesday: A two-time convict who fatally shot Jacqueline Avant, the philanthropist and wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant, during a burglary at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills, was sentenced today to 150 years to life in prison.
The Avant-Sarandos Families are grateful to Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook and the Beverly Hills Police Department, Beverly Hills Fire Department and Paramedics, Los Angeles Police Department – Hollywood Division, Attorney Shawn Holley, Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse, and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila for their unwavering dedication to public service and for the swift justice of our beloved Jacqueline Avant.
Previously on Tuesday: A two-time convict who fatally shot Jacqueline Avant, the philanthropist and wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant, during a burglary at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills, was sentenced today to 150 years to life in prison.
- 4/20/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
The man who gunned down philanthropist Jacqueline Avant with an Ar-15 style rifle at the Beverly Hills residence she shared with her music legend husband Clarence Avant was sentenced to 190 years to life in prison Tuesday.
Aariel Maynor, 30, pleaded no contest last month to Avant’s Dec. 1 murder and the attempted murder of a security guard, who was not injured when Maynor fired at him four to eight times.
Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said Avant was shot in the back after she was ambushed in the dark of her home.
Aariel Maynor, 30, pleaded no contest last month to Avant’s Dec. 1 murder and the attempted murder of a security guard, who was not injured when Maynor fired at him four to eight times.
Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila said Avant was shot in the back after she was ambushed in the dark of her home.
- 4/19/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
A California man pleaded guilty Thursday to the shocking home-invasion slaying of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant inside the Beverly Hills residence she shared with her music legend husband Clarence Avant.
Aariel Maynor, 30, gave his open plea in a Los Angeles courtroom, admitting he broke into the famous couple’s Trousdale Estates home in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 1 and used an “assault long barrel pistol” to gun down Avant and shoot at a security guard who wasn’t injured.
Maynor is now facing up to 170 years to life in prison for...
Aariel Maynor, 30, gave his open plea in a Los Angeles courtroom, admitting he broke into the famous couple’s Trousdale Estates home in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 1 and used an “assault long barrel pistol” to gun down Avant and shoot at a security guard who wasn’t injured.
Maynor is now facing up to 170 years to life in prison for...
- 3/3/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, 11:45 Am: The man arrested and charged in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, the philanthropist and wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant, changed his plea to guilty today.
Aariel Maynor of Los Angeles, 30, pleaded guilty today to murder and other counts that could see him face up to 170 years to life when he is sentenced March 30. Maynor previously pleaded not guilty on December 17 of last year in Avant’s death, which occurred during a robbery at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills Dec. 1.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the guilty plea today, and said Maynor was attempting to kill the Avant’s security guard during the robbery.
“This crime continues to shock the conscience,” Gascón said. “Mrs. Avant’s death was a tragic loss felt by our entire community. In this case, the defendant is facing 170 years to life in prison...
Aariel Maynor of Los Angeles, 30, pleaded guilty today to murder and other counts that could see him face up to 170 years to life when he is sentenced March 30. Maynor previously pleaded not guilty on December 17 of last year in Avant’s death, which occurred during a robbery at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills Dec. 1.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced the guilty plea today, and said Maynor was attempting to kill the Avant’s security guard during the robbery.
“This crime continues to shock the conscience,” Gascón said. “Mrs. Avant’s death was a tragic loss felt by our entire community. In this case, the defendant is facing 170 years to life in prison...
- 3/3/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A suspect has been arrested in the killing of Jacqueline Avant, the Beverly Hills Police Department announced in a press conference Thursday.
Police arrested Aariel Maynor, 29, who allegedly shot and killed Avant after breaking into her Beverly Hills home early Wednesday morning. Avant was the wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant, the mother of Democratic fundraiser Nicole Avant and the mother-in-law of Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos.
Police said that Maynor was apprehended after shooting himself in the foot during the commission of a burglary in the Hollywood Hills, about an hour after Avant was shot at her home in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills.
Several cameras caught Maynor’s vehicle driving east out of Beverly Hills after the shooting, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said. Around 3:30 a.m., Hollywood police responded to a reported shooting in the backyard of a home in the 6000 block of Graciosa Drive,...
Police arrested Aariel Maynor, 29, who allegedly shot and killed Avant after breaking into her Beverly Hills home early Wednesday morning. Avant was the wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant, the mother of Democratic fundraiser Nicole Avant and the mother-in-law of Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos.
Police said that Maynor was apprehended after shooting himself in the foot during the commission of a burglary in the Hollywood Hills, about an hour after Avant was shot at her home in the Trousdale Estates neighborhood of Beverly Hills.
Several cameras caught Maynor’s vehicle driving east out of Beverly Hills after the shooting, Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said. Around 3:30 a.m., Hollywood police responded to a reported shooting in the backyard of a home in the 6000 block of Graciosa Drive,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Civil rights and community leaders are urging the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to post a reward for information in the shooting death of Jackie Avant, the philanthropist and wife of music executive Clarence Avant.
“This cowardly act cannot be unpunished,” said Michael Lawson, CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League, at a news conference in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, as reported by City News Service. “We must find who did this and we must take action.”
Continued Lawson, “This was not just a robbery. This was not just a random killing. This was a shot to the hearts of all of us.”
Avant, whose daughter Nicole Avant is married to Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, was shot and killed just before 2:30 a.m. yesterday by an intruder or intruders at her Trousdale Estates home near Beverly Hills. Police have declined to speculate on whether robbery...
“This cowardly act cannot be unpunished,” said Michael Lawson, CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League, at a news conference in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, as reported by City News Service. “We must find who did this and we must take action.”
Continued Lawson, “This was not just a robbery. This was not just a random killing. This was a shot to the hearts of all of us.”
Avant, whose daughter Nicole Avant is married to Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, was shot and killed just before 2:30 a.m. yesterday by an intruder or intruders at her Trousdale Estates home near Beverly Hills. Police have declined to speculate on whether robbery...
- 12/2/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Perry has shared his mourning over the death of Jacqueline Avant, stating that “every available resource will be used” to help find the philanthropist’s killer. Avant, the 81-year-old wife of music industry legend Clarence Avant and mother of Nicole Avant, was fatally shot early Wednesday morning by a home intruder at her Beverly Hills residence.
“My heart breaks for Clarence and Nicole and all the Avant family. This world can be so cruel and cold!!” Perry wrote on his official Twitter. The media figure also shared several images of the Avants. “I have no idea what kind of sub-human could shoot an 81 year old woman, and in her own home.”
“But you can rest assured that every available resource will be used to find whoever is responsible for this awful nightmare,” Perry wrote in a second Tweet. “This is tremendously sad.”
But you can rest assured that every...
“My heart breaks for Clarence and Nicole and all the Avant family. This world can be so cruel and cold!!” Perry wrote on his official Twitter. The media figure also shared several images of the Avants. “I have no idea what kind of sub-human could shoot an 81 year old woman, and in her own home.”
“But you can rest assured that every available resource will be used to find whoever is responsible for this awful nightmare,” Perry wrote in a second Tweet. “This is tremendously sad.”
But you can rest assured that every...
- 12/2/2021
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
The home invasion that resulted in the shooting death of Jackie Avant this morning might not have been a “random attack,” Beverly Hills Police Chief Mark Stainbrook said at a news conference this afternoon.
“I don’t think that it’s a random attack,” Stainbrook said, “but I can’t speculate on that right now.” The new police chief declined to speculate on a motive for the home invasion, or whether robbery was the intended crime.
Stainbrook, who was sworn in as chief on Tuesday, called the Avant family’s contributions to the entertainment and Beverly Hills communities “unmatched” and said today was “a difficult day for our city.”
Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant and mother-in-law of Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, died around 2:30 a.m. today after being shot at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home near Beverly Hills. Stainbrook would not comment on the number of intruders,...
“I don’t think that it’s a random attack,” Stainbrook said, “but I can’t speculate on that right now.” The new police chief declined to speculate on a motive for the home invasion, or whether robbery was the intended crime.
Stainbrook, who was sworn in as chief on Tuesday, called the Avant family’s contributions to the entertainment and Beverly Hills communities “unmatched” and said today was “a difficult day for our city.”
Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant and mother-in-law of Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, died around 2:30 a.m. today after being shot at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home near Beverly Hills. Stainbrook would not comment on the number of intruders,...
- 12/1/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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