Police today said officers were sent to actor Clint Eastwood’s house in Bel Air earlier this week in an apparent “swatting” hoax.
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It happened about 11 a.m., Monday Feb. 18 when officers from the West Los Angeles Station went to the actor’s residence on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Richard French said.
Officers determined that there was no crime, and have classified the case as “911 abuse,” French said.
At about 6:15 a.m., Thursday Feb. 21 police were sent to the Playboy Mansion in Holmby Hills in response to a call falsely reporting an assault at the location, and are investigating the case as another possible “swatting” hoax, LAPD spokesman Officer Cleon Joseph said.
There was no evidence that a crime had occurred there, police said.
Swatting hoaxes — so described because they occasionally generate a SWAT team response — involve prank calls to police reporting a crime in progress at a particular location.
Swatting calls in recent months have sent officers to the homes of celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus.
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