Pushing back against a lawsuit from model Natalia Barulich, the billionaire developer's camp issued a brisk memo reminding industry insiders that biometric scanners exist to protect intellectual property, not bespoke Cartier.
LOS ANGELES — Pushing back against a high-profile lawsuit from model Natalia Barulich, reps for billionaire developer Rick Caruso clarified Tuesday that their luxury apartment building's vaunted security apparatus is strictly designed to prevent unauthorized script leaks, not $2.1 million jewelry heists.
Barulich filed suit earlier this week claiming she was lured into the Caruso-affiliated complex by promises of impenetrable safety, only to be cleaned out by a highly coordinated burglary ring. However, in a briskly worded memo circulated among industry insiders, Caruso's camp stressed that the property's biometric scanners and armed patrols successfully fulfilled their core mandate during the break-in by ensuring the perpetrators did not leak any un-watermarked treatments to the press.
Natalia's loss of two million in bespoke Cartier is a tragedy, but we have to look at the big picture. Not a single page of the upcoming Heat 2 script has breached this lobby, and the thieves signed standard ironclad NDAs before being allowed into the private elevator.
According to sources familiar with the building's nightly operations, the thieves utilized a service entrance, bypassed a laser grid, and spent 45 minutes cracking a biometric safe to abscond with the model's valuables. Crucially, however, the perpetrators did not attempt to photograph any whiteboards in the home office of the HBO showrunner living next door, leading building management to categorize the evening as a flawless operational success.
While the LAPD continues to dust for prints in Barulich's penthouse, Caruso's security team has already been greenlit for a budget increase after successfully confiscating an unauthorized ring light from a guest in the lobby. Meanwhile, CAA is reportedly fielding multiple eight-figure offers from streamers for the rights to the hallway security footage, which sources confirm features excellent four-quadrant lighting.