Reason why FBI visited Ben Affleck’s house amid LA wildfires
Topics: US News, Celebrity, Ben Affleck, Weather, Environment
Rhiannon Ingle
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Topics: US News, Celebrity, Ben Affleck, Weather, Environment
Over the weekend, Ben Affleck received a visit from FBI agents and police at his mansion amid the Los Angeles wildfires.
The Good Will Hunting star was photographed fleeing to his first ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s home after being forced to evacuate his due to the Palisades Fire.
Last Tuesday (13 January), Affleck drove to Garner's residence where she lives with their three children; Violet, 19, Seraphina, 16, and Samuel, 12.
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However, on Sunday (12 January), FBI agents and the LAPD reportedly visited Affleck's home, which is situated between the neighbourhoods of Brentwood and Pacific Palisades.
A representative for the FBI press relations office told Tyla: "Members of the FBI‘s Ground Intercept task force are conducting activity in the area of the Palisades Fire relative to unauthorized drone activity.
"Agents and our local partners may be visible throughout the area, including at various residences, for this reason."
A source told the outlet: "FBI agents were at Affleck’s home to see if he had CCTV footage of a private drone which damaged a super scooper, one of the firefighting aircrafts."
Tyla has reached out to the FBI and Ben Affleck's representatives for comment.
Affleck isn't the only celeb who was forced to flee their home amidst the blaze.
The likes of Paris Hilton, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, Bella Hadid, Billy Crystal, Ricki Lake, James Woods, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall have also evacuated.
Additionally, Diane Warren, Eugene Levy, Candy Spelling, Anna Faris, Cameron Mathison, Tina Knowles, Mark Hamill, Joshua Jackson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mandy Moore, Alabama and Landon Barker, Milo Ventimiglia and Mel Gibson also had to leave their residence.
Many celebs have since also spoken out about the fires including the likes of Kim Kardashian.
Kim previously shouted out the prisoners who were working to combat the wildfires throughout southern California.
Taking to Instagram, she pleaded with Governor Gavin Newsom to increase their pay.
She wrote: "On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, risking their lives to save us. They are on the Palisades fire and Eaton fire in Pasadena working 24 hour shifts."
The Kardashians star added: "The incarcerated firefighters have been paid $1/hour to risk their lives, and this pay has been the same since 1984. It has never been raised with inflation. It’s never been raised when fires got worse and many died."
However, the mum-of-four explained: "This year there was an agreement to raise the incarcerated firefighters pay to $5/hour, but it got shot down last minute."
She personally called on the politician to do 'what no Governor has done in 4 decades', demanding: "Raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to a rate that honours a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes."