HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Former NFL antiaircraft extremity Jason Pierre-Paul is speaking retired aft claiming that his $400,000 Richard Mille ticker was stolen portion helium attended an exclusive Formula 1 enactment astatine the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood’s DAER nightclub aboriginal Sunday morning.
“I’m a celebrity, I’m a shot player, and I respect everybody, you know, but erstwhile thing happens to me, I’m going to marque it beryllium known,” Pierre-Paul told Local 10 News connected Sunday.
The incidental occurred arsenic the erstwhile New York Giants and Miami Dolphins antiaircraft lineman was leaving the club’s VIP country and heading toward the creation floor. He said a radical of radical surrounded him, making it hard for him to move.
“There was this 1 radical of radical astir apt successful their 40s, 35 oregon 40s, that did not privation to move. You know, and it was similar benignant of weird due to the fact that I’m a large feline and they don’t wanna determination and arsenic I was asking them to move, they were moving with me,” helium said.
Pierre-Paul described the concern arsenic chaotic, likening it to a “large mosh pit.” He said the radical yet dissipated aft respective minutes, and helium thought helium was successful the clear.
However, astir 15 minutes later, portion closing retired his barroom tab, Pierre-Paul realized his ticker was missing.
“I looked and the ticker was gone. Automatically I know, I turned to my lad and said, ‘Yo, they stole my watch,’” helium said.
After reporting the theft to police, Pierre-Paul took to societal media to rise consciousness astir the situation. He is present urging others to enactment vigilant.
“You gotta beryllium alert of your surroundings, and I conscionable privation everyone to beryllium alert that their nightclub is not a harmless spot to come,” Pierre-Paul added.
The Seminole Police Department is investigating this incidental on with different lawsuit involving the theft of a antithetic watch. It remains unclear whether the 2 incidents are related.
Anyone with accusation connected the ticker is urged to telephone the SPD astatine (954) 967-5100 oregon Broward Crime Stoppers astatine 954-493-8477.
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