Corridor of Fame tennis participant Pam Shriver mentioned Thursday that her automotive containing main trophies was stolen in a single day from a Marina del Rey, California, resort the place she had fled to flee the Pacific Palisades hearth.
Shriver mentioned the Dodge Durango Hellcat, which she found was lacking round 7:30 a.m. Thursday from the Marina del Rey DoubleTree parking zone, held 5 US Open trophies, 5 French Open plates, 5 Wimbledon trophies and one Australian Open trophy. She mentioned the trophies have been within the automotive after she eliminated them from her home.
“I used to be simply beginning to take issues out to pack them within the automotive, and I used to be like, ‘The place’s the automotive?'” mentioned Shriver, who’s additionally an ESPN tennis analyst.
She then found damaged glass within the parking zone.
The automobile additionally held household photographs {that a} passerby discovered round 9 a.m. in South L.A. and reported to the photographer whose contact data was printed on the again of a photograph.
Shriver mentioned she and her son went to the police station to file a report and that detectives are on the lookout for her automobile. ESPN requested the report from police, but it surely was not instantly out there.
Shriver mentioned she and her household discovered a brand new resort to remain at later Thursday.
Shriver mentioned that on Jan. 7, the day the Palisades flames erupted, she had reserved rooms on the DoubleTree for her housekeeper, household buddies and pets who have been in her canyon-area Brentwood residence. When Shriver returned from a Hawai’i trip the next Friday, she joined them on the resort after gathering some belongings from her residence. Her three grownup kids have every stayed within the resort together with her in some unspecified time in the future.
Shriver was scheduled to attend the Australian Open for ESPN after her Hawai’i journey however returned to the L.A. space due to the fires.
Shriver’s Brentwood house is unscathed, however she stays in non permanent shelter till heating and energy are restored. She mentioned she has been appalled by the looting following the fires.
“Now, my household’s a sufferer of a criminal offense, too,” Shriver mentioned. “It is actually unhappy on so many ranges that when individuals are at their lowest and of their most tough instances, individuals are doing issues like this.”