24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Macklemore's US home robbed by masked raiders while he played gig in Ireland
The rapper was in Ireland for shows in Dublin and Cork
The home of US star Macklemore was robbed by masked raiders while he played a concert in Ireland.
The rapper, real name Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, was in Ireland for concerts in Dublin and Cork earlier this month when his Seattle home was robbed.
TMZ have reported that his three children, Sloane Ava Simone (10), Colette Koala (7) and Hugo Jack (4) were in the $2.1million mansion with a nanny when two men broke into the home.
Macklemore (Photo by)
News in 90 Seconds - June 24th
The two robbers, dressed in all black broke into the Capitol Hill mansion via a patio door, and sprayed the kid's minder in the face with bear mace, demaning: 'where are the jewels, b**ch?'
The Seattle Times reports that the nanny said one intruder looked 'scared' after spraying her and helped to clean her eyes.
She led the men to a bedroom where they stole thousands of dollars worth of jewellery, watches and shoes.
The men then reportedly forced her to face a mirror with her hands up. They also stole her phone and threw her to the ground, one of whom put a boot on her neck.
According to the police report, she was pinned against a wall after she began to scream.
One of the men held her mouth shut before she bit him, causing him to let her go.
Police said she fled through the bathroom and escaped the home before banging on a neighbour's door for help following the incident.
When police responded to the scene, the men had already fled.
Family members quickly arrived at the home, and the three young children, who were in bed during the raid and seemingly unharmed, were safely taken to a nearby residence.
