Tori spelling was forced to evacuate a property she is currently renting in Los Angeles on Wednesday when a hostage situation occurred involving her neighbor who had barricaded herself in their home armed with an AR-15 rifle.
A panicked Spelling, 50, was seen “in full sprint” as she “hurried to find her children” amid realization of the situation when the SWAT team showed up, onlookers said.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 star ‘looked visibly distraught’ as she was seen running to the house she is renting, which follows stints she and her family have spent in recent months in cheap hotels and RV parks amid of reported financial troubles for the star.
Spelling, 50, is mother of five children with estranged husband Dean McDermott, 56 – Liam, 16, Stella, 15, Hattie, 12, Finn, 11, and Beau, six. McDermott is also father to son, Jack, 24, whom he shares with ex, Mary Jo Eustace, 61.
Spelling — whose estranged husband McDermott engaged in PDA with new girlfriend Lily Calo, 32, in Los Angeles earlier this week — was eventually evacuated from the home along with her children, onlookers said.
The Latest: Tori Spelling, 50, was involved in a dangerous situation in Los Angeles on Wednesday when a hostage situation was underway at a house next to her rental home, prompting a SWAT team to set up shop in the area amid the tense deadlock . She was seen “at full sprint” as she “hurried to find her children” amid realization of the situation when the SWAT team showed up, onlookers said.
According to onlookers, a man armed with an AR-15 was barricaded in a neighboring home and “threatened to shoot the hostages and law enforcement officers.”
The spelling was depicted behind yellow tape during a two-hour standoff that ended with the suspect in custody and no one injured, onlookers said.
Officers were pictured leading a handcuffed man wearing a white T-shirt and blue sports shorts as the tense standoff came to an end.
Spelling was pictured wearing a pale yellow graphic T-shirt, denim blue jeans with suspenders, a black knit hat and oversized brown sunglasses. She was seen chatting with neighbors and making phone calls during the standoff.
Spelling had not disclosed the turbulent series of events on her Instagram to her 1.7 million Instagram followers early Wednesday evening.
Her most recent post this morning documented an outing she took with her kids to Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights. She said: ‘Thank you @unistudios for our annual family tradition of attending @horrornights… we had a great time!’
Wednesday’s tense events were the latest in what has been a difficult year for Spelling, who has faced uncertain living conditions, physical illness, money problems and love life issues following her divorce from McDermott after 17 years.
Spelling, who is divorced from McDermott, was spotted staying at an RV park in Ventura County, California, with her five children in August. Before that, the family was seen staying at a $100-a-night motel in Ventura County.
Spelling left a rental home where she and her children had been staying in May amid what she said was an ongoing mold problem that was affecting the family’s health.
The worried mother of five quickly moved into the tense situation down the street from the house she was renting
Spelling was pictured wearing a pale yellow graphic T-shirt, denim blue jeans with suspenders, a black knit hat and oversized brown sunglasses amid the tense incident.
Spelling had not disclosed the turbulent series of events on her Instagram to her 1.7 million Instagram followers early Wednesday evening
The spelling was depicted behind yellow tape during a two-hour standoff that ended with the suspect in custody and no one injured, onlookers said
The actress had her arm crossed as the tense trial unfolded on the autumn day
The litany of tough breaks marks a turnaround in fortunes for Spelling, who grew up immersed in Hollywood luxury as her late father Aaron Spelling produced hit shows like Dynasty, Charlie’s Angels and The Love Boat, as well as Melrose Place, Charmed and Beverly. Hills, 90210.
Aaron left behind a $500 million empire, while Tori’s inheritance was $800,000.
She has had a complicated relationship with her mother Candy over the years: Aaron Spelling died in June 2006, less than a year after Tori made headlines in 2005 for her extramarital affair with McDermott while they were both married; her to Charlie Shahnaian, and McDermott to Eustace.
She and McDermott fled to Fiji in May 2006, just a month before Aaron’s death.
In her 2008 book sTORI Telling, Tori said her family was disappointed about eloping with McDermott, and both mother and daughter have spoken publicly about their complicated relationship in the years since.
While things appear to be going smoothly — Tori wished her mother a happy birthday last month — it was not immediately clear whether Candy has offered to help her daughter.
Tori appeared to be recovering after spending several days in a hospital last summer with an unknown illness when she entered a medical facility on August 17.
On August 20, she posted an image of her hospital wristband on social media while praising her children. She said at the time: ‘Grateful and so proud of my strong, brave, resilient and kind people for the core kids who stay positive no matter what comes our way.’
The actress was seen chatting with neighbors and talking on the phone during the standoff
Wednesday’s tense events were the latest of a difficult year for Spelling
The Beverly Hills, 90210 star has dealt with precarious living conditions, physical illnesses, money problems and love life issues, following her divorce from McDermott after 17 years
A group of SWAT officers and police officers were seen approaching the tense standoff
SWAT and police vehicles crowded the neighborhood’s streets as residents were evacuated from their homes
Officers were pictured leading a handcuffed man wearing a white T-shirt and blue sports shorts as the tense standoff came to an end.
Before her hospitalization, Spelling was seen working on a project in Los Angeles.
A source told DailyMail.com earlier this month that Spelling was “having some money problems” and as a result was looking forward to returning to the reality TV genre.
“Tori is currently caught between a rock and a hard place as she tries to figure out what her next job will be,” the source said. “Now that the strike is in full effect, she is considering doing more in the world of reality competition shows.”
