Actors Arrest in Connection with Deaths of Instagram Model and Friend

Reports indicate that a 42-year-old Hollywood actor has been arrested on the set of NCIS: Los Angeles in connection with the deaths of a 24-year-old Instagram model and her friend. Brandt Osborn, 42, originally from Staten Island, is one of three men arrested on Dec. 15, in connection with the November deaths of Christy

Reports indicate that a 42-year-old Hollywood actor has been arrested on the set of NCIS: Los Angeles in connection with the deaths of a 24-year-old Instagram model and her friend.

Brandt Osborn, 42, originally from Staten Island, is one of three men arrested on Dec. 15, in connection with the November deaths of Christy Giles, 24, and interior designer Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26, as confirmed by the Los Angeles Police Department on Dec. 16.

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

Brandt Osborn

David Pearce, 37, and Michael Ansbach, 47, were the other two men taken into custody on the same day. Pearce is facing a manslaughter charge, while Ansbach and Osborn are charged with accessory to manslaughter, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

David Pearce

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

Michael Ansbach

Police believe that both women were given drugs at Pearce’s apartment.

“It is believed that both women were given drugs and overdosed,” stated the police department in a press release, which warned that “there could be other victims.”

Giles’ body was found abandoned on the sidewalk of a Los Angeles area hospital after attending a warehouse party, while Cabrales-Arzola was also dropped off at another Los Angeles area hospital, initially surviving but later declared brain dead and taken off life support weeks later.

Inmate records for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department show Pearce is being held on a $1 million bail, while Osborn and Ansbach are being held on a $100,000 bail.

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

Pearce (left) and Ansbach (right) are seen with Arzola on the night the two women went partying

Christy Giles’ husband, Jan Cilliers, stated to The Daily Beast on Dec. 16 that he is “relieved the arrests were made.”

“But I know that this is just the beginning of the battle, and we have a long fight ahead of us,” noted Cilliers. “We are also looking for more victims to come forward who may have been previously harmed or affected by these men.”

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

Christy Giles

Suspicion has surrounded the three men for weeks, being the last known individuals to have seen the women alive.

Phone location data revealed that Giles and Arzola visited Pearce’s apartment near Beverly Hills with the three men in the early hours of November 13 after a warehouse party in East LA.

Actor arrested in deaths of Instagram model and her friend found dumped in Los Angeles

Arzola

About 12 hours later, the women’s bodies were abandoned at two hospitals by men in balaclavas driving a black Toyota Prius with no plates, as captured on CCTV according to Giles’s husband, Jan Cilliers.

Osborn reportedly openly discussed Giles’ death with fellow actors, where he boasted about “the craziest weekend of my life” during a shoot, as per actor David Murrietta Jr. speaking to the Post.

“He told me about their partying and how two girls came back to their place with a bunch of drugs,” said Murrietta.

He recounted Osborn admitting to leaving the residence and later returning to find Giles had died.

“He checked her pulse, panicked, chose not to call 911, and decided what to do with the body,” he stated as quoted by the Post.

In a revealing interview with the Daily Mail, actor Steven Bauer, known for his role as Cuban drug kingpin Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, disclosed witnessing Pearce assault a woman at a Beverly Hills house party in 2008.

“He was trying to get me out of the party quietly so nobody else would hear,” Bauer told the outlet. “He said, ‘Don’t listen to her. This is a stupid party, let’s leave… Get in the car, get in the car.'”

Investigators have been scrutinizing the circumstances around the women’s deaths since they were discovered abandoned outside hospitals after a night out with friends. Both their families have publicly expressed suspicions of foul play.

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