- An intruder has been arrested twice for trying to break into the home of Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines
- The incidents occurred on Wednesday at the couple’s home in Brentwood, California
- The Kennedy campaign again called on the Department of Homeland Security to provide Secret Service protection to the 2024 incoming president
An intruder was arrested twice Wednesday for showing up at independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Los Angeles home, which he shares with his wife, actress Cheryl Hines.
The man was arrested after climbing a fence to gain entry to the Brentwood property – reaching the second floor of the house – before being arrested by Kennedy’s private security detail, his 2024 campaign said on Thursday.
He was then turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department.
After his release from police custody, the man again attempted to gain access to Kennedy’s property because he wanted to see the candidate.
He was subsequently arrested a second time.
An intruder was arrested for trying to break into the home of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, on Wednesday
The campaign said Kennedy was home during both incidents.
Kennedy’s security team, provided by Gavin de Becker and Associates, “informed the Secret Service several times in recent months about this obsessed individual and shared alarming messages he had sent to the candidate,” his campaign said.
TMZ first reported the arrest. Sources said Hines was also at home.
For months, Kennedy – who entered the presidential race as a Democrat in April but decided to run as an independent candidate earlier this month – has been asking for Secret Service protection.
He did so again on Thursday.
His father, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated by a gunman while running for president in 1968.
His uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated during his first term in the White House in 1963.
The 2024 candidate called for Secret Service protection in September after the arrest of a man who showed up at a Kennedy campaign rally armed with two pistols and posing as a police officer.
Once again, Kennedy’s private security guard arrested the man – 44-year-old Adrian Paul Aispuro.
“Although it is a well-known historical fact, it is apparently worth repeating in your case: Mr. Kennedy’s uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. “Mr. Kennedy’s father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated as a presidential candidate,” Kennedy’s campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, said at the time.
In September, Kennedy praised his team at Gavin de Becker and Associates and the LAPD, but said he was “still hopeful that President Biden will grant me Secret Service protection.”
Presidents do not decide which presidential candidates receive Secret Service protection.
This decision is made by the Department of Homeland Security.
In a letter Thursday, a Kennedy campaign official wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, again calling for Secret Service protection.