Actor Dylan Sprouse reportedly tackled an intruder and held him at gunpoint after the man allegedly broke into the $2 million Hollywood Hills property the “Suite Life” star shares with wife Barbara Palvin.
Law enforcement officials received a call from “Victoria’s Secret” model Palvin, 32, at around 12:30 a.m. on April 17, according to The Los Angeles Times, which reports that the fashion star told authorities she had seen a “creepy guy” outside of their Los Angeles home.
Palvin is understood to have reported the incident as a potential robbery.
Although the police have released little information about the circumstances of the arrest, unnamed sources told TMZ that Sprouse, 33, had tackled the trespasser and then held him at gunpoint until the police arrived and took him into custody.
The unnamed suspect is not thought to have entered the couple’s home.
Police told the outlet that the suspect was taken into custody and there were no injuries.
Neither Sprouse nor Palvin have publicly commented on the invasion, which, according to TMZ, is not the first time that a person has tried to gain access to the couple’s home.
Law enforcement sources told the outlet that “the situation was more like trespassing than a full-blown attempted burglary,” however no further details about any potential charges have been shared.
TMZ shared video footage of the arrest, revealing a squad of cop cars stationed outside the couple’s property, with multiple officers attending the scene. The suspect—whose face is blurred in the clip—is seen being led away by the authorities, then placed in the back of a vehicle.
The outlet also captured footage of the multiple “no trespassing” signs posted outside of the couple’s Spanish-style abode, which they purchased for $1.8 million in 2021, although Realtor.com® estimates suggest it is now worth closer to $2 million.
The home comes complete with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, an eight-car garage, and it sprawls across 1,700 square feet.
Property records show that the couple purchased the dwelling in an off-market deal—and it had not been publicly listed since 1998, when it sold for just $495,000.
Sprouse and Palvin met in 2017 at a party and they made their relationship official in 2018.
In 2019, the couple moved to Brooklyn together and documented their romance online.
In 2022, one year after purchasing their shared home, Sprouse got down on one knee and asked Palvin to marry him. The couple later tied the knot in 2023 in her home country of Hungary.
That same year, they opened up about their engagement, with Sprouse telling V Magazine, “For me, at least, marriage is a promise of kind of loving you endlessly and being your partner. I’m nervous about the event. Frankly, it’s about the first dance. I’m nervous about a choreographed dance.”
Meanwhile, Palvin confessed that getting engaged was more anxiety-inducing then tying the knot.
“I mean, a man has time to prepare for the proposal — Dylan kept the ring for seven months before he asked the question — but for me, it was right then and there. I knew since we started dating that I want to marry him, but it’s a big decision,” she said.
Palvin told Vogue that the proposal took place during a camping trip in California, telling the outlet, “It was very romantic. I was suspicious and thought he might pop the question because he packed a shirt that was too nice for camping.”
