Man sentenced for stealing celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels’ Bentley
A man who stole a Bentley from the Malibu driveway of celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels was sentenced Friday to 17 years in state prison.
Gerjuan Deshon Harmon, 31, was convicted earlier this year of first-degree burglary with a person present and grand theft of personal property. A jury last year failed to reach a verdict on those two counts.
In 2013, Harmon was convicted of fleeing police, hit-and-run and unlawful taking of a vehicle. Prosecutors said the 2011 Bentley GT was stolen from the former “Biggest Loser” trainer’s home on July 3, 2012, while she and her family watched television inside.
Burbank police spotted Harmon driving the car the next day and tried to pull him over, but Harmon fled, authorities said. He eventually crashed the car and tried to run away but was caught in a nearby shed.
Harmon was already on parole for a previous burglary.
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