Reality TV personality and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is claiming that a fire at his Pacific Palisades crystal company office was no accident and may have been politically motivated.
The fire broke out on Thursday at the Highlands Circle business complex, where Pratt Daddy Crystals is located.
The building, which previously housed the Casa Nostra restaurant, was undergoing renovations at the time.
Multiple fire crews responded to the scene, and the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Arson Unit was later called in to investigate.
No injuries were reported.
Pratt told The New York Post that he believes the fire was deliberate.
“I want to be careful to not compromise an arson investigation, but this incident is very suspicious,” Pratt said.
“I will wait for the investigators to make public the details, but this was no accident, and the timing of this…on the heels of all of the contentious election tomfoolery of the last two weeks, it is very suspect, indeed.”
He went further, suggesting the fire could be retaliation for his criticism of Democrat politicians.
“There are many unscrupulous people in this city who will stop at nothing to silence people who expose the corruption that has overrun our city,” Pratt said.
“This fire was not an accident, and it would not surprise me in the least if this were a reprisal for my work in opposing Karen Bass and Nithya Raman, and having the audacity as a civilian to try and do my civic duty and improve our broken city.”
The fire came just days after Pratt placed third in the June 2 Los Angeles mayoral primary with 26% of the vote. Many have questioned the validity of his seeming to have secured second place, only to be pushed out by a sudden influx of ballots for his opponent.
Pratt recently posted a defiant video promising to release damaging evidence related to the campaign and city leadership.
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