'Pretty Wild' starlet out of jail early

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A 19-year-old woman who had appeared in the popular reality show "Pretty Wild" and been jailed for burglarizing Orlando Bloom's home was free on Saturday after serving less than a month of her six-month sentence.

Alexis Neiers, an aspiring model, spent the last few days of her incarceration in a cell next to Lindsay Lohan, one of the targets of the "Bling Ring," a teenage gang of celebrity-obsessed teenagers who burglarized the homes of some of Hollywood's hottest stars including Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox to grab millions of dollars worth of jewelry, designer clothes and other luxury items.

"I did a lot of soul-searching," Neiers said in a statement released by her publicist. "I feel very humbled and see my life in a way that I have come to be very grateful for and I am also grateful to everyone who has helped and supported me through this. "

Neiers admitted burglarizing the home of "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Orland Bloom on July 13, 2009. Investigators found stolen items belonging to actresses Rachel Bilson and Lindsay Lohan in her Thousand Oaks home, and another alleged burglar identified her in a security video.

Investigators found Lohan's black-and-white Chanel necklace and a Marc Jacobs handbag belonging to Bilson in the bedroom of Neiers ' younger sister. Neiers was not charged with any of the other burglaries.

As part of her plea deal, Neiers was sentenced to 180 days at the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood and placed on three years' probation. But because of crowding and a lack of funding for jailers, nonviolent inmates are released early.

The woman starred in the E! Entertainment reality show "Pretty Wild" while being prosecuted.

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