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Cloobeck Arrested Over Fiancée's Dating-App Burglary Trial

5/14/2026

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Cloobeck Arrested

His arrest is tied to fiancée Adva Lavie’s trial, where she’s accused of using dating apps to burglarize wealthy victims.
Stephen Cloobeck turned himself in at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in West Hollywood and was released posting $300,000 bail.
The Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the Lavie case.
Lavie wears an ankle monitor, cannot leave state, and faces six felony counts.

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Cloobeck Arrested

Stephen Cloobeck, California gubernatorial candidate, left the Democratic Party and identifies as a libertarian after cutting ties with ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell.
West Hollywood police arrested Cloobeck, charged him with witness-tampering in Adva Lavie's case, and released him on a $300,000 bond.
Lavie, known as Mia Ventura, allegedly used dating apps to burglarize wealthy men’s homes.
Cloobeck funded his own campaign and donated about $1 million to Eric Swalwell’s committee.

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On June 17, 1972, five men—including James McCord—were caught breaking into the Democratic National Committee, sparking the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon to resign in August 1974. The fallout produced reforms that expanded investigative oversight and public accountability. Today, California gubernatorial candidate Stephen Cloobeck faces arrest for alleged public witness-tampering, echoing the same pattern of political ambition meeting legal scrutiny.

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Cloobeck Arrested

His arrest is tied to fiancée Adva Lavie’s trial, where she’s accused of using dating apps to burglarize wealthy victims.
Stephen Cloobeck turned himself in at Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in West Hollywood and was released posting $300,000 bail.
The Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station and Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the Lavie case.
Lavie wears an ankle monitor, cannot leave state, and faces six felony counts.

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