{
  "id": 13185690,
  "title": "‘My life for a watch’: Hollywood actor Keegan Allen says he was victim of armed robbery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/my-life-for-a-watch-hollywood-actor-keegan-allen-says-he-was-victim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T18:59:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/hollywood/my-life-for-a-watch-hollywood-actor-keegan-allen-says-he-was-victim-of-armed-robbery-1.500705150"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "American actor Keegan Allen, known for his role in the hit television series \"Pretty Little Liars,\" recounted a violent robbery he experienced outside a Los Angeles grocery store on social media. Speaking in a graphic video, Allen, 37, detailed the terrifying incident where two young men threatened him at gunpoint and with a knife, demanding his watch and bracelet. Allen said he would have been killed if it weren't for his life for that watch. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to the incident, confirming the armed robbery without mentioning Allen by name. According to Allen, one suspect brandished a silver handgun while the other displayed a knife, striking him in the face with the gun, causing a laceration on his forehead. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle with Allen's €1 million watch. A video shared by Allen on social media, featuring grainy footage from a security camera, captured the two hooded individuals threatening and assaulting the actor.",
  "summary": "American actor Keegan Allen said he was violently robbed outside a Los Angeles grocery store, an attack he recounted in a graphic video on social media posted overnight Thursday. \"Robbed at gunpoint and knifepoint by two young men that threatened to KILL me over my watch and would have! God said no tonight. My life for a watch,\" posted the actor who appeared in the hit television series \"Pretty…",
  "key_points": [
    "Hollywood actor Keegan Allen robbed at gunpoint and with a knife",
    "Suspects demanded his €1 million watch and bracelet",
    "Actor survived due to his life for that watch"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}