Guess he’s not a Keeping Up With the Kardashians fan! An unidentified man attempted to burn down the Kardashians’ clothing store, Dash, in West Hollywood on Monday, June 6.
At about 11:20 p.m., an onlooker called 911 and reported that they saw the culprit throwing a “lit object” through the front window of the boutique, an officer from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told the Los Angeles Times.
The incident broke some glass, but luckily didn’t cause any significant damage inside, and none of the Dash Dolls were working at the time. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered the “heavy object” smoldering, but no merchandise had been burned. According to TMZ, authorities also found a bottle of lighter fluid outside the store.
No arrests have been made yet, but deputies are investigating the incident as attempted arson and are looking for any cameras that may have captured the attack.
Before the Kardashians branched out into reality TV, makeup, video games and more, Dash was the start of their business empire. The original store opened in Calabasas, California, in 2006, but it was relocated to West Hollywood six years later.
Back in March, Khloé Kardashian revealed on her talk show, Kocktails With Khloé, that promoting the store was the main reason she originally agreed to appear on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which premiered in October 2007. After her dad Robert Kardashian’s death from cancer in 2003, Khloé was partying hard and it was Dash that got her back on track. “[Kourtney] said, ‘We’re going to open a women’s clothing store, and you’re going to run it,’ because I just needed structure. I needed something to do every day,” she said.
“Kim and my mom really wanted to do the TV show, and Kourtney and I were, like, all we wanted to do was the kids store and Dash,” she explained. “[Show producer] Ryan Seacrest was like, ‘Well, I only want you on if it’s a family show,’ so we said, ‘Well, if you film at the store, and it’s our commercial, then we’ll be on it.’”
The upscale shopping destination later got its own spinoff show, Dash Dolls, which followed a group of the Kardashians’ young employees at the West Hollywood store. It premiered on E! in September 2015 and featured Khloé’s BFF Malika Haqq and her twin sister, Khadijah Haqq, who were co-managers.
