Ben Affleck had an intense exchange with law enforcement officers as he pulled out of his driveway in Brentwood on Tuesday – just two days after his home received a shocking visit from the FBI.
FBI agents and deputies from the LA County Sheriff’s Department were seen arriving at Affleck’s home on Sunday. Officers waited outside the gate of his property for several minutes before leaving.
They are said to have investigated an incident in which a private drone collided with a firefighting aircraft, damaging it. TMZ reports.
Affleck’s home is not in an evacuation zone, but he lives near the Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood devastated by one of the fires.
On Tuesday he was seen leaving his Brentwood home in his car, where a police vehicle was seen just outside his gate.
The Argo director appeared stern and gestured pointedly out the window of his car as he spoke to authorities outside his home.
DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative for Affleck for comment.
Ben Affleck had an intense conversation with law enforcement officers as he pulled out of his driveway in Brentwood on Tuesday.
The Argo director appeared stern and gestured pointedly out the window of his car as he spoke to authorities outside his home
Two days earlier, the FBI and sheriff’s department were seen outside Affleck’s home investigating a collision between a private drone and a plane that had been helping the LAFD fight the fires that have raged in the county since last Tuesday, killing 24 people died and thousands of people were destroyed. houses.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Affleck’s rep for comment.
It’s unclear if the Armageddon star was home when the visit took place.
His $20.5 million home has so far emerged unscathed from the LA fires, even though the Brentwood estate is on the border of Pacific Palisades, which was destroyed by the fire.
According to a statement from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, 24 people died Tuesday afternoon in the Palisades fire and the Eaton fire, which started in Altadena, near Pasadena.
The FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies appear to have used the pay phone next to Affleck’s driveway, but the gate was never opened.
One FBI agent wore a short-sleeved shirt with the agency’s logo on the back, while another person wore body armor with the same logo on the back.
At one point they walked to the gate, possibly to make a phone call there.
Affleck was photographed in Los Angeles last May
Two other law enforcement officers were seen leaving the property, one of whom was wearing a Sheriff’s Department branded windbreaker, while the other was wearing a utility vest.
The safety of Ben’s home seemed to have been called into question over the past week because of its proximity to the Palisades fire, which was only 13 percent contained as of Sunday evening.
Last week, the actor-turned-director was photographed looking shocked as he returned home at night, with flames visible nearby.
Ben quickly evacuated and then rushed to his ex-wife Jennifer Garner’s nearby home in Brentwood to get her and their children to safety.
He seemed especially focused on family over the weekend, as he gave his eldest daughter Violet a loving hug.
Although Ben also shares with the 19-year-old Yale student Fin, 16, and Sam, 12, with Garner, whom he married in 2005 and split in 2015.
A plane is seen dropping fire retardant into Mandeville Canyon, one of the neighborhoods threatened by the Palisades Fire on Saturday
The actor has been lucky, as his home, which borders Pacific Palisades, has so far escaped unscathed from the deadly fires engulfing parts of Los Angeles; seen in September in LA
He was seen last week helping his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their children evacuate. She revealed on NBC that she lost a friend to the fire after they ‘didn’t get out in time’
Ben was previously seen returning home from his office, despite his home apparently being under a mandatory evacuation order.
He and his family have been lucky so far, but Garner revealed that losses from the fire had hit close to home.
“I lost a friend who didn’t leave on time,” she revealed, her voice beginning to crack with emotion, while speaking to chef Jose Andres and Katy Tur for MSNBC.
So far, more than 180,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to the massive fires across Los Angeles.
While many celebrities have been devastated by the fires, countless people who are not rich or famous have been displaced by the deadly fires.
Last week, DailyMail.com learned that Affleck has ‘no plans’ to attend the upcoming Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where his ex Jennifer Lopez’s remake of Kiss Of The Spider Woman will premiere.
Ben was a producer on the project, as he was on her recent film Unstoppable, but he has chosen to postpone their publicity campaigns to let his ex star.