Spencer Pratt decries 'very suspicious fire' at his crystal company office in Pacific Palisades

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Last January, Spencer Pratt’s house in Pacific Palisades was razed by the raging flames of the Palisades Fire.Now, there has been what he called a “very suspicious fire” in a building in the neighborhood’s tony Highlands where he maintained an office for his crystals company.Pratt, a former reality TV star who ran a high-profile campaign for Los Angeles mayor that he appeared to concede on Friday, talked to the California Post about the incident, which was first reported by the Palisadian-Post.

According to the company’s website, the business sells precious and semi-precious crystal pendants, carvings and chains.“I want to be careful to not compromise an arson investigation, but this incident is very suspicious,” Pratt told the California Post.“I will wait for the investigators to make public the details, but this was no accident, and the timing of this … on the heels of all of the contentious election tomfoolery of the last two weeks, it is very suspect, indeed.”Fire officials have not determined what sparked the blaze, and, in an interview with the Palisadian-Post, the building superintendent said he doesn’t believe the fire is related to Pratt’s campaign for mayor.A spokesperson for Pratt did not immediately respond to phone calls and a text message seeking comment Saturday afternoon.Pratt suggested in his remarks to the California Post that he believes the fire may have been a politically motivated arson.“This fire was not an accident, and it would not surprise me in the least if this were a reprisal for my work in opposing Karen Bass and Nithya Raman,” he said.LAFD Public Service Officer Jamie Stewart told The Times in a phone interview Saturday afternoon that the department received a call at 6:09 p.m.

Thursday reporting “a two-story commercial building with light smoke showing.” Stewart added that “arson was notified” and that LAFD arson...