Sam Taylor-Johnson raided - The "Fifty Shades of Grey" director's home was invaded by cops Thursday night, Aug. 28, after a passerby spotted an M16 rifle inside the Taylor-Johnson's £15.5 million residence.
According to multiple Sam Taylor-Johnson raided reports, the concerned citizen - an alleged ex-Iranian soldier- called 999 at 23:40 hours and alarmed authorities after he saw the firearm on a desk by the window of the home.
Dozens of armed forces reportedly responded to the leafy north London house, and shocked neighbors stood by as authorities entered the property in the Sam Taylor-Johnson raided case.
However, it turned out the director and her actor husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson were not into some dangerous underground mission but rather an international charity project.
The London Metropolitan Police told E! News that the owners were not home at the time of the Sam Taylor-Johnson raided incident and the police gained entry to the property through a key holder. Officials confirmed the firearm was a deactivated M16 rifle that has been decomissioned as part of an art program that the director is involved in. N arrests were reportedly made.
The director's rep confirmed the Sam Taylor-Johnson raided incident telling the Guardian in a statement that cops were indeed called to the couple's north London home following a report of a gun on the premises by a pedestrian. "The firearm was located in Sam Taylor-Johnson's basement studio and has been confirmed as a certified and fully decommissioned M16 assault rifle that was provided to Mrs Taylor-Johnson by the international charity Peace One Day as part of an art project entitled 'Peace One Day M16.'"
"The project, curated by Jake Chapman, consists of new works by some of the most celebrated names in contemporary art all of whom are transforming fully decommissioned M16 assault rifles," the rep continued to explain the Sam Taylor-Johnson raided mishap.
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