George Clooney Installing a Panic Room in New Berkshire Mansion as Added Precaution in Light of Wife Amal Alamuddin's High-Profile Case Load
George Clooney's new Berkshire mansion now carries a few extra security measures, according to a report by US Weekly. Quoting an unnamed source, the celebrity news site writes: "They are having a panic room installed. It'll be fireproof, bombproof, and attack-resistant. Amal has high-profile clients in controversial cases. She needs to be secure."
Clooney, 53, and British-Lebanese human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, 37, married on September 27, 2014, in Venice, Italy. The couple spent their honeymoon at the 17th Century British manor house in Berkshire. Clooney paid a reported $15.4 million for the manor and the cost of his renovations is currently unknown according to Daily Mail. It comes with its own library, gym, spa, steam room and wine cellar. It also has the advantage of easy access to London. The Clooneys nearby neighbors, said the British tabloid, include illusionist Uri Geller and UK's Home Secretary Theresa May. The manor itself is set back from the road in a remote countryside and is said to be luxurious, well-decorated, and super-private according to US Weekly's inside source.
The new Mrs. Clooney has worked in the Office of the Prosecutor at the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon and at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. She has been involved in high-profile cases representing the state of Cambodia, the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah Al Senussi, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Julian Assange. and is an adviser to the King of Bahrain in connection with the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. In October 2014, Mrs. Clooney became involved in the repatriation back to Greece of the ancient Greek sculptures "Elgin Marbles" which have been part of the collection of the British Museum since 1816. In January 2015, she also began work on the recognition of the 'Armenian Genocide.'
George Clooney on the other hand will next be seen in theaters on May 22, 2015, with the release of Walt Disney's Tomorowland, a science fiction mystery adventure film directed by Brad Bird from a script he co-wrote with Damon Lindelof.