Security and media surround Kim Kardashian's NY apartment a day after Paris robbery

Record ID: 83179

  • Title: Security and media surround Kim Kardashian's NY apartment a day after Paris robbery
  • Date: 3rd October 2016
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** KIM AND KANYE POSING FOR PICTURES AT HARPERS ICONS EVENT KIM AND KANYE POSING FOR PICTURES AT MTV VMAS
  • Embargoed: 18th October 2016 23:30
  • Keywords: Robbery Kardashian Paris Kanye West jewelry New York
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts/Culture/Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA00252GCMDP
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Reality TV star Kim Kardashian returned to New York "badly shaken" on Monday (October 3) after being robbed at gunpoint in her Paris residence by masked men who stole some $10 million worth of jewelry from her.
    Kardashian, wearing sunglasses and with her head bowed, was pictured entering her Manhattan apartment with her rapper husband Kanye West. She had left Paris by private jet hours after robbers tied her up in the bathroom and put a gun to her head.
    Kardashian, who her publicist said was "badly shaken but physically unharmed," said nothing to waiting media upon her arrival.
    "What happened is very unfortunate and those responsible must be severely punished," French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told TV5 Monde. "We are fully mobilized to ensure the safety of the French people, as well as all those who visit France, and in particular tourists."
    A Paris police source earlier told Reuters that five attackers, wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings, struck around 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) inside the exclusive apartment block where Kardashian, 35, was staying while attending Paris Fashion Week.
    Two of the men entered Kardashian's apartment after threatening the night guard with a hand gun.
    Kardashian, who has two young children with husband and rapper Kanye West, was not beaten but the robbers put a handgun against her temple before tying her up, the source said. iTELE television said she had been tied up with packing tape.
    E! News, whose U.S. network broadcasts the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" television show, on Monday quoted a source close to Kardashian as saying she feared for her life.
    "She begged for them to let her live and (said) she has babies at home... She thought they were for sure going to kill her," the unidentified source told E! News.
    The robbers stole a box containing jewels worth 5 million to 6 million euros ($5.6 million to $6.7 million) and a ring worth about 4 million euros ($4.5 million), the Paris police source said.
    As news of the robbery spread, West abruptly ended a performance in New York less than an hour into his set on Sunday night.
    Kardashian was in Paris with her mother, Kris Jenner, and sisters Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian to attend the fashion week. The rest of the family stayed in a hotel.
    The robbery set social media alight, with some users making fun of the latest headline-grabbing event in the life of a TV star who documents her life continually on screen and on social media.
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