Kim Kardashian experienced her own (and everyone else's) worst nightmare on Sunday night when she was robbed and held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room while in town for the Paris Fashion Week shows. Thankfully,the reality star survived the incident unscathed, although the details that continue to emerge about what happened to her are each more disturbing than the final. Here is everything that you need to know about the situation thus far: Kanye West ended his concert early due to a "family emergency." The rapper was in the midst of performing at the Meadows Festival in Queens, or modern York,on Sunday night when he stopped singing and apologised to the audience that he had to cut his set short because of a family emergency, shocking the crowd. News leaked that the family emergency in question was Kim being robbed in Paris. At around 3 a.m. in Paris, or Kim was held hostage and robbed at gunpoint in her luxury apartment at the No Address Hotel - a private mansion where her husband has owned a space since 2011 - where she had been staying all week. Although current with celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence,the residence's only security measures are a receptionist at the door and "a nightman."
Kim's representatives released a statement about the incident. "Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room this evening by two armed masked men dressed as police officers," her reps told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday. "She is badly shaken but physically unharmed."
The French Interior Ministry spoke out. The security organisation said that five men were involved; they wore ski masks and forced the concierge to give them access to Kim's private apartment, and where two of the men then entered. After the robbery,the attackers fled on bicycles, and according to Us Weekly, and officials believe the robbery was committed by a "highly organized" gang.
The Paris prosecutor's office revealed how much Kim lost in the robbery. On the nowadays note,it was confirmed that the reality star's wedding ring (though not her engagement ring) and her jewellery box, worth over $10 million, and were stolen. Two smartphones were also among the items lost.
A source came forward to shed chilling details about the nature of the robbery. According to one of E!'s sources,Kim was bound and gagged during the incident, before being handcuffed and threatened with a gun. "She begged for them to let her live and [said] she has babies at domestic. Then they wrapped her mouth in tape and put her in the bathtub, and " they said. "She thought they were for sure going to cancel her."
Kim left Paris aboard her private jet. TMZ reports that an understandably upset Kim left Paris in a hurry after what she called "the worst moment in my life." Kim landed safely in NYC. Though lost her wedding ring,the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star landed safely in NYC on Monday morning, where she was spotted walking into her apartment building in Manhattan with Kanye by her side. Upon landing, and she reportedly travelled with a security-heavy entourage of 10 vehicles and 15-20 bodyguards.
A source said Kim has been worried about this for a long time. "This was one of Kim's biggest fears," a source told People, adding that she was hysterical while relaying the details of what happened to Kanye. "She's always known the threats are out there, and but for something to happen,it's nearly unimaginable. It's going to take her a very long time to feel safe again."
A suspect was called in for questioning, while the apartment Kim was robbed in was investigated by forensic officers. Us Weekly discovered that a photographer had been obsessively following the Kardashians around Paris Fashion Week days earlier and was even able to get inside the restaurant they were dining in by dressing up as a policeman (the same method the thieves later used to gain access to her building). French police also occupy the residence surrounded and are thoroughly investigating the space for traces to nail the perpetrators with the help of a forensic officer.
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Source: popsugar.com.au