SHE has fled France on a private jet after being robbed at gunpoint at a Paris apartment early on Monday morning.
The
reality star, 35, had millions of dollars worth of jewellery stolen by
five armed masked men dressed as police officers. The men stole a
jewellery box worth €6 million ($6.7 million) and a ring worth €4
million ($4.5 million), prompting fears that the valuables were personal
ones, and not just jewellery Ms Kardashian was borrowing for fashion
week. An insider said the total worth could be as high as $16 million.
Kim also lost two of her prized smart phones – ones that are likely to contain a great deal of personal information.
At
around 2.30am, the robbers entered the building after the concierge let
them in. Handcuffed and at gunpoint, he then led them to the starlet's
flat. They entered Kim's room, threatened her with a weapon, tied her
up and locked her in the bathroom.
The
mother-of-two, who is in the city for Paris Fashion Week, is 'badly
shaken but physically unharmed',
Husband
Kanye West was told of the raid halfway through a headline performance
at the Meadow Music and Art Festival, New York, and immediately
cancelled the set. Their daughter, North, three, and 10-month-old son
Saint, are not believed to have been in the room at the time.
On
Monday morning, Kim boarded a private jet back to the U.S. accompanied
by her assistant and personal bodyguard Pascal Duvier. She covered her
head in a black scarf as she was led across the tarmac to the waiting
plane.
Kim Kardashian was accompanied by her
assistant and personal bodyguard as she rushed on to a waiting plane on
Monday morning after being robbed at gunpoint
Kim is seen being hurried on to a private jet at Le Bourget airport in Paris after being robbed at gunpoint in the early hours
Kim Kardashian's bodyguard Pascal Duvier speaks to airport staff before they take off back to the U.S. on Monday
Kim
Kardashian checks her phone and holds her hand to her mouth (right)
after being hurried on to a private jet at Le Bourget airport
Kim's assistant and bodyguard are pictured with luggage as the board the waiting plane after the terrifying raid
Reality star Kim Kardashian was robbed
at gunpoint by masked men at an apartment in Paris on the early hours
of Monday. Pictured, Kim with sister Kourtney in Paris on Sunday night
French police officers stand outside the scene of the robbery in Paris on Monday morning
The model left a club in Paris where she had been partying and rushed to comfort Kim early on Monday morning
Kendall Jenner is pictured rushing to be by Kim Kardashian's side after hearing about the armed raid at the apartment
Police and medics are pictured at the
scene, along with Kendall Jenner (centre), Jasmine Sanders and Terrence J
who left the apartment at 4:30am
The actress' family was placed under police protection at the George V palace after the incident.
Kim's
personal bodyguard, Pascal Duvier, was pictured out with Kourtney
Kardashian on Sunday night, indicating he was not with Kim when the raid
took place.
Kim
had only just got in from dinner when the attack happened. On Sunday,
she visited the Balenciaga and also the Givenchy show at Paris Fashion
Week, before going for a meal with friends.
A barman who works opposite Ms Kardashian’s flat said: ‘She’s been popping in and out all the time.
‘It’s
always the same drill – a people carrier with dark windows turns up,
along with the paparazzi and then we see here. Unfortunately too many
people seem to know that she lives her!’
A
photographer, who has been following Kim since she arrived in Paris, is
being questioned by police. He is said to have gained access to a
restaurant where she and her family were dining earlier this week by
posing as a policeman.
The terrifying event early on Monday happened between the hours of 2 to 4 am (CET).
It
took place in a discreet luxury residence used by celebrities and
wealthy individuals behind the French capital's Madeleine church. Kim
has stayed there at least once before, in 2014, before her marriage to
West.
Kim's
spokesperson Ina Treciokas told DailyMail.com: 'Kim Kardashian West
was held up at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel room this evening by
armed masked men dressed as police officers.
'She is badly shaken but physically unharmed.'
A Paris police official confirmed there was a robbery involving Kim but she was unharmed, and an investigation was underway.
The official was not authorized to be publicly named speaking about ongoing investigations.
At
around 4.30am Kendall Jenner was seen leaving the apartment under
police protection. Model Jasmine Sanders, Hailey Baldwin and actor
Terrence J accompanied her.
Kim's private jet was waiting for on the tarmac at Le Bourget airport in Paris as she made the decision to leave the city
Kim Kardashian's luggage is transferred on to a private jet at Le Bourget airport in Paris
Kourtney Kardashian was seen out with
Kim's bodyguard Pascal Duvier on Sunday night, indicating he was not
with Kim when the raid took place
Kim Kardashian is seen leaving the apartment in a black Mercedes after the shocking attack in Paris
Kendall Jenner and Hailey Baldwin ran in to the building where the robbery happened after hearing the news
A woman dressed in a grey coat was led away from the scene by police officers on Monday morning
Kendall Jenner left her night out on the town in Paris to rush to see if Kim was okay after hearing the news
Kourtney Kardashian left Arc nightclub in Paris after learning of Kim's ordeal and rushed to the apartment
Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall
Jenner were partying with Hailey Baldwin in Paris. The trio left Arc
nightclub in the city after learning of Kim Kardashian being robbed at
gunpoint
Armed police stood guard outside the apartment behind the French capital's Madeleine church
Police officers remain at the apartment building in Paris where Kim Kardashian was robbed on Monday morning
Model Jasmine Sanders and actor Terrence J accompanied Kendall to visit the apartment after the raid
French police were seen leaving the house with bags of evidence after the frightening attack on Monday
A police officer leaves the luxury apartment on Monday after gathering evidence from the scene of the raid
Police stand guard outside the Paris apartment were Kim was robbed in the early hours of Monday morning
HOW THE ARMED RAID AT KIM KARDASHIAN'S PARIS APARTMENT PLAYED OUT:
Five men dressed as police officers enter the building after the concierge let them in.
The concierge is handcuffed at gunpoint, he then leads the men to the starlet's flat.
The men enter Kim’s room and threaten her with a weapon.
They tie her up and lock her in the bathroom.
The robbers steal $11 million worth of jewellery including a jewellery box and a ring, before fleeing.
Kanye West cancels his set at the Meadow Music and Art Festival, New York, as he hears about the raid.
Kim’s
sisters Kourtney and Kendall Jenner stop partying at Arc nightclub in
Paris and rush to the apartment after hearing of the heist.
Pictures show that Kim’s bodyguard was out with Kourtney at the time, not back at the apartment with Kim.
The actress' family was placed under police protection at the George V palace after the incident.
Kim's
sisters Kourtney and Kendall were staying at The Peninsula Hotel in the
city but a spokesperson for the hotel said they were 'not aware of any
of it's guests being attacked in our hotel.'
Her
children - three-year-old North and nine-month-old son Saint - were not
involved in the incident on Sunday night according to a report from People.
Kim has been enjoying the festivities during Paris Fashion Week with older sister Kourtney and mother Kim.
Shortly
after the incident, Kanye West ended his concert at Meadows Festival in
Queens, New York on Sunday due to a 'family emergency'.
The
Meadows Festival is organised by the creators of The Governors Ball.
Kanye had been due to play the ball on its third and final day back in
June but it was cancelled due to rainstorms.
Many
fans took to Twitter expressing their anger that the 39-year-old had
walked offstage on Sunday night and there was booing in the crowd. They
also said that he was 30 to 40 minutes late for his scheduled
performance.
Family: Kim is pictured flanked by
older sister Kourtney and mother Kris Jenner at the Givenchy
presentation on Sunday evening as they have been enjoying Paris Fashion
Week
Showing off: The mother-of-two sported a white two-piece number as she stepped out in Paris
Selfie time: She was quite active on Snapchat during the outing and shared a snap from the dinner (right) on social media
HAS
KIM KARDASHIAN BECOME THE LATEST VICTIM OF THE PINK PANTHER
GANG? HEIST BEARS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF INFAMOUS FRENCH JEWEL THIEVES
The raid on Kim Kardashian's apartment has echoes of the infamous robberies carried out by the Pink Panther group.
The Pink Panther gang have stolen more than £280 million in jewels from 380 armed robberies between 1999 and 2015.
They
got their nickname after a 2003 London robbery when a thief hid a
diamond in a pot of beauty cream, similar to the plot of one of the Pink
Panther movies about an inept French detective played by English actor
Peter Sellers.
In
2014 the leader of the gang Borko Ilincic, a 33-year-old Serbian, was
detained by officers from the National Police in the town of Alcala de
Henares, just outside Madrid.
The
Pink Panthers, believed to be made-up of 200 ex-military personnel,
mainly from the Balkan states, have been operating for at least 30
years.
In
1984, three machine gun-toting crooks stormed into the jewellery shop
at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on the Cote d'Azur and cleared its
shelves of £39million worth of gems.
Operating
from London through to Tokyo, the Panthers' exploits read like a stack
of heist-movie scripts, combining the ingenuity of Oceans 11, the
ruthlessness of Reservoir Dogs, and the snazzy Riviera locations of
Inspector Clouseau's crime capers.
The
arch criminals were behind the 2003 raid on Graffs in London's New Bond
Street, Britain's biggest successful diamond heist, they drove an Audi
through glass doors at a Dubai shopping mall, made off on bicycles from a
raid in Tokyo and in St Tropez, made their escape by speedboat as
pursuing police cars were stuck in traffic.
Tough
times: The39-year-old rapper was in the middle of his 2008 hit song
Heartless when he said: 'I'm sorry. I have a family emergency. I have to
stop the show.'
In
a fan recorded video, the father-of-two could be seen in the middle of
performing his 2008 hit Heartless when an aide came on stage to tell him
the news.
He then said: 'I'm sorry. I have a family emergency. I have to stop the show.'
The crowd was obviously stunned at the shock announcement as Kanye could be seen quickly exiting the stage.
He reportedly cut his headline set 20 minutes early despite showing up 30 minutes late.
One Twitter user
at the event named Stephen Dacres described the scene as he wrote:
'Kanye's assistant pulled him to the side of the stage then Ye got on
the mic saying he had a family emergency then stopped the show
#Meadows.'
The
Meadows New York City made the announcement that the show was over via
Twitter as they wrote: 'Due to an emergency, Kanye West had to end his
performance early. Please get home safely.'
Confirmation: The Twitter account for The Meadows New York City festival posted this shortly after Kanye left the stage
Hail Yeezus: Kanye was headlining the two day music and arts festival
Interesting: He reportedly cut his headline set 20 minutes early despite showing up 30 minutes late
Just
an hour prior to Kanye leaving the stage, Kim was active on Snapchat as
she posted a video of herself FaceTiming with Blac Chyna during a baby
shower with Rob Kardashian.
The last time Kim and Kanye were spotted together was during an outing in Paris on Wednesday.
Paris
has been a special place for Kardashian-West and her husband, who spent
the weekend there before marrying in Florence in May of 2014.
Earlier
this week, Kim had a scare of different kind as a prankster
named Vitalii Sediuk slipped past security and tried to tackle her -
appearing to try to kiss her famous behind.
Watch out!
Kim narrowly missed out on being tackled by serial prankster Vitalii
Sediuk - two years after he caused chaos by ambushing her at Paris
Fashion Week
Praise: The prankster was quickly pinned to the ground by her bodyguard Pascal Duvier as she praised him on social media
Working relationship: She posted a
paparazzi photo of she with her now famous security guard and the
caption 'This guy is always in my shot!' on Instagram on Sunday
Luckily he was stopped before reaching the TV superstar and was pinned to the ground by her bodyguard Pascal Duvier.
Kim
definitely seemed excited to have Pascal keeping her safe as she posted
about him numerous times in the past few days as she even wrote: 'My
security @PascalDuvier is a G!'
She
even shared a paparazzi photo featuring him in the background on Sunday
with the cheeky caption: 'This guy is always in my shot!'
Piece of mind: Kim's friend Chrissy Teigen seemingly reacted to the news by giving her own commentary on celebrity
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