Kim Kardashian reunited with Kanye West after being held at gunpoint in $10 million robbery
By Hatty Collier | Evening Standard |
Kim Kardashian was today reunited with husband Kanye West in the US after she was robbed at gunpoint of millions of pounds worth of jewellery in her Paris home by five gunmen dressed as police.
The star arrived with her husband at the couple’s Manhattan home surrounded by security this afternoon.
They were accompanied by her main bodyguard Pascal Duvier, who was not with her at the time of the robbery and was instead accompanying her two sisters Kourtney and Kendall Jenner at a nightclub.
Ms Kardashian arrived back in New York on a private plane, which took off from Le Bourget Airport this morning after her horrific robbery ordeal.
At around 2.25am a gang entered the palatial apartment block close to the British Embassy in the French capital.
After handcuffing the porter, they made their way up to Ms Kardashian’s flat, where she was sleeping.
They broke in and then two of them held a gun at the reality TV star, before also tying her hands together and then locking her in a bathroom.
French investigators put the price of the lost jewellery at around €10 million – equivalent to almost £9 million.
A jewellery box and a ring were taken, as well as two smartphones – ones that are likely to contain a great deal of personal information.
Three days ago, Kardashian West posted a close-up photograph of a huge diamond ring on her left hand captioned with three diamond emojis.
The reality TV star, who was attending Paris Fashion Week, was “badly shaken but physically unharmed” after masked men dressed as police officers robbed her, her spokeswoman said.
Two police officials told reporters that robbers tied up Kardashian West and locked her in the bathroom before escaping on bikes.
Kardashian West’s husband, the rapper Kanye West, was performing at the Meadows Music and Arts Festival in New York when he was told the news on stage.
He abruptly stopped his set, in the middle of his song Heartless, and told the crowd: “I’m sorry, family emergency, I have to stop the show.”
It is unclear whether the couple’s two children, three-year-old daughter North and 10-month-old son Saint, were with Kardashian West when the robbery happened but police said the actress’s family was placed under police protection at the George V hotel after the incident.
Just days before the attack, Kardashian West heaped praise on her German bodyguard Mr Duvier after he protected her from a notorious celebrity prankster who tried to accost her while she was entering a restaurant.
She wrote on Twitter: “My security @PascalDuvier is a G.”
Hours before the armed raid she shared a photograph of herself on Twitter, with Duvier in the background, captioned: “This guy is always in my shot!”.
He was photographed accompanying Kardashian West’s sister Kourtney on Sunday night and has since been seen climbing on to the private plane in Paris.
