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Kim Kardashian Held at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Kim Kardashian West was held up at gunpoint Sunday night inside a luxury Paris apartment by two masked men dressed as police officers, according to a spokeswoman. | |
She was “badly shaken but physically unharmed,” the spokeswoman told The Associated Press, offering no further details. | She was “badly shaken but physically unharmed,” the spokeswoman told The Associated Press, offering no further details. |
The police were on guard outside the doors of the private luxury residence in central Paris on Monday morning. | |
Ms. Kardashian West, famous for her use of social media, had not posted about the episode on Twitter or Instagram as of midnight. She is in Paris for Fashion Week. | Ms. Kardashian West, famous for her use of social media, had not posted about the episode on Twitter or Instagram as of midnight. She is in Paris for Fashion Week. |
Earlier that evening, the reality TV star had attended the Givenchy fashion show, alongside her sister Kourtney Kardashian; her mother, Kris Jenner; and the rock singer Courtney Love. | |
Later, she attended a private dinner hosted by the fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa and Surface magazine, an American design publication, in the Marais district, which she had left with her sister at midnight. | |
The episode came days after Ms. Kardashian West was almost tackled in a Paris street by an assailant, identified as Vitalii Sediuk, who has ambushed several other celebrities, before he was pinned to the ground by her bodyguards. | |
The spokeswoman issued the statement not long after Ms. Kardashian West’s husband, Kanye West, abruptly walked offstage as he performed his song “Heartless” at a music festival in Queens. | The spokeswoman issued the statement not long after Ms. Kardashian West’s husband, Kanye West, abruptly walked offstage as he performed his song “Heartless” at a music festival in Queens. |
“I’m sorry, there’s been a family emergency,” he told concertgoers, according to multiple videos posted online by fans in attendance. “I have to stop the show.” | “I’m sorry, there’s been a family emergency,” he told concertgoers, according to multiple videos posted online by fans in attendance. “I have to stop the show.” |
He was performing at The Meadows, a music and arts festival, which confirmed the cancellation on Twitter. | He was performing at The Meadows, a music and arts festival, which confirmed the cancellation on Twitter. |