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Kim Kardashian Held at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says Kim Kardashian Held at Gunpoint in Paris, Spokeswoman Says
(about 4 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. PARIS — 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 early Monday.
The police were on guard outside the doors of the private luxury residence in central Paris on Monday morning. Agence France-Presse quoted an unnamed police source as saying that a ring worth around 4 million euros, or about $4.5 million, had been stolen, along with a case of jewelry worth around €5 million and two mobile phones, but that account could not be independently confirmed.
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. A spokesman for the Paris police, reached by phone, would only say that a unit responsible for investigating robberies, burglaries, and major thefts was on the case and that officers would use “all means at their disposal” to catch those responsible.
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. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, vowed on Monday that the police would find the perpetrators.
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. “I condemn the attack Kim Kardashian suffered last night in her hotel,” Ms. Hidalgo said in a statement. “She has my support and will always be welcome here in Paris. I have full confidence that the police force, as part of their investigation, will quickly identify and apprehend the perpetrators of these acts.”
Ms. Hidalgo added: “This sort of act, which is very rare and took place in a private space, does not in any way call into question the work of our police or the security of Parisian public spaces.”
Ms. Kardashian West, a reality TV star who is known for her use of social media, had not posted about the episode on Twitter or Instagram as of Monday morning. She is in Paris for Fashion Week.
Earlier on Sunday, she had attended the Givenchy fashion show, alongside her sister Kourtney Kardashian; her mother, Kris Jenner; and the rock singer Courtney Love.
Later, Ms. Kardashian West attended a private dinner hosted by the fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa and Surface magazine, an American design publication, in the Marais district, leaving 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 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 made her comments 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.
Paris endured major terrorist attacks in January and November 2015, and foreign tourism has dropped substantially. France remains under a state of emergency. The attack on Ms. Kardashian West quickly became political fodder on Monday; presidential elections are scheduled for next year, and the incumbent, François Hollande of the Socialist Party, is expected to face a stiff challenge from right-wing candidates.
“What happened to her is running nonstop on every channel,” Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, a member of the National Assembly with the center-right opposition party, the Republicans, told the news channel Europe1. “Do you realize the kind of anti-commercial this is for Paris? Today you can make any kind of commercial you want for Paris, and they are very expensive. All these commercials were canceled out by what happened to Kim Kardashian.”
Ms. Kosciusko-Morizet ran against Ms. Hidalgo for mayor of Paris in 2014.
In her statement, Ms. Hidalgo warned politicians not to exploit the issue for political gain, though she did not cite Ms. Kosciusko-Morizet by name.
“I call on politicians from right and left, in a presidential precampaign period sometimes conducive to slogans, to exercise responsibility,” Ms. Hidalgo said. “In a complicated context of tourism, in which boosting attendance must be the priority of all, to use this incident for polemical purposes would amount to directly harming the tourism sector, which represents 500,000 jobs in Île-de-France,” she added, referring to the region including Paris.