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Kim Kardashian Tied Up, Robbed in Paris Apartment

Kim Kardashian was robbed inside her Paris luxury apartment-hotel residence at 2:30 am. Apparently, the concierge, at gunpoint, let the robbers into Kardashian's unit.

Hours later the French Interior Ministry said five men threatened a concierge with a weapon, handcuffed him and forced him to open the door to Kim's apartment.

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Some of the robbers were dressed like police. Two entered the unit, got her out of bed, took her cell phone, tied her up, taped her mouth and put her in her bath tub. They spoke French. They then stole millions of dollars of jewelry and two cell phones (I assume the phones belonged to her and her assistant, who was there at the time, but I guess both could belong to her.) Her husband and children were not there. Kim was in Paris for Fashion Week. From Figaro:

]Mayor Anne Hildago ]said the assault is a "very rare act occurred in a private area" that "puts (was) in no case involved" security "the Parisian public space." PS mayor said it has "confidence in the police (...) to quickly identify and apprehend the perpetrators" of the aggression suffered by the American star of reality show "I want to tell him that it will always be welcome in Paris. "

So was it an inside job? It doesn't sound like it. Her bodyguard was with her sisters at a nightclub. The stylist in the apartment called him and he arrived two minutes after the robbers left. (How did the robbers not find her? There's no report of her being tied up and the Daily Mail has photos of her leaving Paris on the same plane as Kim and her bodygaurd. Kim said the bodyguard was not at fault.

The attack took place around 2 pm 30 am. Five armed men burst at 7 rue Tronchet, in a luxury residence of the eighth arrondissement of Paris, close to La Madeleine. Under threat of a weapon they handcuffed the night watchman before ordering her to lead and be open the bedroom door of the star. Three of malfeiteurs remained at the entrance of the building to keep watch. Kim Kardashian was threatened with a gun to her head. The star was then tied (hands and feet taped) and locked in the bathroom while the thugs hid two mobile phones and many jewels in a box. Télé also specifies a wallet 1000 dollars in cash were stolen. The value of jewelry is valued at least € 9 million, including a ring estimated at 4 million.

Reportedly, before taking flight, some by [motorcycle] bicycle, the perpetrators locked the concierge of the luxury residence in the stairwell. The man was handcuffed and feet bound. Surveillance cameras did not establish the direction of flight of the attackers.

Other stories say three of the five robbers stayed outside standing guard and only two went up to the apartment.

That sounds horrible, and the Mayor's comment seems insensitive. It reminds me of the Boulder Mayor's comment shortly after JonBenet Ramsey was killed, before anyone had the slightest clue what happened (and they still don't). She announced to the city on national television that it was safe, there was not attacker on the loose.

"People in Boulder have no need to fear there is someone wandering the streets of Boulder looking for someone to attack. Boulder is safe,'' she said. "

I'm hardly a Kardashian fan, having never seen their TV show, but I agree with James Corden:

People making jokes about @KimKardashian tonight would do well to remember that she's a mother,a daughter,a wife,a friend. Be nice or shut up.

One article I read said Kanye bought the apartment years ago, and they stayed there before their wedding. More photos than anyone has time to look at are here.

The jewelry is probably too famous to unload as is. What will the thieves do with it -- cut it up?

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    Maybe, just maybe... (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Mon Oct 03, 2016 at 09:52:33 PM EST
    Kim and the rest of her clan should stop putting every move they make on social media.

    Street Smarts 101 (5.00 / 3) (#6)
    by kdog on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 10:27:48 AM EST
    Never flash your roll.

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    My BIL... (none / 0) (#38)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Thu Oct 06, 2016 at 04:41:54 PM EST
    was reminded of that the hard way in Buenos Aires.  Thought he was OK to wear his Rolex because he was staying at a posh hotel in a seemingly "safe" part of town.  A couple of armed locals educated him.

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    Huh. (5.00 / 1) (#37)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Thu Oct 06, 2016 at 04:31:21 PM EST
    Us Weekly reports that in light of the robbery, Kim's been taking stock of how she comports herself on the internet and otherwise. "She realizes she was living in a bubble doing what she was doing. She loved flaunting her wealth and being so public," the source reportedly said. "She felt safe and never really thought about her vulnerability. Now she knows she was so naive. Everything has to change going forward."

    Taking responsibility for one's own safety - what a concept.  Or as kdog so eloquently puts it "don't show your roll".

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    Maybe you are right, MileHi, maybe if (3.50 / 2) (#7)
    by caseyOR on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 10:42:06 AM EST
    Kardashian was less public these criminals would not have been able to find her home, but that still does not excuse the robbery. This is victim shaming, plain and simple, and that is never a good thing.

    It is just a short hop from your remark to blaming rape victims because of their clothing or their drinking or that they are women who dared to go out for a little fun.

    Kardashian is not at fault because a gang of people decided to commit this violent crime against her. The people who robbed her are at fault. They chose to commit a crime. Nobody forced them to. Nobody held a gun to their heads.

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    Kim also "chooses" to act like (none / 0) (#28)
    by jondee on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 03:56:36 PM EST
    a narcissistic 21st century version of a decadent Roman senator's concubine in a world in which millions of children still die of malnutrition every day..

    I have to confess to having more sympathy for the robbers.

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    The robbers (none / 0) (#29)
    by nyjets on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 05:23:04 PM EST
    The robbers also threatened the concierge as well.
     Sorry, the robbers get no sympathy from me


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    Taking sensible precautions (none / 0) (#31)
    by TrevorBolder on Tue Oct 04, 2016 at 08:01:13 PM EST
    This is victim shaming, plain and simple, and that is never a good thing.

    Only makes sense. You make it easier to become a victim when engaging in certain behaviors.

    Most travel agencies give advice to tourists for their own safety. You don't have to take them, but you also increase your risk of being a victim

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    "We can do the innuendo,
    We can dance and sing.
    When it's said and done,
    We haven't told you a thing.
    We all know that Crap is King.
    Give us dirty laundry!"

    - Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry" (1982)

    Because the Kardashian clan sans pere is famous simply for being well known, and that fame has further and long since rested almost entirely upon their own rather remarkable and relentless penchant for perpetual self-promotion, they've evolved into a subspecies of American neo-bourgeois culture whose primary purpose is purely ornamental in nature.

    Our own challenge, therefore, is to ensure that this family's transient frivolousness and our media's almost breathless fixation with their celebrity doesn't otherwise come to define and embody our country's own raison d'être in the 21st century.

    In that regard, we should be mindful of Lord Talleyrand's scathing personal opinion of France's ruling House of Bourbon, once they were restored to the throne upon the final defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815, when he remarked cuttingly, "They had learned nothing, and had forgotten nothing."

    Like you, I'm obviously not one of their fans. ;-D

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