*Earlier we reported that Kanye West stopped in the middle of his show at the Meadows in New York for a “family emergency.” That emergency was then described as his wife, Kim Kardashian West getting robbed at gunpoint. Now we have more info to report.
According to judicial source as well as reports, we’ve learned that Kim Kardashian West was robbed of millions of dollars worth of jewelry while in Paris on Sunday night.
Kardashian West wasn’t just robbed during the incident, but that she was tied up and a wedding ring was also among the valuables taken, according to a source with knowledge of security at the private mansion/hotel where the reality TV star was staying, reports NBC News.
Kardashian West’s spokeswoman said that she was left “badly shaken but physically unharmed” after being held at gunpoint by two armed, masked men.
All told, the robbers escaped with a ring worth about $4.5 million and a jewelry box containing other items worth $5.6 million, the judicial source said. The Associated Press also cited a Paris police official as confirming that account.
The judicial source told NBC News that five individuals dressed as police officers went to the building Sunday night.
An authoritative source with knowledge of the hotel’s security said an overnight watchman was on duty when he was overcome by armed men. They took the key to where Kardashian West was staying and ran around the building trying to find the correct apartment.
Once inside, the source said, the men tied her up and put her in the bathroom. The source added that the robbers seemed to have known that security was light on Sunday night, triggering speculation it may have been an inside job.
Kardashian West was in France for Paris Fashion Week and attended the Givenchy show Sunday night.
On Monday morning, police were gathered outside the Hotel de Pourtales, which has been described as a “no address establishment” which offers luxurious and discreet apartment rentals to the rich and famous.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo condemned the incident on Twitter Monday, saying that Kardashian West “will always be welcome in Paris.”
She later released a statement stressing that such robberies are “very rare.”
According Paris authorities, Kardashian West left the city Monday morning.
