Kim Kardashian wiggled free from plastic handcuffs and screamed for help from balcony as she feared Paris jewel thief gang would rape her
KIM Kardashian wiggled free from her gunpoint robbery hell before running onto her flat’s balcony and screaming for help, it has been revealed.
Terrified Kim ‘feared she was about to be raped’ as robbers held a gun to her head while she begged: “Please don’t kill me, I have children.”
And after being left tied up and left in the bath, the mum of two was able to make a desperate escape from her ties and yell to neighbours.
The gang had just ransacked her luxury Paris haul, nicking millions of pounds worth of jewellery – including a £3.5million ring – and two phones.
Kim left the French capital yesterday — minus the rock on her engagement finger.
Now, has reported the reality star’s desperate fight to escape her midnight terror in Paris.
It was also revealed how the robbers repeatedly shouted “ring, ring” in broken English as it becomes increasingly clear the raid was targeted at stealing the giant diamond.
According to reports by TMZ the reality TV star told cops she feared she was about to be raped when the men duct taped her and began grabbing her by the ankles.
A PA to Kim was able to call her hulking bodyguard Pascal Duvier – who was at a nearby nightclub with Kourtney Kardashian – from a nearby room after hearing the commotion.
Police suspect the five Eastern European robbers had inside help from the star’s security team allowing them to storm into her apartment posed as police officers and steal almost £9million worth of goods.
Further police enquiries revolve around two men who were snapped following her car on mopeds in the days leading up to the robbery.
One police source told the : “Kim Kardashian was tailed for at least three days before the robbery.
“We know there was one man who pretended to be a photographer who followed the American celebrity on a motorbike to find out her whereabouts.
“Another man pretended to be a plain-clothed detective to try to get a seat next to her at the exclusive Ferdi restaurant on Thursday night.
“But both men were fakes.”
The 35-year-old mum of two was whisked out of France by private jet yesterday — after describing the robbery as “the worst moment of my life”.
Kim’s spokesman said: “She is badly shaken but physically unharmed.”
A source said: “She’s very pleased to heading back to the United States. She has given a full statement for the police.”
Her departure came amid questions over why her security staff failed to prevent the attack.
Sources close to the star claim she would not have opened the door to her flat, leading to suspicions someone else on the inside may have done so.
It is believed the gang took advantage of Kim’s obsession with social media updates to keep track of her movements.
Security experts say Twitter and Snapchat messages and pictures showing her location could have given vital information.
Kim was asleep when the gang, who dressed as policemen and spoke English with accents, stormed her apartment building in the French capital’s upmarket eighth district at 2.25am.
They made the night porter show them where Kim was staying. He was handcuffed and pushed into a cupboard.
The robbers then forced their way into Kim’s apartment. At least two men grabbed her and held a gun to her temple.
They then swiped a £3.5million ring and a jewellery box containing £5.24million in gems, some cash and two mobile phones.
The stolen ring is believed to be the huge diamond Kim was given by husband Kanye West, 39, to mark their engagement.
Was Kim's £3.5million, 20-carat ring given to her by hubby Kanye stolen by Paris gang?
The £3.5million ring stolen in a terrifying raid on Kim Kardashian’s Paris flat could have been a 20-carat second engagement ring given to her by husband Kanye West, it is feared.
More than £9MILLION worth of jewellery is believed to have been taken – with much of that loaned to the American for Paris Fashion Week.
But fears are rising that several pieces were highly-personal to 35-year-old Kardashian.
Foremost of those is the 20-carat emerald-cut ring given to her by husband Kanye just last month.
Kardashian was seen in Paris wearing the ring last night after attending sister Kendall Jenner’s appearance at the Givenchy fashion show.
She recently showed off the dazzling stone in a revealing Instagram snap.
Rapper West gave his wife the ring as an upgrade to her original 15-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring.
She was seen wearing it in the hours before the robbery — but it was missing from Kim’s ring finger when she was pictured at Le Bourget airport before flying back to the US yesterday.
Kim phoned Kanye sounding “terrified and hysterical” after the raid.
A source said: “He said she was really upset and it took him a few seconds to understand what she was saying to him.
“He told her that he couldn’t care less about the jewellery, he was just thankful she was OK.”
The source said Kim told Kanye the robbery took place “really fast” — adding: “Kanye says that it all hit her after the guys had left.
“She is very upset and couldn’t wait to leave Paris. She got robbed of her jewellery but doesn’t care.
“She is just happy to be alive. She has never been in a more frightening situation.”
The robbers wore ski masks and police armbands. It is believed they left the crime scene on “velib” rental bicycles — the Paris version of London’s Boris Bikes.
Kim’s bodyguard Pascal Duvier was out with her sisters Kourtney, 37, and Kendall Jenner, 20, who were at a Paris nightclub.
Two other security guards are said to have been with Kim in Paris but it is unclear where they were when the robbers struck.
KIM TIMELINE
Sep 27 Flies into Paris for Paris Fashion Week.
Sep 28 Lunches at L’Avenue restaurant where she dodges an ambush by celeb prankster Vitalii Sediuk. Bodyguard Pascal Duvier shoves Sediuk to the ground.
Sep 29 Visits fashion show with hubby Kanye before going to Balmain show and swanky after-party. Tweets pic showing her 20-carat emerald-cut diamond engagement ring.
Oct 1 Shops with Naomi Campbell before dining at Kinu restaurant.
Oct 2 Takes front-row seat at Balenciaga show before watching Kendall Jenner at the Givenchy show. Tweets a snap of herself with Duvier, writing: ‘This guy is always in my shot!’
Oct 3 Attends dinner and returns late.
2:30am Robbers storm in. She is handcuffed and locked in the bathroom as the gang ransacks the flat. She frees herself and calls for help after the men flee.
3am Kourtney and Kendall out with bodyguard Duvier at L’Arc Paris nightclub – are alerted and rush back to the flat. The family is placed under police protection at the George V Hotel.
8:30am Family boards private jet for New York at Le Bourget airport. Kim is not wearing her engagement ring.
Kim was hit by an earlier security scare last week when she was accosted by serial prankster Vitalii Sediuk.
Kim’s daughter North, three, and ten-month-old son Saint, are not believed to have been with her.
Paris police said: “The damage amounts to several million euros, mainly jewellery. The total amount is still being evaluated.”
Rapper Kanye, 39, was told of the robbery while mid-way through a set at a New York festival.
An assistant came on stage during hit single Heartless and broke the news. Kanye told the crowd: “I’m sorry, there is a family emergency, I have to stop the show.”
He then dropped the microphone and bolted from the stage.
One festival-goer said: “A dude just ran on stage and grabbed Kanye. It was wild because Kanye ignored the dude at first. But the dude wouldn’t leave without Kanye.”
Kim and Kanye were last night holed up in a New York penthouse — protected by 20 security guards. Kanye took her there after meeting her plane when it landed in New Jersey yesterday afternoon.
She was seen leaving the airport with an assistant and bodyguard Pascal in a convoy of ten black SUVs with a police escort.
A witness said: “They were not messing around — it was presidential level security.
“The police stopped traffic to get them home safe.”
Gunilla Ebers, who saw the convoy arrive at the penthouse, said: “Kim seemed very subdued. They’ve been staying here for a long time and she’s seemed more animated and taken selfies with fans, but today was straight in.
“Kanye West looked very concerned.”
Kim’s mum Kris Jenner and her boyfriend Corey Gamble were later seen arriving at the £23million penthouse.
Kris told E! News Kim “will be okay”.
The Paris raid came days after Kim posted an online picture of her 20-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond ring.
It is the second engagement ring she has had from Kanye since he proposed in 2013.
Kim had been in the French capital for a week of shows and parties linked to Paris Fashion Week.
Her movements have been extensively documented on social media and her apartment in Rue Tronchet is well known to fans.
A barman who works opposite the building said: “She’s been popping in and out all the time.
“It’s always the same drill — a people carrier with dark windows turns up, along with the paparazzi and then we see her.
“Unfortunately too many people seem to know that she lives here.”
Previous celebrity residents of the apartment block include Hollywood’s Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio and Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Kim returned to the flat late on Sunday not long before the raid following a dinner date.
Paris’s 8th district has been plagued by carefully-planned, professional jewel heists in the past.
And in February there was a similar raid in the neighbouring 16th district.
A couple were held up by four robbers dressed as police at a flat less than two miles from Kim’s.
They pretended to be investigating a burglary and then stole jewellery and cash.
A photographer who has been following Kim in Paris was yesterday being questioned.
He got into a restaurant where she and her family were dining earlier this week by posing as a policeman.
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