Kim Kardashian feared she was going to be raped, as chilling new details emerge from the break-in that left her tied up in the bathroom of a luxury Paris apartment as masked men stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Kim had been asleep in just a robe early Monday when she heard the robbers barreling up the stairs of her two-story apartment behind La Madeleine church in the city's 8th arrondissement, TMZ reported.
She was halfway through dialling her bodyguard when her phone was snatched out of her hands. Meanwhile, her quick-thinking friend Simone Harouche sprung from her bed downstairs and locked herself in a bathroom, the website reported.
The fashion stylist and long-time friend of the Kardashians called Kim's personal bodyguard Pascal Duvier, who was out at the Arc nightclub with Kourtney and Kendall less than two miles away.
Meanwhile, the 35-year-old reality star begged for her life, screaming that she had two children as five masked men dressed in clothes with police markings bound her wrists and ankles with zip ties and duct tape before leaving her in the bathtub.
Kim managed to squeeze her hands out of the wrist ties by 'wriggling her hands,' a source told People. Another source said she 'screamed from the balcony' after freeing herself, which is when her friend Harouche heard her.
Kim, who later told police she feared she was going to be raped, didn't understand the French-speaking robbers amidst the chaotic scene.
But she heard them repeating 'ring, ring' before she realized they were searching for the 20-carat emerald-cut Lorraine Schwartz ring given to her by husband Kanye West, according to TMZ.
She soon told them where she left the ring, which is worth a reported $4.5million (€4 million /£3.5 million) and last seen on Kim's finger in a Snapchat post earlier that night.
The men, who entered the building after holding the concierge at gunpoint, also stole a jewelry box worth $6.7 million (€6 million/ £5.24 million) before escaping on rented bicycles available throughout the city.
Kim's bodyguard, who managed to return to the apartment two minutes after the men escaped, was blasted for allowing the shocking security lapse while former guard Steve Stanulis suggested it was an inside job.
Kim was seen boarding a private jet on Monday morning with her head covered in a black scarf, while a concerned Kanye met her at the airport in New York.
As the couple walked into their home in Manhattan with a huge security presence posted outside,
Kim's engagement ring was notably missing from her finger.
But a source close to the case said: 'She's very pleased to be heading back to the United States. She has given a full statement for the police.'
While her security team was blasted for allowing the robbers to reach her Paris bedroom, Duvier boarded the star's private jet back to the US along with Kim's assistant.
Just hours before the raid, he tweeted that 'you don't become a bodyguard overnight...it's a job with dedication, responsibility and passion.'
He expressed his commitment to finding the perpetrators and said: 'The events that occurred in Paris was one of the most sickening things I have seen or heard.
'We have tips and leads and we will find you. That I promise you...you messed with the wrong one.'
The bodyguard has been at Kim and Kanye's side since 2014 and stands at 6'4" and weighs a hefty 264 pounds.
He made his comments on a personal internet blog tonight where he also re-posted media profiles of himself after the robbery.
Steve Stanulis, a security specialist who last worked for Kim and Kanye during the Met Gala in May, blamed the star for broadcasting her jewelry on social media. He also suggested possibilities of an inside job.
He told Dailymail.com: 'Look, they had this coming to them. They do not respect the importance of security when you have a profile as strong as theirs.
He also told Page Six: 'I would say it’s either an inside job or publicity stunt. That hotel is so secure, somebody must have tipped them off that she was alone inside, or shown them a way in.'
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