Robbers tricked their way into Kim Kardashian’s Paris home by simply saying ‘it’s urgent’, under-fire concierge claims
The armed criminals, who were dressed as policemen, stole £9 million worth of jewellery from the reality star
ROBBERS tricked their way into the Paris home of the world’s most famous reality TV star by simply saying: "It’s urgent – we must see Miss Kardashian," a concierge has claimed.
The bizarre testament from the so far unnamed doorman is the latest spoken evidence to be made available to detectives investigating Monday’s heist at Kim Kardashian’s flat.
She says she was held up at gunpoint by members of a five-man gang, who then bound and gagged her before making off with £9m worth of jewels.
The concierge – who has not been identified – insists he suffered the same fate, but not before talking to the criminals.
But police have noted inconsistencies in his story, and remain baffled at the apparent ease with which he was able to guide the robbers straight to the star’s bedroom.
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He has told them that they arrived at around 2.30am, and got through a first set of locked doors by buzzing the intercom, and saying: ";It’s urgent – we must see Miss Kardashian."
Once inside they falsely claimed to be police, and then pointed a gun at the man’s head, forcing him to open Ms Kardashian’s first floor apartment with a single key.
In fact, low-ranking night staff staff do not have such easy access to £25,000-a-week flats used by VIP celebrities including Madonna and Leonardo Dicaprio.
There are all kinds of security protocols limiting access to the nine apartments in the building, which all have armoured doors that are locked from the inside.
"It is inconceivable that this concierge could have just walked into the flat with the robbers without breaking the door down, and there is no sign of forced entry," said an investigating source.
As the mystery deepened, police said that the gang is likely to have arrived and left by bicycle.
There were no CCTV cameras in or directly outside the block, but recorded images from other parts of Paris ‘point to the possibility of the gang members being on push bikes,’ said the source.
Ms Kardashian’s stylist, Simone Harouche, was apparently in the flat at the time, but she has now been ruled out as the person who raised the alarm.
Instead Ms Kardashian has claimed she heroically untied and ungagged herself, escaped from a locked bathroom, screamed for help from the flat’s balcony, and called her bodyguard at 2.56am.
Pascal Duvier, the muscular giant who is usually always at her side, was out at a nightclub with other Kardashian family members.
In a further twist, it has now emerged that Mr Duvier was declared bankrupt less than a fortnight ago, so he may have been feeling unsettled during the drama.
Ms Kardashian herself fled France within a few hours of the raid, boarding a private jet so as to be with her husband, the rapper Kanye West in New York.
The Paris authorities have privately expressed frustration that she disappeared so quickly, as she and the concierge are the key witnesses to what amounts to an extremely serious crime.
In turn, Ms Kardashian has indicated that she is briefing French detectives from the USA by telephone.
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