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Kim Kardashian Robbery Staged? Four Questions Nobody Has Been Able To Answer So Far

By Tito Ojo-Medubi
Published on: 01:38 PST, Oct 14, 2016

Masked men robbed Kim Kardashian of jewelry worth millions in a French hotel, but many people believe the robbery was staged. The Daily Mail sought the opinions of two security experts who posed mysterious questions that nobody, including the police, has been able to answer.

Why Stay In A Hotel Without CCTV Cameras?

Kim rented a $17,000-per-night penthouse suite at the “no address hotel” tucked away in the bustle of Paris. The hotel has no surveillance cameras inside or outside the building.

For a woman reportedly worth over $150 million, who lives plenty of her life on social media where millions of fans know her every movement, many people are puzzled by the actions the reality TV star took concerning her safety.

Security experts have said that despite the L’Hôtel de Pourtalès being a high-end hotel, they would never recommend it to a famous or wealthy client because it smacks of a robbery just waiting to happen.

Former undercover DEA agent Michael Levine pointed out that the lack of surveillance cameras provided fertile ground for a lawsuit that could easily blame the incident on poor security.

Why didn’t her well-paid security team tell her that it was totally a bad idea to sleep with over $11 million worth of jewelry without having CCTV cameras around?

What Happened To Her Security?

Pascal Duvier is head of Kim’s security team. He is in charge of close protection staff and her drivers. The 35-year-old has been known to move around with as many as 12 bodyguards at one time. However, the Keeping With the Kardashians star did not have one security detail by her side when she got robbed. Reports say in Los Angeles, she has a permanent team of four that watch over her day and night.
According to her PR team, Kim traveled to Paris with three bodyguards, who divided their work time between the reality TV star and her two sisters, Kendall and Kourtney who were staying at another hotel.

On the day of the robbery, Kim told Duvier to go out with her sisters, and it was her decision. Why did Pascal Duvier agree to this? Why didn’t the burly bodyguard allocate another detail to watch over her? Security experts find it hard to believe that no one was watching the famous celebrity, especially in the wake of the terror attacks and the high crime rates that have troubled the French nation.

Why Was Kim’s Door Not Bolted From the Inside?

There was no sign of forced entry into Kim’s flat. In an interview with the police, Kim said the concierge let the robbers into her flat after getting into the elevator using a key card and pin number, as well as accessing an armored door that uses a master key.

The million dollar question is why her door was not bolted from the inside. This was a basic security precaution she should have been told considering the expensive jewelry she had and the absence of security personnel. Since there were no CCTV cameras to detect the approach of criminals, it was really a no-brainer to try to deter any form of intrusion by locking the door from the inside.

Moreover, why would a high-end hotel leave only one porter on night watch, giving him the license to take unverified men in the middle of the night to the room of client without due diligence, just because they asked to see her? A simple phone call downstairs should have done the trick, rather than taking five men up to her luxury apartment.


How Did She Get Out of Her Restraints So Quickly?

Kim Kardashian said she was bound by the wrists and ankles with zip ties and dumped in a bathtub during her robbery ordeal. The mother-of-two, who said she begged for life, claimed she managed to free herself from the restraints by “wriggling her hands,” after which she headed to the balcony and screamed for help. Nobody heard her screams.

Experts have said if Kim was bound by zip ties, it would have been impossible to wriggle them off her hands because zip ties are made of durable nylon with tiny teeth and a molded ratchet.

Zip ties lock when the teeth align, so the more you wriggle, the more they tighten. If they are tied in front, they can be broken if hands are raised above the head, brought down with speed and force while keeping elbows apart. Even if the zip ties do come off, experts say they cut deeply into the wrists. There was no visible sign of injury on Kim’s hands.

It is standard procedure for victims to assist police with their inquiries after a crime has been committed. Why was Kim allowed to leave France just seven hours after the robbery incident? Police say she gave a statement at her apartment.

She never went to a police station.


She was not interviewed at length. Her clothing and skin were not tested for potential DNA that might have been left by the robbers.

Do you think that the robbery was a set-up by Kim Kardashian?

[Featured Image by Marco Ugarte/AP Images]

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