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How robbers stole $11 million in jewelry from Kim Kardashian West

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Kim Kardashian West.  Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images

Kim Kardashian West was robbed at gunpoint in a rented luxury mansion in Paris early Monday morning, and according to a CNN report, the robbery was an elaborate operation. 

The French Interior Ministry told the outlet that Kardashian West's rented mansion was seized by five men dressed as police officers.

The men reportedly handcuffed the mansion's concierge after threatening him with a gun and then forced him to open Kardashian West's private apartment.

At that point, two of the men held a gun to Kardashian West's head and tied up and locked the reality-TV star in a bathroom. The robbers then took "two cell phones and jewelry worth millions of dollars," and no shots were fired. 

In total, the ring and box of assorted jewelry that the robbers stole were worth up to $11 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter also said the security guard was left tied up in a stairwell.

Kardashian West immediately left Paris following the incident, and a spokeswoman said that she was "badly shaken but physically unharmed."

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John Lynch was a senior editor at Business Insider, where he oversaw mobile coverage for the Reviews team, including topics like smartphones, tablets, wearables, and cell carriers.A consumer tech expert, John has more than five years of experience in service journalism and nearly a decade in digital journalism. ExperienceIn 2019, John founded Business Insider's Tech Reference vertical, which published a trusted catalog of thousands of explanatory guides to consumer tech products and services.He started at BI as a media and entertainment reporter and had interviewed dozens of prominent names for the site, including Morgan Freeman, Oliver Stone, and Ken Burns. CNN, NBC, ESPN, and other publishers cited his work. Why you can trust JohnJohn's experience building Business Insider's expansive Tech Reference vertical gave him an expert-level, wide-angle view of consumer tech, with a focus on the topics he edited and oversaw for the Reviews team. His product testing methodologies are grounded in having edited hundreds of how-to and troubleshooting articles on smartphones, tablets, and wearables from myriad brands, along with explainers and news coverage on a broad range of tech products and features. He has a keen sense of the relative worth and function of tech products from half a decade of hands-on experience covering the ins and outs of the latest tech. For the Reviews team, John also has years of practice reading the fine print of cell carrier plans to assess their value for the average consumer and hunting for and recommending worthwhile tech deals. ExpertiseHis expertise includes: 
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