In 2016, a group of robbers broke into Kim Kardashian West’s hotel room, bound and gagged her, and made off with more than $10 million of jewellery. Months later in 2017, police arrested 10 individuals allegedly involved in the obbery, including mastermind Aomar Ait Khedache.
In an interview, Khedache revealed that he and his cohorts had targetted Kardashian West after she posted photos of her jewelry collection and updates about her trip to Paris for fashion week on social media.
“The jewels were shown on the internet, and she said that she didn’t wear fakes. She shared the time she would arrive in France. You just had to look at the internet and you knew everything. Absolutely everything.”
Using this information, along with data from social media accounts associated with Kardashian West’s family and friends travelling with her, the theives were able to determine the best time to strike – when she was at the hotel alone after telling her bodyguard to accompany her sisters to a club for the eveniong.
The robbery triggered a brief break from social media for Kardashian West, as well as changes to how she now uses social media, including posting about her activities only after she has left the location.