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The news of Kim Kardashian being robbed at gunpoint early Monday at her luxury apartment in Paris is not unknown. The 5-foot-3 mother of two had a gun to her head and reportedly begged for her life after five masked men wearing police uniforms forced a night concierge at the Hôtel de Pourtalès to bring them to her two-story pad, where, according to TMZ, she was alone in bed.

Kardashian, clad in a robe, caught a glimpse of two of the guys, rolled off the bed and tried to call her bodyguard before her phone was taken from her. The 35-year-old’s wrists were zip-tied and duct-taped, and she was grabbed by the ankles — at which point, she told the police, she thought she was going to be raped.

Instead, her assailants bound her ankles with duct tape and carried her to the bathtub, as Kardashian screamed for them to take her money and jewelry, and spare her life. The men did not speak English, but kept saying “ring, ring,” she told police. After she told them where to find the massive new diamond — a gift from her husband, rapper Kanye West, that she’d been showing off on social media — they duct-taped her mouth.

Immediately after giving a statement to police on Monday, Kardashian boarded a private plane and left Paris, where she’d been attending Fashion Week. Her arrival at her New York City residence Monday afternoon was accompanied by a show of force: A motorcade of about 10 vehicles brought Kardashian, her mom Kris Jenner, Jenner’s friend Corey Gamble and West from the airport, with NYPD present as well, according to TMZ.