Exactly one month after reality star Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in Paris by five masked men and ran away with almost $11 million worth of jewelry, she and her husband Kanye West decided to fire their long-time bodyguard Pascal Duvier and several other members of their security team.
While the couple was very supportive of Duvier after the incident, claiming that it was not their bodyguard’s fault as he joined Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner at L’Arc Nightclub at about the time when Kim was being robbed, it seems that there is something more than meets the eye in the incident.
Some are saying that Kim and Kanye were saying that it was a tough decision on their part to let go of Duvier and the other members of their security team.
But an insider revealed that the decision of the couple was not personal but rather a complete overhauling of the security after the incident, notes Us Weekly.
The same source added that Kim and Kanye no longer want to take chances after what happened in Paris, which actually opened notions that it could have been an inside job, without the high-profile couple going into the details.
Based on the reports of Paris police officials, the robbery was committed by a highly organized gang and the suspects are still at large at this time.
Freaked out after the incident
Following the robbery incident in Paris, a shift began to occur as Kanye became increasingly concerned about the safety of his wife Kim and their two children, North and Saint. A source close to the family said that Kanye freaked out after the incident that threw him for a loop, reports the Daily Mail.
He just wanted to be sure that there will be no lapses in security especially with the safety of his wife and children at stake.
That was when they come to a decision to let go of Pascal Duvier along with a couple other security members of their team.
Kim had spent the days before the attack praising Pascal on social media, writing on Twitter just five days before the robbery: ‘My security @PascalDuvier is a G!’
That tweet came just after Pascal slammed celebrity prankster Vitalii Sediuk to the ground when he came up behind Kim and tried to grab her while she was entering a Paris Fashion Week event.
Then, just one day before the multi-million dollar jewel heist, Kim posted a paparazzi photo of herself entering the Balenciaga fashion show in Paris with Pascal right behind her, joking that ‘this guy is always in my shot.’
Love for social media
Pascal and his boss seem to have shared a love for social media too, with the bodyguard frequently posting photos and tweets.
He also posted the day before the robbery, writing on Twitter: ‘You don’t become a bodyguard overnight. It’s a job with dedication, responsibility, and passion.’
That was followed by another tweet that read: ‘Do your job for your own satisfaction. Not for applause, attention, or fortune.’
He also posted multiple photos of himself flying on private jets. And while he enjoyed that perk of the job, he did not seem to appreciate when fans asked him to speak to his clients on their behalf, writing in one Twitter post: ‘Whoever asks me to deliver a message to a client of mine will be muted and blocked.’
Duvier’s excessive presence in social media could be one of the reasons why Kim and Kanye decided to let go of him since it opens up a breach in security one way or the other.
Kim Kardashian has since kept a low profile after the robbery. She briefly broke her silence on Facebook, but it turned out that the post was published in error by her team.
A source close to the reality star said that Kim is still figuring out when is the right time for her to come back to the limelight.