Terrifying New Details Have Emerged About How Kim Escaped From Being Tied Up And Gagged In Paris

As Kim returns to the states with what TMZ have dubbed ‘presidential’ levels of security, scary new details have emerged about her ordeal.

The KUTWK star, who was bound and gagged in the bathroom of her Paris hotel room in the early hours of Monday as five armed men ransacked her room, apparently knew “she had to keep quiet in order to survive”.

“[Kim] was tied up, and gagged with duct tape wrapped around her head,” a source tells PEOPLE. “They put plastic ties around her wrists but she managed to squeeze her hands out of the wrist ties by wriggling her hands.”

“She was hysterical but not screaming as she knew she had to keep quiet to survive,” the insider adds. “The reports of her fear of being raped are real. She really did think she was going to be raped. She had a gun to her head the whole time.”

Once free, Kim was reportedly heard screaming for help from her hotel room balcony by her friend and stylist Simone Harouche, who was staying in a nearby room.

Simone then called Pascal Duvier, Kim’s bodyguard, who arrived with police shortly afterwards.

Following the attack, it’s been reported that the entire Kardashian/Jenner family have been placed under police security, in particular Kourtney, Kendall and Kris, as it’s feared they could be targeted next.

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