The hotel concierge who was handcuffed and held and gunpoint alongside Kim Kardashian West is revealing there's so much more to the robbery than initial reports.
In his first exclusive, on camera interview with Entertainment Tonight, Abdulrahman says the robbers handcuffed him and took him up to the first floor, where Kim was staying with sister Kourtney Kardashian, who was enjoying the night out and close friend and stylist, Simone Harouche, who was asleep in another bedrooom. He says that the 36-year-old reality star was on the bed when they arrived.
It was all about the money, Abdulrahman, revealed! There was a language barrier and the robbers kept asking Kim for the money and Kim thought they initially wanted her phones. "[The robber] said, 'I don't need phones' in French, [but] he doesn't understand English, and also she didn't understand French, and the guy was asking for money, money, money," he says. "She believed that they were there for her ring. She showed her hand ... there is no ring, and the guy is like, 'Where is the ring?' At the moment she gave him her ring -- it was on a table close to the floor -- she gave her ring to the guy ... and he put it in his pocket." wanted her jewellery. She gave them her ring, which was on a side table. The robbers grabbed the jewellery and continued to ask for the money.
"'Where is money, money, money?" Abdulrahman says one of the men continued to demand. "For him, it was just a ring, I think ... he didn't stop asking for money."
Abdulrahman says he had to tell the robbers Kim didn't have a lot of cash on her, and that's when one of the robbers eventually asked for more jewels, which is when Abdulrahman says Kim handed him a jewelry box.
"They weren't there for jewels at first, they were there for money," Abdulrahman believes. "He put the jewels in his [backpack] and he left the bag open, that is why he lost some jewels and the gold in the hotel."
Kim's robbery investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made.
Abdulrahman's account contradicts speculation that the robbers were specifically after Kim's extensive jewelry collection she often showed off on social media, including her $4.5 million, 20-carat Lorraine Schwartz diamond engagement ring from husband Kanye West.
