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Celeb News: Kim's bodyguard filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago
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Kim's bodyguard filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago
He just filed for bankruptcy 10 weeks ago, apparently millions of dollars in debt. Raises questions as to why he left her unguarded that night while attending the club.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-1MILLION.html
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EXCLUSIVE: Kim Kardashian's personal bodyguard Pascal Duvier filed for company BANKRUPTCY ten weeks ago... with debts of €1MILLION
Kim Kardashian's bodyguard filed for bankruptcy for his German security company ten weeks ago with debts of more than €1million, MailOnline can reveal.
Pascal Duvier, 43, who was in a nightclub when the star fell victim to a £8.5million heist as she slept alone in her Paris hotel, lodged a claim for company insolvency at Heidelberg administrative court on July 22 this year.
His German ProtectSecurity firm, which has run security for a host of stars from Kim's husband Kanye West to the Black Eyed Peas, has racked up debts totalling €1,093,518 (£961,296).
The insolvency lawyer on the case told MailOnline: 'There is so much debt. There are many claimants. I cannot say the exact number. Lots.'
Reality TV star Kim, 35, was subjected to a terrifying ordeal in the early hours of Monday morning when five gunmen disguised as police officers and wearing ski masks to hide their faces bound and gagged her in the luxury Hotel de Pourtalès.
Mother-of-two Kim had been left alone in the suite while bodyguard Duvier went to high-end nightclub L'Arc with her sisters Kourtney and Kendall Jenner.
Bodyguard Duvier arrived at the flat two minutes after the gangsters escaped on bicycles with her £3.5million engagement ring - apparently after being alerted by a text message from Kim's best friend Simone Harouche.
Duvier, who has vowed to track down the attackers, has faced claims he left the star exposed by failing to secure the flat in his absence.
Kim has reportedly told friends that she does not blame him for the crime. There is no suggestion Duvier had any involvement or that he is under any suspicion.
The 6-4' selfie-loving security guard has worked for Kanye West since 2012, and won acclaim just a week ago when he saved Kim from being grabbed by prankster Vitalii Sediuk in Paris.
On his LinkedIn profile, Duvier says: 'My goal as the Chairman of ProtectSecurity is build a security team around the protected person.'
He has apparently run the company for 19 years and his profile says he has lots of experience with high profile clients having worked for Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Will.i.am, the Pussycat Dolls, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Lana del Rey and Katy Perry.
The paperwork was lodged at the justice centre on the banks of the Neckar River at 8am on July 22.
The insolvency document for the case said the company's 'inability to pay and debts' meant that a lawyer was appointed by the court to examine all its finances.
The lawyer told MailOnline that normally an insolvency specialist is appointed to help try to rescue a failing business.
He said: 'There is so much debt. There are many claimants. I cannot say the exact number. Lots.'
'It was known to me that Herr Duvier is the bodyguard of Frau Kardashian.'
The insolvency paperwork further states that claimants who say the company owes them money had until September 16 to file their claims.
The document says that the case should be settled through correspondence, which would spare any court appearances.
Part of the insolvency lawyer's job will be to ascertain whether the company has any money in any other accounts, any assets not declared or anything else of value which could be used to pay the creditors.
The claims will be assessed initially on the 10th of October.
Duvier was last seen at his security business premises in Eppelheim in recent weeks.
A woman who runs a hairdressing salon on the mini-industrial estate said: 'He came here with his secretary but didn't stay long. Since then the blinds have been down and there has not been a soul here.'
The premises rent for less than £400 a month and are located next to various companies in offices separated by hardwood walls.
Educated in mathematics at Heidelberg University, Duvier spent time in his youth as a bouncer at discos and nightclubs in the famed academic city.
He went in the Bundeswehr to perform his mandatory military service when he was 18 in 1991. According to a friend who attended the same judo club as him, he signed on as a regular soldier for three more years.
The friend said: 'He liked the army. He went on to work at the NATO HQ in Heidelberg' - a facility which was shut down in 2013.
The court documents do not list who the company owes money to or how much in assets it still has.
The revelation that Duvier's firm has filed for insolvency will be a further blow, after the attack on his star client.
On October 2 - hours before the raid on Kim's apartment - he wrote: 'You don't become a bodyguard over night. It's a job with dedication, responsibility and passion.'
Following the robbery, a source told Us magazine: 'Kim is not blaming Pascal. She felt completely safe at the Paris apartment and doesn't believe this is his fault in any way,' they said.
Kim was sleeping alone in just a robe when she heard the robbers running upstairs around 2.30am Monday.
She feared she would be raped as her wrists were bound with plastic ties, and pleaded with her attackers: 'Please don't kill me! I have children'.
After managing to wriggle free, she apparently fled to the balcony in the nine-flat block and screamed for help.
Within two minutes Duvier was on the scene, according to accounts from the Kardashians.
Two days on, police in the French capital do not appear to be close to solving the robbery.
Kim and her best friend, the stylist Simone Harouche, were left by themselves in an apartment in Paris before the raid
Kim and her best friend, the stylist Simone Harouche, were left by themselves in an apartment in Paris before the raid
A source in Paris has said: 'Forensic enquiries have also been carried out, but as yet there is no useful DNA evidence.'
Investigators said Ms Kardashian and her stylist Ms Harouche, who was also in the flat at the time, had provided brief statements before returning to the USA within hours of the crime.
The only other confirmed witness is an unnamed porter who is said to have been tied up and gagged and left in the stairwell.
Detectives have already confirmed that there was no CCTV camera inside or directly outside the block, where flats rent for up to £8000-a-week. But an American linked to of Bel Ange ('Beautiful Angel'), a nail salon close to Ms Kardashian's home, said film of the gang running away is indeed available.
MailOnline has requested comment from Pascal Duvier through the Kardashians' PR.
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The plot thickens...
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This case will be legendary 
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Not y'all trying to pin this on the bodyguard 
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Also, they were dressed as police officers but wearing ski masks.
There was no DNA evidence left behind.
The only person who heard Kim's scream was Kim's friend who called the security guard back to the hotel.
He got back two minutes after the robbers left.
And the doorman getting handcuffed but then left in the lobby alive?
None of this really adds up.
But as I'll continue to say, if this is true I'm glad the kids weren't around and that no one was hurt.
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How does a bodyguard get $1 million in debt?? Him filing for bankruptcy several weeks before the crime is definitely suspicious...
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Originally posted by PoisonPill
How does a bodyguard get $1 million in debt?? Him filing for bankruptcy several weeks before the crime is definitely suspicious...
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He's not just a bodyguard, he's the owner of a security agency.
You made the thread, did you not even read the OP you made? 
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He was with Kendall and Kourtney tho.
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Dailymail tho.. can it be trusted?
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Originally posted by BlazingLovatic
He's not just a bodyguard, he's the owner of a security agency.
You made the thread, did you not even read the OP you made? |
That explains a lot, tbh. 
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So the bodyguard arranged the robbery? Mess.
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If this was him... 
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He's the "inside job" then.
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In before this case gets connected to the OJ Simpson murders, corrupted high ranking government officials, an international drug cartel and prostitution ring, and ends up being the most iconic scandal of the 2010's which later gets turned into an Emmy winning Mini Drama Series
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Dailymail tho.. can it be trusted?
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Usually yes
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Originally posted by BlazingLovatic
He's not just a bodyguard, he's the owner of a security agency.
You made the thread, did you not even read the OP you made? |
you stan Demi.
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