Multiple reports can confirm that Kim has filed a federal lawsuit against the tabloid and its owner Fred Mwangaguhunga for three stories including one saying that she "staged" the robbery for publicity. MTO also ran another story suggesting that "French authorities" thought she set up the whole thing and "let the robbers in" her apartment.
Another report Kim took issue with was about her insurance claim. "If she faked the robbery ... she just committed a FEDERAL CRIME," the news outlet wrote. In her lawsuit, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star noted that the website cited "unidentified and clearly uninformed" people off social media as its sources.
"Kardashian was assaulted and robbed by two masked men, who placed a gun to her head, duct-taped her hands, legs and mouth, and then left her lying helplessly on the bathroom floor of her rented apartment while the thieves absconded with millions of dollars in jewelry," Kim's attorney Andrew Brettler stated in the lawsuit.
"As if that ordeal were not awful enough, Defendants made it worse by publishing on the Website, only hours after the assault, that Kardashian faked the robbery and then committed insurance fraud by filing a false claim with her carrier," he added.
Before filing the lawsuit, Kim's legal team said that they had contacted MTO, demanding the site publish a retraction and apologize. The requests, however, were ignored. Kim is now seeking general, special, punitive and exemplary damages.
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