Celebrities Who Have Had Terrifying Robbery Experiences

News By TooFab Staff | 12/29/2021 2:10 PM PT

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Life in the spotlight may have its perks but there’s definitely some major downsides to the world knowing your every move. With just a quick online search, almost anyone can find the location of their favorite stars — which can lead to some pretty dangerous situations. For those with bad intentions, that can mean getting a little too close for comfort to those celebs. And because of their wealth, huge stars have often been the victims of terrifying break ins and robbery experiences, sometimes while they're still at home. On numerous occasions, intruders have gotten away with millions in valuables, leaving celebs with just traumatic memories. Here’s what these stars had to say about the experience...

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Simon Cowell

Simon Cowell, his partner Lauren Silverman, and their son were asleep at their home in London when criminals broke inside. The thieves managed to steal over a million dollars in jewelry from a safe as well as passports and other valuables. Thankfully, no one was hurt and much of their property was later recovered.

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Jonathan Cheban

Jonathan Cheban, AKA Foodgod, was out with his mom and a friend when he was followed home by a thief. When the group arrived at their destination, they were ambushed and the robber held Jonathan’s mother at gunpoint while demanding his $250,000 Richard Mille watch. Jonathan handed over the property and the thief escaped on foot. "Thank you everyone for your overwhelming concern for myself and family over the life changing incident on Sunday night. It was a horrific experience, but thankfully we are fine. I left Manhattan for the suburbs and the crime is following. Lock your doors and watch your back! Keep your family safe!" Jonathan said in a statement.

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Kate Moss

Kate Moss was reportedly sleeping in her London home when thieves broke in and stole valuables, including a $140,000 Banksy piece of art. The criminals fled when they woke someone in the house, thought to be Kate’s then-boyfriend Jamie Hince or her mother. "They got in by climbing over the back fence but fled after disturbing someone who woke up. There is a possibility that they had inside knowledge of the house's layout,” a representative for the model said.

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Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Now former couple Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello had a close call when burglars broke into their home in Los Angeles. Once the criminals realized the then couple were home, they reportedly quickly fled the scene — but not before making off with one of Shawn’s SUVs. Shawn and Camila haven’t spoken out about the experience but it was no doubt terrifying to have people break into their home.

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Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart was once robbed in broad daylight while stopping by a storage unit in Los Angeles. He was with his daughter Kimberly, who was just a toddler at the time, when a thief approached him and demanded his car keys. He handed them over but the man soon returned because he couldn’t figure out how to turn on the car. “He said, ‘Put your hands up’ and I gave him the keys...He came back and said, ‘I can’t start the car,’ so at gunpoint, I had to walk out on a side street with a gun in my back and get in the car and start it for him. It started on a button,” Rod told Access Hollywood.

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Jodie Turner Smith

While Jodie Turner-Smith was at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, she was the victim of a hotel room robbery. Tens of thousands of dollars' worth of jewelry was reportedly stolen in the incident, which occurred when she and her daughter were eating nearby at the hotel restaurant. While she wasn’t present during the robbery, she was still forced to spend hours in the police station handling the aftermath. “Didn’t think I would be spending 2.5 hours in the police station on my final day in cannes, but here we are,” Jodie wrote on Twitter.

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Gigi Hadid

During a trip to Greece, Gigi Hadid and her sisters Bella, Alana, and Marielle, were robbed of their valuables at their vacation rental. According to TMZ, the group returned home one night and found that it had been ransacked by burglars. Gigi and her sisters were so upset that they ended up cutting the trip short and heading back to the US. Gigi’s father Mohamed says the experience left Gigi traumatized. “PS(A). Don’t let insta fool u. Got robbed. Never going back lol. Wouldn’t recommend. Spend your money elsewhere,” Gigi wrote on Instagram.

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Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell had just arrived in Paris when she was attacked by a group of men who wanted to rob her. She says it all began when the driver who picked her up was not her usual chauffeur, leading her to believe he was in on robbery. When she arrived at the home of her friend, designer Azzedine Alaïa, the criminals made their move. Naomi held tight onto her bag and her friends came to her rescue. “In 2012, I was attacked in Paris. They followed me from the airport. They attacked me, they opened my car door and said ‘Naomi Campbell we’re going to kill you.' I didn’t make it public, I didn’t want it to be. I think there’s a picture of me in a wheelchair at that time,” Naomi said on “The Wendy Williams Show.”

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Benedict Cumberbatch was in South Africa filming “To The Ends of The Earth” when he and some co-stars were robbed in a terrifying experience. During a weekend off from work, he and two friends were on a scuba diving excursion. While traveling through a dangerous area on the way back to set, they got a flat tire, leaving them stranded with all of their belongings. It wasn’t long before a group of criminals took advantage of the situation and demanded their possessions and money. They tied up the actors and put Benedict in the trunk, driving to an unknown location. Eventually, they threw the group out of the car and while Benedict thought something even worse was coming, the robbers ended up abandoning them in the remote area. "I was scared, really scared. I said: 'What are you going to do with us? Are you going to kill us?' I was really worried that I was going to get raped or molested or just tortured or toyed with in some way, some act of control and savagery,” Benedict told The Hollywood Reporter.

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Kim Kardashian

In 2016, Kim Kardashian was infamously robbed during a trip to Paris, with intruders taking over $10 million worth of jewelry as well as her engagement ring from Kanye West. At the time of the robbery, Kim was alone in her hotel room while her sisters and security guards were out in the city. While recounting the terrifying experience, Kim said she was restrained with plastic cables and tape and feared being raped or murdered. Fortunately, she was not physically harmed during the incident but was left with traumatizing memories. "I definitely took a year where I got really paranoid of people knowing my whereabouts. I didn't even want to go to a restaurant, because I thought someone will know I'm at this restaurant. They'll take a picture, they'll send it, they'll know my house is open, they'll know that my kids are there...I was just really scared of everything. I can't sleep at night unless there's half a dozen security guards at my house, and that has just become my reality and that's okay,” Kim said on “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman.”

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Dorit Kemlsey

“Real Housewife” Dorit Kemsley was recently the victim of a home robbery where three intruders broke into her home late at night. Dorit and her two children were sleeping when the men entered and reportedly "stormed" Dorit's bedroom, threatening her life at gunpoint before fleeing "with a ton of very expensive possessions." Thankfully, the children were unaware of the incident but Dorit was incredibly shaken up by the experience. "As you all know by now I have been through a terrifying ordeal, one that no parent or person should ever have to experience...I thank God for keeping my kids and myself from being physically harmed. My family now needs to start the healing process. I have thrown myself straight back into work as I want our family to return to normality as soon as possible. With the love and support of my husband, my incredible family, friends, fans and followers, I am confident this is the right thing to do whilst I independently work through the trauma. I’m so grateful to the LAPD for their care and attention. Thank you again for your support,” Dorit wrote on her Instagram.