Celebrities are all over the media, from tabloids and reality TV to gossip magazines and websites that tackles everything about them including some crazy dating rumors. A famous person can't go unnoticed anywhere in the world. It's simple to assume that famous people don't face the same problems that ordinary people experience. While many celebrities employ security personnel or have bodyguards on hand, that is not the case for everyone in the entertainment industry. There are occasions when even the wealthy and renowned are targets of assault and robbery.
8 Harry Styles
Harry Styles said he was robbed at knife point on Valentine's Day in an interview with Howard Stern. On his way home, the singer reported seeing a gang of males wearing hoods over their faces. When he stepped out onto the street, they immediately followed. He assured Stern that the other guys had no idea who he was. One of the guys noticed the cord connecting his headphones to his jacket and ordered him to hand over his phone immediately. Not even after one of the men removed his shirt to display a knife did Styles comply with their demands to unlock his phone.
According to Styles, the first thing that came to mind was how inconvenient it would be to lose all the data on his phone—including the photos, videos, and contacts he takes daily and the lyrics he records in his voice memos every night. The mugging occurred two days before Styles' performance at the Brit Awards. He claims he wasn't too frightened by what happened and jokes that it would never have if he hadn't been alone on Valentine's Day.
7 Naomi Campbell
In December 2012, supermodel Naomi Campbell had a terrible incident in Paris. Campbell was brutally assaulted while waiting for a taxi in the streets of Paris. The aggressor threw her to the ground and kicked her so hard that she broke her leg. She was later spotted navigating with a wheelchair and crutches, but she maintained that she had protected her passport and other valuables from the robber.
6 Kim Kardashian
In town for Paris Fashion Week in October 2016, the ex-girlfriend of Pete Davidson became the victim of one of the most infamous celebrity muggings when she was mugged in her room at the No Address Hotel. Criminals posing as police officers entered Kardashian's hotel room, bound and armed her in the bathtub, and made off with her jewelry. The ring was valued at $4 million, and they made off with jewelry worth $11 million.
An illegal jewelry trafficking organization was suspected of orchestrating and planning the theft, which resulted in the arrests of over 17 people, as reported at the time by RadarOnline.com Online. There is no hope of ever getting back the items stolen from the Keeping Up with the Kardashians celebrity because they were melted down and sold in Antwerp, Belgium.
5 2 Chainz
This story is a little unconventional since 2 Chainz didn't even realize that he was getting mugged and thought everything was a joke when he was held at gunpoint in San Francisco. The rapper and his crew were strolling down the street when they were ambushed by masked men carrying guns. Even though they were joking, the would-be thieves were intent on stealing the performer's signature jewels.
One of his bodyguards reportedly told MTV News that the moment he realized the theft was real, he handed over his jewels, cell phone, and wallet and then ran oppositely. Fortunately, no one was hit by the gunfire. He was in town for the Summer Jam performance hosted by a Bay Area radio station in Oakland's Oracle Arena.
4 Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger, a singer and TV host was kidnapped and robbed at gunpoint. In 2011, the ex-member of the Pussycat Dolls who always stays in shape was driving to a music video shoot in the Mexican countryside when guys with extensive firearms stopped her car. As reported by the Daily Mail, Scherzinger's attackers eventually let her and her friend go, leaving her unhappy but otherwise unharmed. A local gang was thought to be behind the mugging. However, it is unclear if the muggers took anything.
3 Matthew McConaughey
Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey visited San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, in June 2008. The Irish Examiner reports that the actor was having so much fun at a neighborhood tavern that he began dancing on the tables. The actor misplaced his flip-flops at one point, but thankfully nobody took them, and audience members quickly located them.
A little tipsy, McConaughey was escorted back to his villa hotel room by companions. But another took advantage of the situation by entering his open hotel room and making off with his cell phone and $2,000 in cash.
2 Rod Stewart
As reported by the New York Daily News, in 1982, British rock star Rod Stewart was walking to his parked car on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, with his assistant and 3-year-old daughter. After being threatened with a gun, the husband of Penny Lancaster gave the keys to the man who had approached him.
If Stewart hadn't helped the thief start the engine, he wouldn't have been able to make off with the $50,000 black Porsche. It is unclear if they recovered Stewart's automobile, but it was not the last time he fell victim to auto theft. A former gardener at the rock star's house stole his Dodge Viper in 2004 and crashed it shortly after.
1 Benedict Cumberbatch
In 2005, Benedict Cumberbatch was the victim of a terrifying carjacking incident while visiting South Africa. The Sherlock actor and his fellow actors were traveling alone on the N2, the country's main highway that stretches from Cape Town to Ermelo when they experienced a flat tire. Six armed guys surrounded them as they changed the flat tire on the side of the road, demanding money and narcotics. They were abandoned on the road and made it to safety as time passed.
