Kim Kardashian’s friend Jonathan Cheban, aka FoodGod, hands over $250K watch after robber puts a gun to his mother’s head in New Jersey: ‘It was frightening’
- Cheban of KUWTK was robbed at gun point over the weekend in New Jersey
- The incident happened in Englewood Cliffs on Sunday evening at 8:30 pm
- He was with his mother Galina and a friend in the driveway of a home
- His mother had a gun pointed at her head, Cheban told DailyMail.com
- The star handed over his $250K watch so the criminal would go away
- There were two gunmen that trapped the three of them outside the home
- But when neighbors started coming outside, the gunmen fled
- On Monday Jonathan went to the police station to work on sketches of the men
- He told DailyMail.com exclusively he will do all he can to catch the men
- This comes four years after Kim Kardashian was robbed at gun point in Paris
Kim Kardashian’s good friend Jonathan Cheban was robbed at gun point over the weekend in New Jersey.
The incident happened in the quiet, upscale suburban neighborhood of Englewood Cliffs on Sunday evening while the Keeping Up With The Kardashains star was with a friend.
At one point his mother Galina had a gun pointed at her head before the mugger took Cheban’s $250,000 Richard Mille watch, the star confirmed to DailyMail.com on Monday. ‘It was frightening, I want the guys caught,’ Cheban told DailyMail.com exclusively.
Scary scene: Kim Kardashian’s good friend Jonathan Cheban was robbed at gun point over the weekend in New Jersey. Seen in February
His mother was involved too: At one point his mother Galina had a gun pointed at her head before the mugger took Cheban’s $250,000 Richard Mille watch, the star confirmed to DailyMail.com on Monday. Seen in West Hollywood in 2018
‘The mugger had a gun pointed at my mother’s head,’ Cheban tells DailyMail.com. ‘There were two gunmen. It was frightening. It happened at 8:30 pm last night just as the sun was going down.’
The 46-year-old reality TV star, who goes by the name FoodGod, reported the mugging to New Jersey police and he visited the police station on Monday to create sketches of the criminals with detectives.
So far the criminals have not been caught.
The incident started at 8:30 pm on Sunday when Jonathan and his mother were with a friend outside a home in a private driveway in the sleepy suburb known for its upscale homes,
They are very close: Jonathan with his mother Galina at the Sienna Restaurant at Pink Elephant in East Hampton in 2013
So close to Manhattan: Englewood Cliffs is a sleepy suburb filled with mansions that is across the river from NYC. Here is a view from Englewood Cliffs looking at the George Washington Bridge
Then a ‘young man’ came up to the trio and asked what time it was. Jonathan told his mother and friend to go inside the house. Then they noticed a second man with a gun in the street not far away.
Before they knew it, the first man had a gun pointed at Galina’s head and the perpetrator asked for money or jewelry.
Cheban handed over his watch, a designer brand with a heavy price tag. Neighbors saw the incident and called police.
She was robbed too: This comes almost four years after Kim, 39, was robbed at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel during fashion week. Seen in September 2019 in NYC
On her series: Cheban is often seen on KUWTK. The gunmen barged their way into the room where Kim was with an assistant. The men eventually tied Kim up and locked her in a bathroom as they stole her jewelry. Kim has since said the robbery changed her life
TMZ was first to report the news.
This comes almost four years after Kim, 39, was robbed at gunpoint inside her Paris hotel, The Hotel Pourtalès, during fashion week.
The gunmen barged their way into the room where Kim was with an assistant.
The men eventually tied Kim up and locked her in a bathroom as they stole her jewelry worth over $10M.
Kim has since said the robbery changed her life and she often does not go out with big items on. It also turned her focus in life toward her family and charity.
They go way back: Kim and Jonathan have been close friends for 15 years; here they are seen in 2010 in New York