Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has dropped a US defamation lawsuit against a website for claiming she had staged an armed robbery in Paris.
Kardashian withdrew the lawsuit filed this month in New York against US celebrity gossip site MediaTakeOut, according to a court document. The federal lawsuit was dropped without prejudice, meaning Kardashian could refile it.
MediaTakeOut had reported that Kardashian, 35, had faked the robbery and then filed a fraudulent insurance claim. The website has now posted a lengthy apology to its website under the headline "RETRACTION: Kim Kardashian Was In Fact ROBBED In Paris!!," admitting that the posts were "false".
French police said she was robbed at gunpoint of some $US10 million worth of jewellery by masked men who tied her up in her Paris apartment early on October 3.
The lawsuit had sought unspecified damages for defamation.
Reuters