YouTube star Nikkie de Jager’s home ‘targeted by violent armed robbery gang leaving one resident injured’
YOUTUBE star Nikkie de Jager’s home has been targeted by a gang of armed burglars, according to Dutch media.
It is not known whether the beauty vlogger was present during the raid -although one resident is understood to have been injured, RTL Boulevard reports.
Police confirmed the news in a tweet today, which when translated reads: “The perpetrators threatened the residents with possibly a firearm and took an unknown loot from them.
“There are at least three perpetrators who fled in a beige car towards the A50.”
Nikkie, 26, is one of the most popular beauty influencers around, with 13.5 million YouTube subscribers for her channel, ‘Nikkie Tutorials’.
Nikkie’s manager confirmed to RTL Boulevard that the home targeted was Nikkie’s – although they would not say whether the beauty sensation was at home at the time.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Nikki is worth an estimated $6 million and in 2017 was listed among Forbes “Top Influencers”.
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The Dutch vlogger frequently posts celebrity makeup tutorials and often collaborates with other beauty influencers such as Jeffree Star.
She rose to fame in 2015 after her YouTube video called ‘The Power of Makeup’ – which hit back at ‘makeup shaming’ and demonstrated the transformative power of makeup – went viral.
More recently, Nikkie came out as transgender, claiming her decision was forced by someone attempting to publicly out her.