For a year, Mathieu*, boss of a security agency, has welcomed a new personality among his clients. This regular to the stars, who has already accompanied Serena Williams, today protects an influencer followed by several million subscribers on Snapchat. “I approached him because I knew him when we were younger,” he explains. “I made him understand that he had become a public figure, with property, money, that this attracts criminals and that it was important to respond to them with a professional while remaining within the framework of the law . »
The bodyguard understood it well: Web stars are not spared from the wave of homejackings and burglaries which hits television, sports and music stars. This year, YouTuber Inoxtag was the victim of two burglaries, then an attempted break-in this week at his parents' former home in Yvelines. This summer, it was the influencers Seby Daddy and AD Laurent who lost more than 100,000 euros of property in an armed robbery near Nice. Gone, smartphones, computers and luxury watches.
