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Kardashian jostled outside fashion show

PARIS

Kim Kardashian received a fright at a Paris Fashion Week event Thursday when she apparently was jostled by someone waiting in a large crowd outside her car.

The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star had just exited her car at the posh Hotel Salomon de Rothschild when the kerfuffle erupted about 3 p.m.

In a video posted on website TMZ.com, Kardashian appears to stumble briefly after a person lunges toward her feet. Bodyguards instantly push Kardashian out of the way and subdue someone who remains off camera. Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, can be seen yelling “Stop it!”

Ex-journalist Vitalii Sediuk, a former Ukrainian television reporter, told The Associated Press in an email that he is the person in the video, and that he’d only been trying to hug the star.

“I didn’t mean any harm to Kim and went for a hug. Hope she is OK and Kimye won’t be mad at me,” Sediuk said in his email.

Sediuk, 25, has gained a reputation for outlandish behavior on red carpets in Moscow, Los Angeles and Cannes.

Utah to appeal ruling in ‘Sister Wives’ case

SALT LAKE CITY

Utah’s attorney general has decided to appeal a ruling that struck down parts of the state’s anti-polygamy law in what marked a significant victory for the family on the reality-TV show “Sister Wives” and polygamous families living in Utah.

Advocacy groups for polygamy and individual liberties hailed U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups’ December ruling in favor of the TLC reality show’s Kody Brown and his four wives as a landmark decision that removed the threat of arrest for plural families in Utah.

The ruling was made final about a month ago, and Attorney General Sean Reyes filed paperwork Wednesday saying Utah will appeal to the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal will be filed within two weeks, Reyes spokeswoman Missy Larsen said.

Associated Press