‘He can pry it out of my cold dead hands’: Man risks death to keep hold of his Louis Vuitton bag
Jerad Kluting was attacked by an armed robber as he walked through Michigan
By Steve Brown
A man risked his life from an armed robber to make sure he kept hold of his Louis Vuitton bag.
Jerad Kluting was walking down a street in Michigan when a 21 year old jumped out and demanded his bag.
The man – who has been identified as Christian Bracamontes – fired two warnings and a third one which was meant to hit his victim.
However, Jerad kept hold of his beloved bag which he “worked very hard” to buy and said it “meant a lot to him”.
Jerad told WCMH: “It happened very fast. In one motion he took the gun out of his waist belt and with the other hand put up a bandana over his mouth and pointed and was like, ‘Give me your bag’.
“I was like, ‘You’re not getting my Louis Vuitton’. I worked very hard for this and this bag I’ve had forever and it means a lot to me.
“I wasn’t about ready to relinquish it to some thug that was going to demand it from me.”
Jerad paid $1,700 for the bag – which is no longer in production – and said the bag “represents” him.
“I paid $1,700 for it or thereabouts,” he added. “I love Louis Vuitton and I saw this bag long before I could buy it and I saved up my money to buy it.
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“It means a lot to me… It represents me. I wasn’t about to relinquish my personal property.
“As my grandmother would say, if you’re born to hang, you’ll never drown.
“I got my bag. He can pry it out of my cold dead hands.”