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 and a lawyer for Kardashian did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

French police said she was robbed at gunpoint of some $US10 million in jewellery by masked men who tied her up in her Paris apartment early on October 3.

The lawsuit had sought unspecified damages for defamation. It named MediaTakeOut.com and its founder, Fred Mwangaguhunga, as defendants.

Kardashian had been criticised for making herself vulnerable by posting photos of her $US4 million dollar engagement ring and other jewellery in the days before the Paris attack.

– Reuters