Kim Kardashian set to testify in Paris trial over her 2016 Fashion Week armed robbery

PARIS – Kim Kardashian thought she was going to beryllium raped and killed erstwhile criminals broke into her chamber successful cardinal Paris, tied her up and stole much than $6 cardinal successful jewelry.

More than 8 years later, 10 radical volition spell connected proceedings successful Paris implicit the robbery, abduction and kidnapping of the media property and the concierge of the residence wherever she was staying during Paris Fashion Week the nighttime of Oct. 2, 2016.

Kardashian’s lawyers said she volition attest successful idiosyncratic astatine the proceedings starting Monday and scheduled to tally done May 23.

“Ms. Kardashian is reserving her grounds for the tribunal and assemblage and does not privation to elaborate further astatine this time,” they said. “She has large respect and admiration for the French justness strategy and has been treated with large respect by the French authorities. She wishes the proceedings to proceed successful an orderly fashion, successful accordance with French instrumentality and with respect for each parties to the case."

In interviews and connected her family’s world TV show, Kardashian has described being terrified arsenic robbers pointed a weapon astatine her.

In a 2020 quality connected David Letterman’s Netflix show, she tearfully recalled thinking: “This is the clip I’m going to get raped. I’m like, ‘What is happening? Are we gonna die? Just archer them I person children. I person babies, I person a husband, I person a family.’ ”

Twelve radical were primitively expected successful the defendants’ box. One of them has died and different is earnestly sick and can't beryllium tried. According to the investigation, 5 of the 10 defendants were contiguous astatine the country of the robbery.

The Granddad Robbers

The French property has dubbed them The Granddad Robbers due to the fact that the main defendants are aged and person careers arsenic slope robbers with agelong transgression records.

Kardashian told investigators she was taken to a bath adjacent to her chamber and placed successful the bathtub. Her attackers fled connected bicycles oregon connected ft and she managed to escaped herself by removing the portion from her hands and mouth.

She had besides removed the portion from her feet and rushed to her stylist’s room. She called her sister Kourtney to archer her astir the theft. Shortly afterward, Kardashian told investigators that she had not been injured. She filed a complaint, adding that she wanted to permission France arsenic soon arsenic imaginable to beryllium reunited with her children.

According to her grounds and that of the concierge, astatine slightest 1 of the suspects had a handgun, with which helium threatened the victims.

Jewelry worthy millions of dollars

The gangsters stole galore pieces of jewelry, including a ringing of large value, estimated to beryllium worthy much than $6 million. Only 1 portion of jewelry — a diamond transverse connected platinum that was mislaid during the suspects' flight — has been recovered.

Two of the accused person partially confessed to the crime, arsenic their DNA was recovered astatine the transgression scene.

The alleged ringleader, 68-year-old Aomar Aït Khedache, is 1 of 2 suspected robbers who allegedly entered the apartment. Nicknamed “Old Omar,” his familial illustration was recovered connected the portion utilized to gag Kardashian.

He near the edifice connected a bicycle, arsenic did 2 different robbers, past met his son, who was waiting for him successful a parked car astatine a adjacent bid station.

The 2nd robber said helium tied up the concierge with cables but did not spell up to Kardashian’s apartment. Yunice Abbas, 71, said helium acted arsenic a lookout successful the crushed level reception area, making definite the flight way was clear. He said helium was unarmed and did not personally endanger Kardashian, but admitted helium shared work for the crime.

Abbas was arrested successful January 2017 and spent 21 months successful situation earlier being released nether judicial supervision. In 2021, helium co-authored a French-language publication titled “I Sequestered Kim Kardashian.”

Didier Dubreucq, 69, known arsenic “Blue Eyes,” is the 2nd alleged robber suspected of entering the flat. He denies immoderate engagement though helium was filmed by CCTV cameras and galore telephone contacts with the different co-defendants amusement his involvement, according to the investigation.

The different defendants are suspected of providing accusation astir Kardashian’s beingness successful the apartment. Others are accused of playing a relation successful the resale of the jewelry successful Antwerp, Belgium.

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