right 2016 robbery, armed robbers tied up Reality TV star Kim Kardashian stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry in her bedroom.
Ten people (9 men and one woman) were tried for robbery and kidnap the concierge of media personality and residence, where she stayed on the evening of October 2, 2016. Two of them acknowledged their involvement, others denied it.
Kardashian Spending fashion week in France, the man at the time wore a policeman allegedly tied her zipper tie and tape, tied her to the muzzle, and stole $10 million worth of jewelry, including a $4 million diamond ring given to her by then-husband Kanye West.
In a reality TV show with family, Kardashian described being scared, believing that she would be raped and killed when the criminal broke into her bedroom and pointed a gun at her.
“They dragged me to the hallway above the top of the stairs and then I would see the gun as clear as I could,” she said on the show. “It made me very upset about it.”
Her lawyer said She will testify in person at the triala temporary timetable is expected to be conducted on May 13. The trial is scheduled to be conducted on May 23.
“Ms. Kardashian is retaining her testimony for the courts and juries and does not wish to elaborate further,” they said. “She has a great respect and admiration for the French judicial system and is highly respected by the French authorities. She hopes that the trial will be conducted in an orderly manner in accordance with French law and the parties who have heard the case.”
Twelve people were initially expected to be in the defendant’s box. One of them died and the other died and could not try. According to the investigation, 5 out of 10 defendants attended the robbery scene.
“Grandpa robber”
French media called them grandpa robbers because the main defendants were older (mostly in the 1960s and 1970s) and were bank robbers with a longer criminal record.
The DNA of two defendants was found at the scene and they admitted to participating in the robbery.
Aomar Ait Khedache, 69, is said to be the mastermind behind the robbery.
He was reportedly known as “Old Omar” and told investigators that he didn’t know who Kardashian was, but heard from a waiter friend the amazing jewelry she wore while dining out in Paris.
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When the robbers arrived at the luxury suite hotel, celebrities were called “No Address” during Paris Fashion Week, they allegedly asked the Guard to point it at the “rapper’s wife” at the gun, a reference to her then-husband’s West.
According to reports, “Old Omar” wrote to Kardashian when he was detained in 2017, sorry. Her lawyer said he wrote to apologize after hearing her talk about the pain of the experience.
Like two other people, he rode his bike away and then met his son, who was waiting for him at a parking car at a nearby train station.
Another man – Yunice Abbas, 77, was publicly acknowledged to be a watchdog during the robbery.
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He said he was not armed and did not personally threaten Kardashian, but he admitted he was responsible for the crime.
In 2021, he co-authored a French book called “I Quarantine Kim Kardashian”.
Abbas told reporters he will apologize during the trial and will detail his role in the robbery, but will not condemn anyone else.
Other defendants allegedly provided information about the existence of Kardashian in the apartment. Others have been accused of playing a role in the resale of jewelry in Antwerp, Belgium.
The gangster stole a lot of jewelry. There is only one piece of jewel – a diamond cross on platinum lost during the suspect’s escape.
The suspect accused of robbing Kardashian will be tried by a jury, with France retaining the jury for the worst offenses.
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