Kim Kardashian will step into the witness box of a Paris court on Tuesday to give evidence in the trial of ten people accused of violently robbing her in 2016.
The Californian media personality was left traumatised after she was tied up and gagged by a gang of burglars, as they stole millions of dollars worth of jewellery from the central Paris apartment where she was staying during Paris Fashion Week.
Eight of the ten defendants - who face charges including armed robbery, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy - deny any involvement in the case. The can has been dubbed the “grandpa robbers” trial due to five of them being pensioners.
Ms Kardashian will now testify over the ordeal, which she has spoken about openly in the past nine years. Speaking in an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians last year, Ms Kardashian said she fears the robbery turned her into a “full robot with like, no emotion”.
On Tuesday, she will face those who are accused by French authorities of being behind the robbery. This includes 68-year-old Aomar Ait Khedache, known as “Old Omar”, alleged to have orchestrated the operation, and 71-year-old Yunice Abbas, who has admitted his part in the robbery, and even wrote a memoir about it.
Kim Kardashian Paris trial: The ‘grandpa gang’ in court accused of $10m robbery
17:30 , Alex CroftBound, gagged, and locked in the bathroom of a luxurious apartment in central Paris, Kim Kardashian feared death as five masked thugs stole millions of dollars worth of her jewellery.
In a case which would leave the Californian media personality and businesswoman traumatised for years onwards, a gang of robbers rampaged through the apartment on 3 October 2016, where she was alone while her bodyguard was out with her sister, Kourtney.
Ten people, including five male pensioners dubbed the ‘Grandpa robbers’, will now face trial nearly nine years after the crime, which took place as Kardashian, then 35, visited the French capital for its 2016 Fashion Week.
The defendants face charges including armed robbery, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy. Eight of the 10 deny any involvement in the case, which is seen as France’s biggest robbery of an individual person, with the value of stolen jewellery reported at nearly $10m – including an 18.88-carat diamond engagement ring gifted by former husband Kanye West worth $4m.
Read the full story of the violent 2016 robbery and its long journey to the courts:
The ‘grandpa gang’ in court accused of $10m Kim Kardashian robbery
Kim Kardashian to give evidence in Paris robbery trial
15:32 , Alex CroftGlobal media star Kim Kardashian will give evidence on Tuesday, as part of a high-profile trial concerning the violent robbery of $10 million worth of her jewellery.
Ms Kardashian was robbed in a Paris apartment in 2016 during a visit to the French capital’s Fashion Week. She was alone after her bodyguard had left the apartment with her sister, Kourtney.
Ten people have been facing a trial since late April, eight of whom deny involvement in the robbery.
We’ll bring you all the latest here when Kim Kardashian takes the stand tomorrow.
