A-list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after masked men robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's fashion week.
A-list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after masked men robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's fashion week.
Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million stolen from the reality TV star and influencer. The trial has attracted huge media attention, with close to 500 reporters accredited, and the courthouse on Paris's historic Ile de la Cite is expected to come under siege from fans hoping for a glimpse of the celebrity."She is committed to attending in person," French lawyers Leonor Hennerick and Jonathan Mattout told AFP last week, saying she would do so"with dignity and courage".On the night of October 2-3, 2016, Kardashian, then 35, was robbed while staying at an exclusive, discreet hotel in central Paris.Lawyers have not divulged what exactly Kardashian, who has been keeping abreast of developments at the trial, will say in her court appearance. During what the French press has dubbed the"heist of the century", masked men walked away with millions of dollars' worth of jewels. They included a diamond ring given to Kardashian by her then-husband, rapper Kanye West, and valued at 3.5 million euros .Those on trial are mainly men in their 60s and 70s with previous criminal records. They have underworld nicknames like"Old Omar" and"Blue Eyes" that resemble those of old-school French bandits of 1960s and 1970s films noirs.Sixty-eight-year-old Aomar Ait Khedache, known as"Old Omar", has admitted to tying up Kardashian but denies being the mastermind behind the robbery.In it he describes how his bag became caught in the wheel of his escape vehicle, a bicycle, causing him to fall off and have to scramble to shove the loot back in the bag. Investigators said a man called Gary Madar, the brother of Kardashian's driver in Paris, tipped the suspects off that Kardashian was"in French territory". This allegation has been ridiculed by Madar's lawyer, who remarked that 350 million online followers were already aware of the star's whereabouts. The night of the robbery could have gone very differently had Kardashian joined her sister Kourtney and gone clubbing, an idea she entertained before deciding to stay in the hotel, the court heard last week. Her designated driver, Michael Madar -- whose company was billing the Kardashian/West couple up to 400,000 euros per year to provide security -- had been working non-stop for 21 hours and asked a colleague to replace him for the trip to the night club. The replacement, Mohammed Q., and a Kardashian bodyguard, Pascal D., rushed back to the hotel after Kardashian tried to call them and then failed to pick up her phone when they called back.When he found her, Kardashian"was in a terrible state. She was crying hysterically", he told the court.Kardashian, her lawyers said,"is genuinely grateful" for the way the French authorities have handled the investigation, showing her"the utmost respect and consideration". The US celebrity, sometimes described as being"famous for being famous", became well known in the early 2000s through TV reality shows, before launching fashion brands and appearing in a number of films.She has been named among the 100 most influential people by Time magazine, and among the most powerful women by Fortune magazine.Posted 05:56 PM, 12 May, 2025Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday to deepen ties with Latin America and condemned"bullying" in a thinly veiled swipe at the United States, ...
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