Kim Kardashian takes stand in Paris trial over 2016 armed robbery: “I absolutely did think I was going to die”

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Paris – Kim Kardashian Tok Witness post on Tuesday in the JUDGMENT ON THE ARMED HAND ROBO 2016 In which a masked gang went with $ 10 million per value or its jewels while visiting the French capital. Kardashian testified that a gang member attracted her to him while in a bathing gown.

“I was sure that this was the time I was going to rape,” Kardashian said. “I absolutely thought I was going to die,” he added.

There were intense security measures and crowd control in the Central Court of Paris, where the trial is carried out. The court opened early to allow journalists and public access members before Kardashian’s afternoon.

Flanked by four bodyguards, Kardashian entered the coacthhouse for the rear entrance. While riding the stone steps, he turned, took off his dark sunglasses and smiled at the multitude of fans, curious passers -by and press photographers.

Dressed in black, with her hair up in a chignón, the celebrity was accompanied by her mother, Kris Jenner.

The hearing is not transmitted publicly, since France rarely allows cameras in court. Some 400 reporters requested to attend the trial, but there were only 40 places assigned for the media within the courtroom. A side room for 200 more journalists was established to see a live broadcast from inside the courtroom.

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Kim Kardashian (Center) arrives at the ASSIZE court during the duration of the trial that will testify about the theft of 2016 that saw a gang steal the mouth of millions of dollars at the tip of the gun, in Paris, France, May 13, 2025.

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Kardashian lawyers He said he was determined to testify In person at night, she, supposedly tied and stolen at gunpoint while she was in Paris for Fashion Week. Ten people, nine men and one woman, face positions that include theft and kidnapping against the personality of the US media and the janitor of the residence where the night of October 2, 2016 was staying.

Before the celebrity tokle, her friend’s friend, Simone Herouche, told the Court on Tuesday that Sheara listened to Kardashian committed for the life of life in the hotel suite they shared.

“I have babies and I need to live!” That is what she continued by saying: “Take everything.” “I was afraid of being raped or raped. I thought the sausage.”

Prosecutors have told West. The couple Formed for divorce In 2022, and West is now known as “Ye”.

Kardashian said that once they entered the apartment, the masked thieves pointed him with a gun, then they tied to the dolls and rings with zip line and adhesive tape, all the time demanding with thick French accents: “Ring, ring, ring ring $.

In interviews and in his family’s reality show, Kardashian described to be terrified during the intrusion, thinking that he was going to be raped and killed.

“They dragged me to the hall at the top of the stairs, it was when I saw the weapon, as clear as the day,” he said in his program “keep up with the Kardashians,” he added: “It makes me think about it a lot.”

The thieves, some of whom escaped on bicycles, have called “grandparents’ thieves” like most suspects were in their 60 years at the time of the robbery.

While they fled, they dropped a diamond and platinum cross that was found the next morning by a local resident. The rest of the route has not recovered the leg.

The DNA of two of the defendants was found in the scene, and have admitted to having participated in the theft. Aomar Ait Khedache, now 69, is a battery or teacher of the robbery. Known as “Old Omar,” according to the reports, he told the researchers that he had no idea who Kardashian was, but had heard a friend of a waiter about the incredible jewels he had when he was having dinner in Paris.

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The accused Aomar Ait Khedache is seen outside the Court of Justice of Palais, on April 28, 2025, in Paris, France. It is one of the 10 people in trial, accused or stealing millions or dollars or jewels of Kim Kardashian, who was hero at gunpoint in the hotel suite during the Paris Fashion Week in 2016.

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According to reports, Khedache wrote to Kardashian in 2017, while he was in custody, to apologize. His lawyers said he wrote after Hed heard her talk about how traumatic she had the experience. He has not apologized in court.

Yunis Abbas, 71, has admitted that he acted as a gang guard. In the Court on April 29, “total regret” expressed for its part in the robbery. He said he understood after that: “When you steal a lady’s bag, it can be traumatic” for her.

A police officer who testified for the Prosecutor’s Office told the Court that Kardashian appeared “traumatized” after theft.

The lawyers of some of the defendants expressed concern when the trial opened last month that Kardashian’s fame would distract from the essentials of the case.

Chloe Arnoux, who represses Khedache, told reporters: “In fact, you are quite worried about seeing all of you, journalists, because fear that the case is not treated in the same way as it would not be there.”

Kardashian’s lawyer, Michael Rhodes, said in April that the reality show shows had “a tremendous appreciation and admiration for the French judicial system” and “and” wish the trial to process in an orderly manner in case of a case case. “

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