The trial of the theft of jewelry in Kim Kardashian begins in Paris

Trial The theft of 2016 that the armed thieves linked Reality Kim Kardashian In her bedroom, she stole millions of dollars jewelry began in Paris.

Ten people – nine men and women – are being tried on charges of theft and kidnapping the personality of the media and the residency group, as she was staying on October 2, 2016. Two of them admitted their participation and craftsman.

Kardashian She was in France for the fashion week when men were wearing police clothes claiming to have linked her to the mail code and the canal strip, and carried it at gunpoint and stole $ 10 million jewelry, including a 4 million dollar diamond ring that her husband Kanye West gave her at the time.

In interviews and on her realistic TV program for her family, Kardashian described as terrified, believing that she would be raped and killed when criminals stormed her bedroom and entered a gun.

“They took me to the corridor above the stairs, when I saw a rifle like a clear day.” “This makes me very upset about thinking.”

Her lawyer said You will see a person in trialWith a temporary schedule showing that it is expected to happen on May 13. The experiment is scheduled to continue until May 23.

They said: “Mrs. Kardashian maintains her testimony before the court and the jury and does not want to clarify more at this time.” “She is very respectful and admired by the French justice system and has been treated with great respect by the French authorities. It wants to move forward in an organized manner, according to French law and the obligations of all parties in the case.”

It was originally expected twelve people in the defendant’s box. One of them and the last of them died dangerously and could not be tried. According to the investigation, there were five of the ten defendants attending the place of theft.

“Grandfather” thieves

The French press called them to be called the grandfather because the main defendants – most of them in the 1960s and 1970s – were bank thieves with long criminal records.

The DNA of two defendants were found at the scene, and they admitted to participate in the theft.

Aomar Ait Khedache, who is now 69 years old, was the mastermind of theft.

It is known as “Old Omar”, and the investigators told that he had no idea about who Kardashian had heard from a waiter friend about the amazing jewelry she wore when she was eating in Paris.

When the thieves arrived at the Suites Luxury Hotel only known as “The No Load” where celebrities were staying during the Paris Fashion Week, he claimed that they demanded the guard, at gunpoint, to “the wife of the rapper”-in a reference to her husband at the time, the West.

According to what was reported “Old Omar” to Kardashian in 2017, when he was in reservation, he said sorry. Her lawyers said he wrote to apologize after he heard her talking about the shock of the experience.

He left the hotel on a bike, as two others did, then he met his son, who was waiting for him in a parked car at a nearby train station.

The other 77-year-old Yunice Abbas has admitted that he was monitored during theft.

He said he was not armed and did not personally threaten Kardashian, but he admitted that he participated in the crime.

In 2021, he co -authored a book in French entitled “I isolate Kim Kardashian”.

Abbas told the correspondents that he would apologize during the trial and will give details of his role in theft, but he will not condemn anyone else.

Other defendants are suspected of providing information about the presence of Kardashian in the apartment. They are accused of in turn a role in reselling jewelry in Antwerp, Belgium.

Gang men stole many pieces of jewelry. Only one piece of jewelry – the diamond cross was recovered on platinum, which was lost during the escape of the suspects.

The jury will be tried by suspects accused of theft of Kardashian by the jury, which in France is intended for the most dangerous crimes.

Eileen cup

He contributed to this report.