The reality star appeared in the Palais de Justice in Paris on Tuesday to give evidence in the trial of 10 people accused of robbing her in October 2016.
At about midnight on Sunday 3 October 2016, during Paris Fashion Week, Kim Kardashian returned to her hotel room alone, her sister Kourtney having gone to a club accompanied by their shared bodyguard.
Kim Kardashian became emotional when an apology letter was read out by one of the defendants (Photo: ZZIIGG/Reuters)It was the biggest robbery of an individual in France for more than two decades. A massive manhunt was launched and three months after, 17 people were arrested, and 12 later charged. The trial was delayed by a number of factors including the complexity of the investigation, Covid-19 disruptions and French judicial system procedures.
When the men first entered the room – dressed as policemen but with the night receptionist in cuffs in tow – Kardashian thought they were terrorists.
“I didn’t get what was happening and I didn’t get it was about my jewellery, even though they specifically asked for my ring.”
The reality TV star believed she was going to die
One of the men held a gun to her back as they led her down the hallway to look for more jewels, Kardashian said. She said she had thought, “should I run for it?” and that was “the moment I realised I should just do whatever they say”.
Kardashian described how she had been wearing just a robe, which fell open when she was grabbed, and she believed she was going to be raped. Instead, her legs were bound and a gun held up to her.
Kardashian was accompanied by her mother, Kris Jenner, to testify in the trial (Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters)“I absolutely did think I was going to die,” she told the judge.
Giving testimony earlier in the day, Simone Harouche told the court that she was woken by Kardashian’s screams above her and heard her friend repeatedly saying, “I have babies and I need to live”.
Kardashian said she was scared the robbers would return, “maybe to kill us so there were no witnesses”.
Her security has been ramped up since the robbery
“We assumed hotels were safe and secure,” she said. “Every time we travelled they [the bodyguards] would stay in a different hotel and when we were in ours they’d travel back to theirs.”
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Kardashian said the heist “changed everything for us”. “We never thought we were not safe before this.”
Security now drive her cars and sleep outside the hotel door, she said. She doesn’t post on social media in real time and takes off her jewellery before she gets home and sends it to a safe deposit.
She was surprised by the age of the ‘grandpa robbers’
The 10 standing trial – three aged between 68 and 71-years-old – have been dubbed the “grandpa robbers” by French media.
Twelve men were due to appear in court, but one died in March and another has been excused from proceedings due to advanced dementia.
Abbas told the court he “regrets” the heist. Khedache wrote a letter of apology but denies being the ringleader.
Asked whether she has any response, Kardashian said: “I do appreciate it, I forgive you. But it doesn’t change the emotion, the feelings and the trauma and the way my life has changed.”
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