Kim Kardashian will personally testify on Tuesday at the trial of her alleged armed robbers who are accused of theft Millions of dollars worth her jewelry.
Bound, gagged and locked in the bathroom of the luxurious apartment in central Paris, Kim Kardashian She was afraid of death As a gang of robbers Through the apartment where she was alone, while her bodyguard was out of sister, Kourtney.
Ten people, including five male pensioners, will now face the trial for almost nine years after the crime, which took place as Kardashian, then 35, visited French capital for his weeks 2016. years.
Accused faced accusations including armed robberyAbduction and criminal conspiracy. Eight of 10 denies any involvement in the case.
It is believed that the greatest robbery of the individual person, with the value of stolen jewelry, reported in almost 10 mil. USD, including 18.88-carat diamond engagement ring on the cover of the former wife Kanye West worth $ 4 million.
How did you hark?
It was 3. October 2016. year when Kardashian lay in a luxury apartment in central Paris, she heard the steps hitting the stairs. After calling and listening to no response, she knew something “wasn’t quite okay,” she recalled in an episode To give way to Kardashians months after the crime.
The two men in police uniforms are the crocks of the crick and forced him to let them go to his apartment. “What I heard from talking to him, they said, you know,” Where is the wife of the rapper? Let us go to her room! “In French,” Kardashian recalled. “He finished our translator because I couldn’t understand them, they couldn’t understand me.”
When she dragged her into the hallway on top of the stairs, Kardashian said she saw a couple armed – and began to fear the worst.
“He pulled me toward him on the front of the bed and I thought,” Okay, this is a moment to rape me, “she said.” I was completely mentally prepared – and then it’s not. “
The robber puts a cassette around his legs and a gun in the head. She said, “I just knew it was a moment. He’ll just shot me completely in my head. I just prayed for Kourtney to have a normal life after he sees my dead body on the bed.”
Kardashian told investigators to be taken to the bathroom and placed in the bath. Her attackers escaped on bikes or on foot, and she relieved by removing the cassette.
Who is at trial?
Twelve people were originally charged with robbery, but 10 is now a trial. One suspect died before the case reached a search, and the other, who was declared unable to participate for health reasons, will be destined separately.
Aomar Ait Khedache, known as “old Omar”, allegedly, orchestrated by the operation to rob global megastar. The 68-year-old acknowledges to participate in Heist, but denies acting as a group ring.
The other alleged culprits was Yunice Abbas, a 71-year-old who admitted his part in the robbery and even wrote the memoir about it.
Speaking in French media ahead of the trial, Abbas said it was part of the group that entered the building and stood a guard.
He served 20 years in prison for robbery, Abbas fought financially after he had been from prison for 10 years.
“I had a proposal for a big deal, which would be my last … I was told that there was a diamond of 20 cards that was not protected … it was tempting,” he said on Sunday. “He told TF1 TV on Sunday.” I was told that she was a woman of the rapper. I didn’t ask questions. “
What did Kardashian say about the trial?
“We can confirm that Ms. Kardashian will be on the incident in 2016. in which he was related to a series of masked attackers,” Michael Rhodes said in a statement provided by the AP.
The reality of TV stars and entrepreneurs have “huge gratitude and the admiration of the French judicial system” and “wants the trial to continue in a neatly in accordance with the French law,” said the lawyer.
In the appearance of 2020. At David Letterman’s Netflix show, Kardashian refrained from: “This is the time when I will be raped. Let’s hear:” What are we going to die? I just tell them I have children. I have a husband, I have a family, I have a family. “
What happened so far in trial?
Several people who were allegedly involved in the robbery took over standing in the case so far.
Among them is Yunice Abbas, 71-year-old who has already recognized in the media interview their role in robbery. He told the court of his “regret” after the robbery.
Marc Boyer, 78, denied the supply of a gun used in the robbery’s second day of the judicial case. His son, Marc-Alexandre, was also charged with playing role in Heist.
“I have a failed life, that’s all I can tell you, Mr. President,” Boyer said, toward World. “Well, he failed for my children”, “
Aomar Ait Khedache, a group’s suspected leader, also admitted to participate in sugar and tied Ms. Kardashian, but denied him to lead him. Because almost deaf and mute, lawyers had to take their questions and had to write down their answers, towards News.
Didier Dubreucq, 69, also known as “Blue Eyes”, is charged with playing a direct role in Heist – and that one of the two men who had Kim Kardashian in her room. He denied the charges during the second day in court.
With tears in his eyes, Mr. Dubreucq spoke about his past as a criminal, telling the court towards World: “I told my son,” I hope you don’t become like your father. “And I hold a close hour.”