Kim Kardashian
‘I Completely Thought I Was Going to Die’
Emotional Testimony in Paris Jewellery Heist Trial
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Kim Kardashian testified Tuesday in Paris, France within the highest profile theft trial the nation has seen in many years … and her account of the heist that claimed $10 million price of her jewellery was emotional.
Kardashian took the stand Tuesday afternoon and informed the court docket … “I completely thought I used to be going to die.” She described how two males wearing police uniforms and sporting masks held her at gunpoint … as she wore nothing however a bathrobe, fearing she’d be raped.
The 2 robbers had overpowered a concierge outdoors her lodge condominium. They tied Kim up and left her in her rest room throughout a Paris Style Week go to in October 2016 … then absconded with hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of loot, together with a $4-million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband Kanye West.
Kim testified she heard “stomping” outdoors her room at about 3 AM, and when she opened her door, she noticed the concierge handcuffed by the 2 robbers. One among them pointed a gun at her. Kim stated she was fascinated with her kids, and was mortally afraid she was about to be raped and killed.
Kardashian stated … “I saved telling them I’ve infants and I must get dwelling to my infants.” She stated one of many robbers pointed to his hand and saved repeating the phrase, “ring.”
One of many males certain her arms and mouth with duct tape, and her ankles with zip-ties. Kim, who was sporting nothing however a bathrobe when the robbers entered her room, revealed … “He grabs by legs and pulls me. I’m bare and my all the pieces is uncovered.”
Kim testified … “I used to be certain that I used to be going to be raped.” However the males took her possessions and left.
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She stated she could not bear in mind particular person options and faces, as a result of trauma of the occasion. She stated, “You begin fascinated with your loved ones and all of it goes out the door.”
Within the rest room, Kardashian stated, she managed to take away the duct tape, and scooted out to search for her childhood good friend and stylist Simone Harouche, who accompanied her on the journey and was staying one ground under. Harouche helped her take away the remaining zip-ties round her ankles with scissors.
The 2 then fled outdoors the Hôtel de Pourtalès and hid in bushes, and he or she referred to as her mom, Kris Jenner, who has accompanied Kim on this present journey. Police ultimately arrived … however Kim stated she was confused and suspicious, as a result of the robbers had additionally been wearing cop uniforms.
“I did not know who to belief,” Kim stated in the present day.
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Kim testified a French official later informed her she’d been focused by the identical theft ring throughout a earlier go to to Paris … however the gang opted out as a result of Kanye was touring along with her on the time. She stated … “That shocked me to search out out they’d been making an attempt to plan the assault for a while,” including she thought the precise heist had been “effectively deliberate out.”
The 69-year-old alleged ringleader, “Outdated Omar,” who’s deaf and mute, issued a written assertion in court docket, learn out loud in the present day by the decide … asking for Kim’s forgiveness.
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“I do admire the letter, I forgive you for what has taken place, but it surely doesn’t change the emotion and the sentiments and the trauma the way in which my life is endlessly modified,” she stated.
Kim mentioned how she had all the time felt secure within the metropolis — previous to the theft. The trauma has adopted her dwelling, as even now in California she retains 4 to six safety guards at her home simply to really feel secure.
Just one merchandise of the stolen jewellery has ever been recovered — a $24,000 diamond necklace a lady discovered on the road afterward the day of the theft. The necklace had been dropped by one of many robbers fleeing on a bicycle. The girl wore the necklace to work that day, earlier than studying of the heist and turning it over to police.
9 males and one ladies — dubbed the “Grandpa Robbers” as most are of their 60s and 70s now — are on trial, which started 2 weeks in the past … almost 10 years after the heist occurred. Lots of the suspects had been apprehended about 3 months after the theft.
The court docket took a break Tuesday round 4 PM native time.
