A trial over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up reality star Kim Kardashian in her bedroom and stole millions of dollars' worth of jewelry has begun in Paris.Ten people – nine men and a woman – are on trial on charges of robbery and kidnapping of the media personality and the concierge of the residence where she was staying on the night of Oct.2, 2016.
Two of them acknowledged their participation and the others denied it.Kardashian was in France for Fashion Week when men dressed as police officers allegedly tied her up with zip ties and duct tape, held her at gunpoint and stole $9 million' worth of jewelry, including a $4 million diamond ring given to her by her then-husband Kanye West.In interviews and on her family's reality TV show, Kardashian described being terrified, thinking she was going to be raped and killed when the criminals broke into her bedroom and pointed a gun at her."They dragged me out to the hallway on top of the stairs, that's when I saw the gun like clear as day," she said on her show, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."It makes me so upset thinking about it." Her lawyers said she will testify in person at the trial, with a provisional schedule showing that is expected to happen on May 13.
The trial is scheduled to run through May 23."Ms.Kardashian is reserving her testimony for the court and jury and does not wish to elaborate further at this time," they said.
"She has great respect and admiration for the French justice system and has been treated with great respect by the French authorities.She wishes the trial to proceed in an orderly fashion, in accordance with French law and with respect for all parties to the case."Twelve people were originally expected in the defendants' box.
One of them died and another is seriously ill and can't be tried.According to the investigation, five of the 10 defendants were present at the scene of the robbery.The French press has dubbed them The Granddad Robbers because the main ...