The trial of robbers began to bite Kim Kardashian for 9 million euros

In October 2016, armed robbers broke into a luxury apartment Kim Kardashian At the Paris Hotel de Purtalès and stolen almost nine million euros in gold. Authorities have identified and gripped the group of perpetrators, and the trial will begin today in court in Paris.

The robbers disguised by police officers entered the prestigious hotel around three o’clock in the morning. They threatened the night receptor with a gun and forced him to take them to the American star room. Kardashianova, who was tired of participating in the Paris Fashion Week, initially thought her sister was at the door Kourtney. When she did not respond to her call, the 35-year-old star at the time realized that the situation was serious. She tried to call for help, but mistakenly typed 911 into the phone, which is a call number for US police, but not French. « I knew something bad was going to happen, » she said in an interview with American television presenter David Letterman. « You feel that in the moment. »

The robbers tied Kardashian’s ties, glued her mouth with adhesive tape and left her in the bathroom. During the robbery, she was threatened and demanded her valuable jewelry, including an engagement ring worth around € 3.5 million. In addition to the ring, they stole her Cartier bracelets, diamond earrings and several gold chains. The total value of the stolen jewelry was estimated at about nine million euros.

In later interviews, Kardashianova described how she thought she would die at that moment. When the robbers escaped, she managed to free herself from the bonds and call for help. She made a statement to the French police the same morning and then returned to the US immediately.

One of the robbers of the event wrote a book

Police arrested the first suspects in January 2017, three months after the event. It is a group of older men and one woman known as « Grandpa Robbers » (robbery grandfather). Investigators on the plastic leaning by which they tied Kardashian’s discovered DNA traces, linging to arrest the main suspect Aomara Aita Khedache. Others were identified on the basis of footage of supervisory cameras across Paris, including Yunica Abbasawho wrote a book about the event. Some defendants have serious health problems, one of them, an 81-year-old, was excluded from the trial due to advanced dementia.

The trial begins for almost a decade after the robbery, it will take about three weeks. The suspects are accused of armed robbery and abduction. Kardashianova is expected to testify in court in mid -May.

After the robbery, the Kardashian family has introduced stricter security measures and began using social networks differently. Kim Kardashian She stated that the event changed her view of life. In the show Kardashian’s She said that because of this experience, she became « less materialistic » and more attentive to her safety.