The trial of the spectacular robbery of which Kim Kardashian was victim in the heart of Paris will open on April 28 before the Assize Court. The American star, now 44, will testify in person on May 13, confirmed his lawyer Michael Rhodes in a transmitted statement. “Ms. Kardashian will testify at the next French criminal trial on the 2016 incident during which she was tied up and robbed under the threat of a weapon by masked attackers. »»
The hearing, scheduled until May 23, will concern ten of the twelve accused. The main suspect, Aomar Aït Khedache, aka “Omar le Vieux”, 69, is a multi -registered robber already condemned in the 1980s and 1990s. He is accused of having orchestrated the theft with a team of so -called “old -fashioned” truments, many of which are also known to justice. One of the defendants has died and another will be judged later for health reasons.
A spectacular brac
During the night of October 2 to 3, 2016, Kim Kardashian, then attended Fashion Week, was robbed in a private hotel residence. Disguised as police, several men had threatened it with a weapon, tied up, gagged, then locked up in its bathroom. More than nine million dollars of jewelry had been stolen, including a diamond ring of 18.88 carats. A single piece of the booty, a cross set with diamonds, was found.
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“He asked me for my ring with a strong French accent,” she said right after the assault. It was a DNA found on the links that hampered the victim who had enabled investigators to go back to the team. Part of the loot would have been sold in Belgium.
