Kim Kardashian Testifies in Paris Jewellery Heist Trial, ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’

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 advised the court docket … “I absolutely thought I was 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 exterior her resort condominium. They tied Kim up and left her in her toilet throughout a Paris Style Week go to in October 2016 … then absconded with thousands and thousands of {dollars} of loot, together with a $4-million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband Kanye West.

Kardashian mentioned … “I kept telling them I have babies and I need to get home to my babies.” She mentioned one of many robbers pointed to his hand and saved repeating the phrase, “ring.”

One of many males sure 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 naked and my everything is exposed.”

Kim testified … “I was sure that I was going to be raped.” However the males took her possessions and left.

She mentioned she could not keep in mind particular person options and faces, because of the trauma of the occasion. She mentioned, “You start thinking about your family and it all goes out the door.”

Within the toilet, Kardashian mentioned, she managed to take away the duct tape, and scooted out to search for her childhood pal 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 exterior 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 finally arrived … however Kim mentioned she was confused and suspicious, as a result of the robbers had additionally been wearing cop uniforms.

“I didn’t know who to trust,” Kim mentioned at this time.

Kim testified a French official later advised 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 mentioned … “That shocked me to search out out they’d been attempting to plan the assault for a while,” adding she thought the actual heist had been “properly deliberate out.”

The 69-year-old alleged ringleader, “Old Omar,” who’s deaf and mute, issued a written assertion in court docket, learn out loud at this time by the decide … asking for Kim’s forgiveness.

“I do appreciate the letter, I forgive you for what has taken place, but it doesn’t change the emotion and the feelings and the trauma the way my life is forever changed,” she mentioned.

Kim mentioned how she had at all times 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 girl discovered on the road in a while 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. Most of the suspects have been apprehended about 3 months after the theft.