Paris, France.
A French court will issue its verdict in the trial against the accused of rooting armed To the American Truck Star Kim Kardashian In your hotel room in Paris In 2016.
This media judgment for “theft of the century”, as theft of jewelry valued at 10 million dollarsincluded the testimony of the influential star. The Prosecutor’s Office requested sorrows of up to ten years in jail for some of the accused.
The defense of the ten defendants, baptized by the media such as the “robbers’ grandparents,” asked that their clients Do not go to jail, due to your advanced age.
“At that age, a prison sentence is equivalent to a life imprisonment,” he argued.
The defendants had a last chance to speak On Friday morning before the deliberations begin and the court is expected to pronounce its verdict during the afternoon.
“I apologize. I can’t find the words. I regret a lot,”
said the main defendant, Aomar Ait Khedache, of 69 yearsin a declaration read for his lawyer, since he is completely deaf and almost silent.
The prosecutor requested like this 10 years in prison for Khedachewho considers the “brain” of the operation since it is he who “gives the orders”, “recruits” and goes to Belgium to resell the jewels.
- The main defendant identified by his DNA quickly recognized his participation, but denies being the chief of the group. During the trial, he also wrote a letter of apologies for Kardashian.
The accusation requested the same 10 -year penalty for three other men of the “team” of robbers, including Didier Dubreucq, 69 and currently hospitalizedand Yunice Abbas, from 71 years and sick of Parkinson
“I can only offer regret. I’m sorry. I assume responsibility for what I did,” Abbas said.
For its part, Dubreucq reaffirmed his innocence. “Never, I never participated in jewelry theft,” said a lawyer, reading a statement in his name.
– “I forgive it” –
Kardashian, who has used his notoriety in the networks to launch several businesses, said he was in his hotel room in 2016, when a group of robbers They threatened to gun.
“I was sure that I was going to die that night,” said the Telerreality star during the process.
Most of the loot was never found, including a Ring valued at about four million dollarsa gift from Kardashian’s then husband, rapper Kanye West.
The trial received a great media coverage and attracted crowds that waited outside the court, on the island of Cité, in the center of Parishoping to see the famous star from afar.
During his testimony, Kardashian said that during the violent robbery He thought he was going to be raped and was going to die. But he also declared that he forgives the defendants.
“I forgive him for what happened, but that does not change (…) the trauma and the way my life changed,” said Kim Kardashian on May 13, after crying when he heard Khedache’s apologies.
“I have always believed in the second opportunities“The star said, one of the most followed people in X and Instagram and that Time magazine places it among the 100 most influential celebrities on the planet.
