Kim Kardashian He appeared on Tuesday before the Criminal Court of Paris to testify at the trial against the alleged perpetrators of the violent robbery suffered on October 3, 2016 in a luxury hotel in the French capital. During her statement, visibly excited, the businesswoman and influencer confessed that that night she feared for her life: “He was sure I was going to dieabsolutely, “he said in tears when he remembered the traumatic episode.
The social networks star, with 386 million followers on Instagram, explained how robbers the They gagged and tied With flanges when he was naked in his room. “I was sure that They were going to shoot me“He explained while describing how one of the assailants handled her while another pointed to her with a gun.
Kardashian also said he was afraid to be raped When they tied her naked on the bed, after The batín falls that he had at the time of the assault.
The impact of the robbery on the life of the celebrity
The violent event has radically transformed the life of the businesswoman. “When I came for fashion week, that changed everything“, recognized sob.Before I felt sure at homenow I need to have four or six guards to feel protected at night. “
Fear intensified when, just a month after the robbery in Paris, its Los Angeles residence was also the subject of a robbery During his absence. These incidents have generated a deep psychological impact on the celebrity, which now lives under strict security measures.
Thus the millionaire assault occurred
The assault that is now judged in Paris occurred between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. October 3, 2016while Kim Kardashian stayed at an exclusive hotel near the Basilica of Madeleine during Paris Fashion Week. His sister Kourtney He had gone to party accompanied by the bodyguard they shared, leaving Kim alone in the apartment. On the ground floor of the hotel he slept his stylist and friend Simone Harouche.
The businesswoman said she listened Steps noises and tried to contact his sister and friends, but before getting it, two hooded men with police uniforms They broke into the room next to the host’s janitor, whom they had previously managed. One of the assailants was armed with a gun.
“He was quite hysterical,” Kardashian confessed, explaining that at that time, for the context of terrorist alert that France lived, he feared to be the victim of an attack. The thieves snatched the mobile with which he tried to call security, tied and demanded, in a rudimentary English, his Wedding ringwhich finally found.
The celebrity, through the janitor who made an interpreter, begged for his life: “I asked them to take whatever they wanted but not to kill me, that I had babies.” When the assailants left the room with the booty, valued at about 10 million eurosKardashian managed to partially free himself in the bathroom and, even with his legs tied, he went down to Harouche’s room, where he managed to completely get rid of the flanges, although still fearing that the thieves could return.
The ‘Yayoladrones’ on the bench
The trial, which began on April 28 and will last until May 23, has sat on the bench to Ten defendants (nine men and a woman), known as the Yayoladrones for the advanced age of several of them, which exceed 70 years and accumulate extensive criminal records.
Among the main accused figure Aomar Ait Khedacheconsidered by researchers as the brain of the operation and one of the two men who directly intimidated Kim Kardashian in his room. Next to him, Marc-Alexandre Boyer It is indicated as the other assailant who entered the celebrity stay.
Khedache, currently 70 years old and in a situation of freedom under judicial control, is very physically deteriorated. During the trial he needs a stenographer who tells him in writing what is said in the room, and can only answer writing in a notebook. Despite his delicate state, he could theoretically face life imprisonment for this robbery that caused international shock.
Another of the defendants who found DNA traces, Yunice Abbashe has also admitted his involvement, although he recounts the crime of kidnapping, and that even though he wrote a book that was entitled I kidnap Kim Kardashian.
Kardashian accepts apologies but underlines his permanent trauma
During the judicial session, a letter That Khedache sent to Kardashian in August 2017 from prison, a letter that the influencer said he did not know until that moment. In it, the defendant expressed to be aware of the psychological damage he had caused with his action and apologized.
The businesswoman, visibly excited, described the gesture as “touching” And he said: “I think deeply in the Rehabilitation of people“, revealing that he has visited prisons and maintained contacts with internal ones. However, he pointed out that these apologies They do not erase the trauma that continues to suffer: “The robbery changed my life and that of my family, which was disrupted.”
