“I was sure they would shoot me”

Kim Kardashian has declared Tuesday at the trial against the alleged robbers who entered their hotel room on October 3, 2016. The influencer And businesswoman affirmed to the Paris court that the night suffered the attack was thought to die. The events occurred during Fashion Week: they assaulted her and stole 10 million dollars in jewels.

Between two and three in the morning two hooded men in uniform entered the room where Kim Kardashian stayed, next to the hotel’s janitor, which they had immobilized. One of the robbers pointed to the famous with a gun and the other tied her hands and feet with flanges, he explained to the trial: “I was sure they would shoot me.” Kardashian has also said that she was afraid to rape her, since the batín fell at the time of the attack and tied her naked on the bed. In a few minutes, jewels were stolen worth 10 million, including his alliance: a ring valued at 4 million that had given him his current ex -husband, rapper Kanye West (they divorced in 2022).

The influencer He thanked the French authorities to have allowed him to explain “his truth” before starting the statement. While talking, he has moved several times remembering the night and the trauma that theft meant: “When I came for fashion week everything changed.” Kardashian has also said that he was very confused at the entrance: when both robbers stormed uniform inside his room he thought it was a terrorist attack. When he saw that it was a robbery, he tried to tell the thieves (who did not speak English) to take whatever they wanted, but not to kill her, that she had babies. “I was quite hysterical,” he said.

On the bench of the defendants, 9 men and a woman, who are considered members of the group who planned and carried out the attack and who are known for their advanced age: some are more than 70 years old, in addition to a long criminal history.

Kardashian’s statement in the historic Palace of Justice of Paris has generated great expectation. Throughout the morning, hundreds of journalists gathered in the vicinity of the building waiting for the Telerreality Star, which arrived on Tuesday at about 13 hours accompanied by her mother, Kris Jenner. Dressed in black, with sunglasses and a large necklace, the famous one was accompanied by a shooting team that prepares a documentary about the case. The trial of the events began at the end of April and the verdict is scheduled to be issued on May 23.