Kim Kardashian declared before the French Court for the theft of 2016: “I was sure I was going to rape”

Kim Kardashian testified on Tuesday that I was afraid to be raped and murdered During an armed robbery in 2016 in Paris, and described the experience in raw and emotional terms.

“I was sure that this was the time I was going to rape,” Kardashian declared before a French court, remembering how a thief attracted her to him as he only wore a gown. “I thought I was going to die”he added.

This is the first time that Kardashian faces men accused of binding her at gunpoint in her hotel suite during fashion and fashion week steal more than 6 million dollars in jewels.

His appearance is the emotional point of an trial that has moved France and has revived world debates about celebrity, privacy and exhibition in the digital era.

Kardashian’s appearance was expected to be the emotional center of a trial that has captivated France, where the suspects, mostly between 60 and 70 years, are nicknamed “The grandparents thieves”.

The authorities claim that the group tracked it through its Instagram publications. Two defendants admitted to having been at the scene.

Her lawyers say she was ready to face those who attacked her, dignity.

Before, the childhood friend and then Kardashian stylist told the Court that she listened to the celebrity to beg for her life during the theft that transformed the way the world saw fame in the digital age.

Simone Harouche, who shared his two -story hotel suite during Fashion Week, said he listened to a terrified Kardashian screaming: “I have babies and I need to live ‘. That was what she repeated:’ Take everything. I need to live.”

“I was afraid that they would have raped or assaulted her. I thought the worst,” Harouche said. Kardashian shouted horror.

Kardashian, one of the most recognized figures on the planet, will face 10 men accused of orchestrating the robbery, a crime that shook the world of fashion and redefined the risks of being visible, woman and famous in the Instagram era.

Harouche said before the court that the trauma changed “forever” to her friend, whom she knows since the age of 12, stealing a basic human right: freedom.

“Now he has a completely different lifestyle,” he said. “As for security, he can no longer go alone, he is no longer going anywhere. Losing the feeling of freedom … is horrible”

It is expected that Kardashian’s testimony tells how the attackers demanded her ring and left her with the fear of not seeing her children again.

David de Pas, the main judge, asked Harouche if Kardashian had become a target when publishing images of herself with “jewels of great value.”

“No,” Harouche replied. That a woman wears jewels does not make her white attacks. It’s like saying that, by wearing a short skirt, it deserves to be raped.

Twelve suspects were initially accused. One died. Another was acquitted by illness. The majority are between 60 and 70 years old, nicknamed “Les Papys Braqueurs” or “The grandparents thieves”, and the authorities describe them as a Experienced and Coordinated Criminal Band.

Two defendants admitted to having been at the scene. The others deny their involvement, and one claims not to know who Kardashian was. But the Police affirms that the group tracked her through social networks, where she published images of her jewels, her hotel and her agenda, which exposed her vulnerability.

The theft made Kardashian an example of hypervisibility. At that time, it was at the top of its influence: it was an icon of style, pioneer of social networks and one of the most photographed women in the world.

The fashion legend Karl Lagerfeld criticized her after the robbery, declaring The Associated Press that she had “shown too public” his wealth. However, as the details were revealed in the days after the robbery, public opinion changed. Kardashian’s image – ball, tied and supplicating for his life – redefined her before the public.

After the incident, Kardashian moved away from the focus of attention. He developed severe anxiety and later described symptoms of agoraphobia.

“I hated to leave,” he said in a 2021 interview. “I didn’t want anyone to know where I was … I had a lot of anxiety.”

Later, he acknowledged that sharing constantly made it vulnerable: “People watched me,” he said. “They knew what I had. They knew where I was”.

Harouche, who hid in a bathroom on the ground floor during the robbery, said he also suffered a trauma. He sought therapy for posttraumatic stress and left celebrity styling world to become an interior designer.

“That experience was very stressful for me. It made me be afraid to be close to celebrities,” he said.

Haroucho said he lay before the robbery. Kardashian received his friends on the top floor. Some shouts woke up suddenly.

From the closed bath, he sent a text message to Kardashian’s sister, Kourtney, and Kardashian bodyguard saying that “something was very bad,” Harouche testified.

Later, when the thieves were gone, he said he listened to Kardashian down the stairs with his ankles still tied to find her.

“He was out of his own,” Harouche said. “I didn’t stop shouting.”

(With AP information)