Kim Kardashian says that “I was going to die”, during the robbery in Paris

THE TEELRALITY STAR Kim Kardashian declared Tuesday to a Paris Court that he feared for his life when some robbers broke into their hotel in Paris in 2016 And they stole a millionaire booty at the gun, but gave their forgiveness despite the “trauma.”

Since the end of April, ten suspects are being tried by the robbery by armed jewelry valued at 10 million dollars from the queen of social networks, which the French press described as “the theft of the century.”

The 44 -year -old American ‘influencer’ arrived at the court in the center of Paris at 13h30 (1130 GMT), dressed in a black suit with shoulder pads, sunglasses, a diamond necklace and escorted by his mother, Kris Jenner.

“I want to thank everyone, especially the French authorities, for allowing me to testify and tell my truth,” Kardashian said at the beginning of his appearance in a media audience.

“I was sure that I was going to die that night,” said the American star of Telerreality, who between tears and sobs, said he begged his aggressors. “I told them: ‘They can take everything, but I have to be able to return home, I have babies, please.”

Within the court, located in the heart of the French capital, the cameras were aligned along tens of meters in the hall reserved to the media. “Full room,” said a sign. About 500 journalists, many of them foreigners, are accredited for trial.

“I came to Paris for Fashion Week and Paris has always been a place that I love,” Kardashian said when the details of the robbery occurred in October 2016, in an exclusive and discreet hotel in Paris.

The famous one, who has used her notoriety in the networks to launch several businesses, said she was in her room when she heard strong footsteps and saw several people – which they thought they were police officers, since they were uniformed – entered.

Kardashian said that one of the robbers said several times the word “ring”, a ring in English, speaking with a strong French accent.

At the beginning “I did not understand that he was referring to my jewels”, but then the masked assailants found the diamond ring of 3.5 million euros that rapper Kanye West, her husband at the time.

“They were going to shoot me”

Kardashian, who was then 35 years old, was threatened with a gun in the head, tied and gagged.

“I was sure they were going to shoot me, so I prayed for my family,” said the celebrity. He also said he feared to be raped.

On the bench of the accused, men between 60 and 70 years with criminal records were mostly sitting. They respond to nicknames such as “The Old Omar” or “Blue Eyes” that remind the old thieves of the French black cinema of the 1960 and 1970.

“They are a team,” said researcher Michel Malecot. “But they made some mistakes,” such as leaving DNA traces that allowed their identification.

Aomar Ait Khedache, known as “The old Omar”, 68, admitted to having tied Kardashian, but denies being the brain behind the blow.

Another suspect, Yunice Abbas, 71, wrote a book about the robbery.

“I forgive it”

Khedache, who according to his lawyers can no longer speak due to health problems, told Kardashian, in a letter read in the court, which “regrets” what happened

The ‘influencer’ spilled tears during the reading of the letter. “I wanted to be a lawyer and fight for people … I’ve always believed in second opportunities,” he said.

Addressing him, he added: “I forgive what happened, but that does not change the emotion, feelings, trauma and the way my life changed.” “Thanks for the letter,” he concluded.

The researcher Michel Malecot said that a man named Gary Madar, the brother of the Kardashian driver in Paris, alerted the suspects that the star was “in French territory.”

The lawyer of this suspect ridiculed this accusation pointing out that the 350 million followers of Kardashian’s social networks perfectly knew their whereabouts.

Kim Kardashian became famous at the beginning of 2000 after starring Telerreality programs.

It is one of the most followed people in X and Instagram and Time magazine places it among the 100 most influential celebrities on the planet.

The trial for the robbery will culminate on May 23.