Kim Kardashian testifies at the trial for theft in Paris 9 years later

Kim Kardashian He rose to the podium in a Paris court to testify about the alleged armed robbery he suffered in 2016.

The 44 -year -old reality star, testified at the trial against 10 suspects in Paris on Tuesday, May 13. He began his testimony telling the court that the incident “changed everything” what he once loved from Paris, according to NBC News.

Kardashian said he was in bed when he heard “footprints” outside, at which time men dressed as police officers entered the room. They brought a man handcuffed with them, who was the janitor of the first floor.

“Obviously, I was very confused when they entered,” he recalled, noting that he repeatedly asked the janitor what was happening. “I understand how surprised I was and he was just a victim like me.”

The thieves continued to ask for Kardashian’s ring, and one of them pushed her on the bed. “I told the janitor, ‘I have babies, tell them, I just have to get home,” he said before the court on Tuesday, adding that the janitor replied,’ I don’t know, I don’t know if we are going to die. “

While in bed, one of the men put tape in his hands and mouth while another pointed to him with a gun. “He grabs my legs and pulls me. I’m naked and my everything is exposed,” he recalled. “I was sure they were going to rape me.”

Kardashian continued saying that he began to pray for his sister Kourtney because he feared he would return to the hotel and find her dead. When the judge asked him if he thought he was going to die that night, Kardashian replied: “I absolutely thought I was going to die.”

At one point, the thieves supposedly left her on the floor of the bathroom, where she could take off the tape of her hands. From there he found his stylist Simone Harouche, who stayed on the lower floor, and escaped outside and hid in the bushes.

Kardashian said that his security methods have changed dramatically since 2016, telling the judge that he now needs between four and six guards at his home in the night “just to feel safe.”

In October 2016, Kardashian was stolen at gunpoint in his hotel room in Paris while visiting France for Fashion Week. He brought jewels on the trip valued at more than 10 million dollars, including a diamond ring of 4 million of her then husband, Kanye Westwhich he showed on social networks in the days before his trip. Five men disguised as agents of the law allegedly entered their hotel room and ordered him to give them the ring, tying it and pointing him with a weapon.

Kardashian reported the distressing experience in a statement to the police published by the local French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche In January 2017.

“I heard a noise at the door, like steps, and shouted to ask who was there, but nobody answered,” he said. “I called my bodyguards at 2:56 am then, beyond the sliding doors, I saw two people with the gentleman of the reception, and he was tied. Both men were hooded, one had balaclavas and wore a cap and a jacket with ‘Police’ in her. The second man had the same clothes of ‘Police’, but he had no balaclavas.

He added, “he took out a gun and showed him the ring. I had gloves. He asked me where the jewels and money were. And at that time, they tied and put plastic cables and adhesive tape in my hands, and then they hit my mouth and my legs.”

During an appearance in 2020 in My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David LettermanKardashian confessed that he feared for his life during the incident.

“I kept thinking about Kourtney (Kardashian)“Kim said about her sister, who traveled to Paris with her but was not at the hotel at the time of theft.” He kept thinking, as, ‘he will get home and I will be dead in the room and she will be traumatized by the rest of her life. “

Finally, 10 suspects went to trial after being accused in connection with the robbery. The defendants have denied their participation, except those whose DNA was found in the crime scene. The trial began in Paris on April 28 and is scheduled to last until May 23.

In March the news was known that Kim would testify at the trial, with a source saying Us Weekly At that moment he felt “empowered” to get on the stage.

“She went through a horrible experience, and this is giving her the power to fight back,” the source shared. “Kim feels that the robbery changed her and made her stronger, and this is a symptom of that fortress.”