Kim Kardashian will testify in Paris at the trial for the armed robbery of which he was a victim in 2016

More than eight years after the violent assault he suffered during the Fashion Week In the French capital, Kim Kardashian will be presented in the Paris Court to testify at the trial against those responsible for its kidnapping and armed hand, as reported ABC News.

The judicial hearing, which began this Monday and will run until May 23, will judge 10 accused of robbery, kidnapping and threats with firearms against the American businesswoman and against the janitor of the building where he stayed on the night of October 2, 2016.

According to the investigations, several armed men They broke into the room of Kardashian In an exclusive Private hotel of district 8 of Paris. The thievesdisguised as police, they gagged the janitor, forcing him to give them the keys of the residence. Subsequently, they broke into the Kardashian’s roomwhere they tied her hands and feet, and gagged her, before enclosing her in the adjoining bathroom.

During the attack, Kardashian He believed that he would be “raped and killed,” as he reported in later interviews and in episodes of his family’s reality show. In an appearance in 2020 in the program of David Letterman In Netflix, he recalled in tears: “This is the moment when they are going to rape me. I thought: ‘What’s happening? Are we going to die? I just say that I have children. I have babies, a husband, a family.”

The assailants stole jewelry valued at more than 6 million dollars, including a large -value commitment ring. Of the whole loot, only one piece was recovered: a diamond cross mounted on platinum that one of the thieves lost during the escape.

Initially, 12 people were called to appear in the trial. However, one of the suspects died and another is seriously ill, which reduces the number of accused to 10.

Five of the defendants were present during the robbery, according to the investigation. The group has been nicknamed by the French press as The grandparents thievesdue to the advanced age of the main involved and their historic criminal records such as bank thieves.

The alleged lead of the band is Aomar Aït Khedache68, known as “Old Omar.” His genetic profile was found on the adhesive tape used to gordinate Kardashian. According to the file, Aït Khedache was one of the two men who entered directly into the apartment and fled by bicycle until they met their son, who waited for them in a car near a train station.

The second alleged assailant is Didier Dubreucq69, nicknamed “blue eyes”, who denies his participation in the crime. However, images of security cameras and telephone call records link it with the other suspects.

Yunice Abbas71, he confessed to having acted as a guard at the reception during the theft, making sure that the escape was free. He assured that he did not carry weapons or threatened directly Kardashianbut admitted its involvement in the operation. Abbas was arrested in January 2017 and spent 21 months in prison. In 2021, he co -wrote a book in French entitled “I kidnap Kim Kardashian”.

Other defendants played auxiliary papers, such as providing information on Kardashian’s location, facilitating robbery logistics or participating in the resale of stealing jewels in AntwerpBelgium.

According to his lawyers, Kardashian is willing to testify in person in the Parisian court, although at the moment he has decided not to make public statements. “Mrs. Kardashian reserves her testimony for the court and the jury and does not want to make more statements at the moment,” said their legal representatives.

They added that Kardashian “has great respect and admiration for the French judicial system” and that it has been “treated with great respect for the French authorities.”

After the robbery, Kardashian managed to free himself by removing the tape from his wrists, ankles and mouth, and sought refuge in his stylist’s room. He immediately contacted his sister Kourtney Kardashian and subsequently informed the authorities. Although he did not suffer physical injuries, the celebrity expressed his desire to leave France immediately to meet his children.