Kim Kardashianthe queen of social networks, DEclara this Tuesday before a court in Paris to testify in the trial for the spectacular robbery of jewels of a millionaire value that suffered almost a decade ago in a hotel in the French capital.
Since the end of April, ten suspects are being tried for the armed robbery in 2016 of jewels valued in 10 million dollars of the reality show star.
The ‘influencer’ and businesswoman testifies at 13h30 (11h30 GMT). Later he will make a statement before the cameras, their lawyers told AFP.
Journalists from all over the world, fans and curious began to congregate before court From early in the morning. “We are Kim fans and we want to support it,” Clément Treboutte explained, who went with two friends, all dressed in their best galas.
Inside the court, located in the heart of Paris, The cameras were aligned along tens of meters in the hall reserved to the media. “Full Sala”, A poster prayed. About 500 journalists, many of them foreigners, are accredited for trial.
Millionaire chronology robbery Kim Kardashian
The morning audience was dedicated to the testimony of Kardashian’s ex -styleSimone Bretter, who managed to hide on the ground floor of the duplex of a luxurious Parisian hotel where the ‘influencer’ was housed when the robbery occurred on the night of October 2 to 3.
“I know her very well, I recognize her voice, her laugh, her intonations, when she is happy or when things are not going well.” Therefore, when a noise aroused at about three in the morning, he immediately knew that there was a problem.
“It was a tone that I had never heard of Kim. It was terror,” he described at the stage. “I heard that he said: ‘I have babies and I need to live. Take everything, let me live.”
Bretter locked himself in his bathroom and warned Kardashian’s bodyguard. “I thought they were violating my friend, that they would kill her. Then I would be the next”he said in a trembling voice.
Kardashian, who Then I was 35 years oldIt was threatened with a gun in the head, tied and gagged.
Masked men fled with millions of dollars in jewels, including The diamond ring of 3.5 million euros that the rapper gave him Kanye West, her husband at that time.
At the time, the French press described the event as “The theft of the century”.
On the bench of the defendants they feel mostly Men between 60 and 70 years old With criminal records. Respond to nicknames like “Old Omar” U “Blue Eyes” They remind the old thieves of the French black cinema of 1960 and 1970.
“They are a team”, Said researcher Michel Malecot. “But they made some mistakes,” how to leave DNA traces that allowed their identification.
Kardashian shocked
Aomar Ait Khedacheknown as “The Old Omar”, 68, admitted to having tied Kardashian, but denies being the brain behind the blow.
The researcher Michel Malecot He said that a man named Gary Madar, Kardashian’s driver’s brother 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 social networks followers Kardashian knew his whereabouts perfectly.
The night of theft in question could have been very different. As counted in court last week, Kim weighed to party with his sister Kourtneybut finally decided to stay at the hotel.
Its driver Michael Madar, whose company invoiced the couple Kardashian/West more than 400 thousand dollars annually, had been working without stopping for 21 hours and asked a partner to replace him on the way to the nightclub.
But his substitute Mohammed Q. and Kardashian’s bodyguard, Pascal D., They quickly returned to the hotel after the star, who tried to call them, did not respond to the phone when they returned the call.
“I saw that the elevator was on the first floor, where Kim was staying,” he explained to the Pascal Court D.
When they found her, the ‘influencer’ was “In a terrible state, he cried hysterically,” told the court. “I asked what had happened and said they had stolen”he added.
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 among the 100 most influential celebrities of the planet.
The trial for the robbery will culminate on May 23.
With AFP / JCM information
