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Kim Kardashian’s friend revives the terror of the robbery they suffered in Paris

As the trial against the thieves who assaulted Kim Kardashian In 2016, in Paris, new and chilling details are gradually known. This May 13, the businesswoman was captured with her mother, Kris Jenneron the outskirts of the Palace of Justice in the French capital, ready to testify. Meanwhile, his stylist Simone Harouche He has already surrendered his statement, remembering the moments of terror that lived that fateful morning of October 3.

Kim Kardashian is photographed upon his arrival at the Palace of Justice in Paris, to testify in theft against his person in 2016.© GC Images
Kim Kardashian is photographed upon his arrival at the Palace of Justice in Paris, to testify in theft against his person in 2016.

Harouche, who has maintained a close friendship with Kardashian from childhood, accompanied the star as his personal stylist within the framework of Fashion Week in Paris, where Kim would participate in several events. “I know her very well, I recognize her voice, her laugh, her intonations, when she is happy or when things are not going well,” he said on the stage. “It was a tone that I had never heard of Kim. It was terror,” he described.

Simone Harouche and Kim Kardashian in a photo of the trunk of memories; They know each other from girls and they had to live that hard experience in Paris © @Simoneharouche
Simone Harouche and Kim Kardashian in a photo of the trunk of memories; They know each other from girls and they had to live that hard experience in Paris

He detailed before the court that that night, he woke up when he heard “shouts and rough noises” from the room on the upper floor; She was on the low floor of the luxury complex and instantly understood that something bad was happening. Harouche hid in the bathroom with his phone. He feared that Kardashian was being sexually attacked, commenting on the court: “I thought, ‘whatever what is happening here, I will be the next one'”.

Despite the moments of terror at the hands of the criminals, Kardashian was not sexually assaulted, although it was tied by thieves, hands and feet, leaving it “outside of them.”

A general view of the luxury hotel on Rue Tronchet, where Kim Kardashian stayed at the time of the assault, in October 2016.© Getty Images
A general view of the luxury hotel on Rue Tronchet, where Kim Kardashian stayed at the time of the assault, in October 2016.

According to reports collected by The TimesHarouche remembered how were the shouts of despair and fear of her friend, who was in the luxury suite of the exclusive hotel. “I have babies and I need to live. Take everything. I need to live,” were Kardashian’s supplicationsthen mother of two children.

“He was out of his own,” Harouche said. The despair of Kim was such, who thought of jumping through the window after the robbery. “I had never seen her like this. He shouted … he said ‘We have to get out of here’ and ‘What happens if they come back?’

The most notorious robbery in France in the last 20 years

The robbery resulted in the theft of several jewels, with a total of around $ 10 million. Among the stolen jewelry highlights the spectacular commitment ring of 18.8 carats, valued at $ 4 million, that Kanye West delivered to Kim at the time as a symbol of his love. Due to the relevance of the character and the media of the case, this attack has become one of the most notorious cases in France in the last 20 years.

The ring that appears in the image was the one that Kanye presented Kim as a symbol of his love.© GC Images
The ring that appears in the image was the one that Kanye presented Kim as a symbol of his love.

Currently, there are 10 suspects following the investigations for the theft of Kim Kardashian and among the French press they have been called the “grandfather thieves” or “The Band of the grandparents”, due to their advanced age, since most of them have ages of more than 60 years.

Escorted by police, one of the men accused of theft of Kim Kardashian, is photographed upon his arrival at the Palace of Justice, in Paris for the trial, which started on April 28, 2025.© Pierre Suu/Getty Images
Escorted by police, one of the men accused of theft of Kim Kardashian, is photographed upon his arrival at the Palace of Justice, in Paris for the trial, which started on April 28, 2025.

Aomar Ait Khedache, known as ‘Old Omar’, confessed to having tied Kim Kardashian at the time of theft, while Yunice Abbas, another of the defendants, has revealed his participation in the crime through a book called J’ai Séquestré Kim Kardashianwhich came to light in 2021 and has hindered his defense.

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