Man accused of stealing $ 10 million to Kim Kardashian is said to participate in the robbery
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One of the suspects for armed hand robbery Kim Kardashianin Paris, he has publicly admitted that he is regretting having participated in the crime. The businesswoman was the victim of a robbery in the French capital in 2016, during Fashion Week. The thieves stole around $ 10 million in jewels, including a $ 4 million ring that Kanye gave to Kim. In nine years the incident, the trial against the suspects has begun, with revealing statements.
“I’m sorry, not because they had caught me, but because there was a trauma”said Yunice Abbas, 71, before the Court on April 29, according to ABC News. The trial of thieves, known among the French press as ‘La Banda de los Abuelos’ for their advanced age at the time of theft, began on April 28 in Paris, almost nine years after the robbery.
After being pointed out as one of those responsible for the robbery, Abbas co -wrote the book I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian In 2021. Since then, Abbas has testified that he had no role in the choice of the title of the book, which, according to him, misrepresent his actions. He assures that he was not in the room of the Hotel de la Estrella de la Reality at the Non Address Hotel in Paris and that, instead, he guarded in another area, he reported NBC.
Abbas said he remained in the lobby of a hotel in Paris watching while two other suspects broke into the American celebrity room.
According to Associated Pressthe income of the Abbas book is suspended while the result of the trial is expected.
The large sum of jewels that stole Kim Kardashian
Abbas is one of the 10 defendants facing charges in relation to the robbery, which resulted in Kardashian’s retention by armed and tied hand, while five masked men subtracted the jewels, with a value of $ 10 million, according to the New York Times.
A source close to the star of reality said to People in 2016 that managed to escape after getting dressed in ties. A second source affirmed People that Kardashian “shouted from the balcony” asking for help.
Kardashian has declared that the thieves took two Diamond bracelets of Cartier, a gold necklace and diamonds of Jacob, slopes of diamonds of Lorraine Schwartz, a gold role and other objects during the robbery, according to the French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. A ring valued at $ 4 million that was given to her by her then husband Kanye West was also among the stolen objects.
According to him Timesmost of the stolen jewels have never been recovered.
The French police initially arrested 17 suspects throughout France in connection with the robbery by armed hand in January 2017. Half of the 10 suspects currently in trial are considered alleged accomplices. One of the men charged by prosecutors is the younger brother of the Kardashian driver in Paris.