The trial for the theft of jewelry to Kim Kardashian, occurred in Paris in 2016 And that caused worldwide sensation, begins tomorrow in Paris, a process that will confront the star of Telerreality and social networks with the assailants, called in France as the “Yayoladrones”.
A total of ten defendants, several of them above 70 years and with health problems, They will appear on the bench of the defendants of a process that will take place in the monumental Palace of Justice of the Island of the Cité and will conclude with the verdict on May 23.
Kim Kardashian. Photo:AFP
Kardashian herself plans to give a statement to May 13on a day that is expected even more massive in a process for which more than 400 journalists, Many of them foreigners, according to judicial sources.
The events occurred in the early morning of October 3, 2016, When Kardashian was in the suite of a discreet luxury apartment in the Barrio de la Madeleine, where he had come to participate in events of the Fashion Week.
The thieves took advantage of the fact that the private bodyguard had accompanied another of the Kardashian sisters, Kourtney, to a disco.
The assailants, several of them disguised as police, They retained the hotel guard, who served as an interpreter, since they didn’t know English. Kardashian was pointed in the head with a gun, then gagged, tied and placed in the bathtub.
The thieves insisted on taking the ring that the rapper Kanye West He had given Kim Kardashian to ask for marriage. A jewel with a 19 carat diamond and valued in some Four million euros.
Other jewels were also taken to complete a loot valued in some nine million euros. All in a dozen minutes.
The authors were arrested by the police in January 2017. The French press then extended to highlight the condition of detainees as common criminals of little mount, all with a history of robberies or robberies.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian during a method being still a couple. Photo:AFP
Some moved by bicycle at the night of theft and almost everyone had a high age (at least 60 years then). Hence the media nickname of ‘Yayoladrones’.
In fact, the one considered the band’s brain was Aomar Ait Khedache, aka ‘Omar el Viejo’, today 70 years old. Now it is almost deaf and with problems to speak, with a recognized disability of 80 %.
Ait Khedache assured that they had acted on commission of a stranger to which he considered Very close to Kardashian who had given them very detailed information.
The Ten Acasados appear free, since they completed the period of preventive detention.
Another of the defendants, Yunice Abbas, who was identified thanks to his DNA, declared the channel this week Tf1 qWhat his goal was to give “one last blow” to be able to retire without economic tightening.
This 72 -year -old man, who says he received 70,000 euros for the coup, took the loot in a bag, which fell as he pedaled. He had to collect the street jewels before continuing his escape.
With the rush and darkness, he left a necklace on the asphalt, which was recovered in the street. The rest of the jewels did not be seen againand it is believed that they were sold in Belgium, possibly in the environment of the Diamond market of Antwerp, according to the investigation.
Abbas even published in 2021 a book entitled ‘I kidnapped Kim Kardashian ‘, in which he recognized that he was not even aware of his victim’s identity.
Now, he acknowledges that he has “many possibilities” to finish behind bars, so he takes advantage of time with his grandchildren.
‘I kidnap Kim Kardashian’: an autobiographical story of the theft of the century. Photo:Christophe Petit Teson. EFE / MIGUEL SCHINCARIO. AFP
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