The trial for the theft of Kim Kardashian began: a band of “grandparents thieves” and a millionaire assault

Almost nine years after violent assault that the American model suffered Kim Kardashian In Paris, during the Fashion Weekbegan the trial that investigates a group of calls “grandparents thieves” that they would have stolen more than 10 million dollars in jewels In her hotel room in 2016. surrounded by enormous media expectation, the process is expected to extend until May 23 and that the businesswoman also declares before the court.

The judicial hearing, which began on Monday, is chaired by Judge David de Pas and judges 10 accused of “Theft, kidnapping and threats with firearms“Against the Megaestrella 44 years old and Concierge of the building where he stayed on the night of October 2 of that year. Among the accused are nine men and a woman whose age was around 60 at the time of the fact, and currently being more than 70.

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In interviews, Kardashian said he felt terrified by the episode, thinking that it would be raped and killed When the criminals broke into their bedroom of an exclusive hotel in the 8th district of the French capital and pointed him with a gun. In addition, his lawyer declared to the press that the model could declare at a hearing on May 13.

Among the jewels that were taken, was the engagement ring that her husband had given him at the time, the rapper Kanye West, valued at four million dollarsand that Kardashian, who was 35 years old at that time, exhibited on social networks as well as many details of the rest of his intimate life. “It was not a great armed robberybut an easy job, “said the main defendant, Aomar Ait Khedacheidentified by your DNA. The thief acknowledged that he tied Kardashian, but denies being the leader of the criminal group, as the investigators claim.

French media have focused on the age of the defendants, indicating that many of them “have white hair and some They even carry cane or headphones“. Kedache, 69, is nicknamed” Omar el Viejo “, has lost the audition and speechand respond by writing with your hand in a retroprojector that reproduces your words. Sometimes he just lifts his thumb to say yes.

For its part, the former boxer Didier Dubreucqnicknamed “blue eyes”, received the authorizations of the court to absent because a Chemiterapia treatment. On the benches of the accused is also Christiane Glotin (78 years) and Yunice Abbas (from 71), which was assured by its defense lawyer, intends to apologize to the US celebrity for what happened.

The theft of Kim Kardashian’s jewels

The French press has nicknamed “grandparents thieves” because the main defendants are greater and have an extensive record of theft of banks and other crimes. On October 3, 2016 at dawn, two hooded men They broke into a gunpoint In the room where the famous American, who was a few days in Paris to attend Fashion Week.

The assailants enchanted her and one of them, Kim told the police, addressed her In English with “a strong French accent” And he asked him to give him his ring, which he had publicly shown in repeated publications on social networks. Then, they tied and gagged her and locked her in the bathroom.

In total, thieves took 10 million dollars in jewelry, which is why this case is considered the greatest robbery of a person in the last 20 years in France. Of all the loot, only a collar was found in the street that fell to the assailants during their escape. It is believed that gold was cast and the researchers, who seized hundreds of thousands of euros at the house of thievesThey think that a large part of the jewels was sold in Belgium.

The criminals escaped after seeing an incoming call on Kardashian’s cell phone from his bodyguard, which was alerted by the star stylistwho slept on the ground floor and listened to noise. The woman managed to unleash and the custodian, who arrived sharply, called the police about ten minutes after the suspects entered the room.

“I thought I was going to die, I was preparing for when they were shooting and killing me. These ten minutes really changed my whole life, “the model said once on television. Finally, the thieves were arrested three months later, identified with DNA samples that were taken from the scene of the fact.

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