Kim Kardashian Testifies in Paris Jewelry Heist Trial, ‘I Thought I Was Going to Die’

Kim Kardashian testified Tuesday in Paris, France within the highest profile theft trial the nation has seen in many years … and her account of the heist that claimed $10 million value of her jewellery was emotional.

Kardashian took the stand Tuesday afternoon and instructed the courtroom … “I completely thought I used to be going to die.” She described how two males wearing police uniforms and sporting masks held her at gunpoint … as she wore nothing however a bathrobe, fearing she’d be raped.

The two robbers had overpowered a concierge exterior her resort house. They tied Kim up and left her in her rest room throughout a Paris Fashion Week go to in October 2016 … then absconded with hundreds of thousands of {dollars} of loot, together with a $4-million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband Kanye West.

Kim testified she heard “stomping” exterior her room at about 3 AM, and when she opened her door, she noticed the concierge handcuffed by the 2 robbers. One of them pointed a gun at her. Kim stated she was excited about her youngsters, and was mortally afraid she was about to be raped and killed.

Kardashian stated … “I stored telling them I’ve infants and I must get residence to my infants.” She stated one of many robbers pointed to his hand and stored repeating the phrase, “ring.”

One of the boys certain her fingers and mouth with duct tape, and her ankles with zip-ties. Kim, who was sporting nothing however a bathrobe when the robbers entered her room, revealed … “He grabs by legs and pulls me. I’m naked and my everything is exposed.”

Kim testified … “I used to be positive that I used to be going to be raped.” But the boys took her possessions and left.

She stated she could not bear in mind particular person options and faces, as a result of trauma of the occasion. She stated, “You begin excited about your loved ones and all of it goes out the door.”

In the lavatory, Kardashian stated, she managed to take away the duct tape, and scooted out to search for her childhood buddy and stylist Simone Harouche, who accompanied her on the journey and was staying one flooring under. Harouche helped her take away the remaining zip-ties round her ankles with scissors.

The two then fled exterior the Hôtel de Pourtalès and hid in bushes, and she or he referred to as her mom, Kris Jenner, who has accompanied Kim on this present journey. Police ultimately arrived … however Kim stated she was confused and suspicious, as a result of the robbers had additionally been wearing cop uniforms.

“I did not know who to belief,” Kim stated at present.

Kim testified a French official later instructed her she’d been focused by the identical theft ring throughout a earlier go to to Paris … however the gang opted out as a result of Kanye was touring together with her on the time. She stated … “That shocked me to search out out they’d been making an attempt to plan the assault for a while,” including she thought the precise heist had been “nicely deliberate out.”

The 69-year-old alleged ringleader, “Old Omar,” who’s deaf and mute, issued a written assertion in courtroom, learn out loud at present by the decide … asking for Kim’s forgiveness.

“I do respect the letter, I forgive you for what has taken place, however it doesn’t change the emotion and the sentiments and the trauma the way in which my life is eternally modified,” she stated.

Kim mentioned how she had at all times felt secure within the metropolis — previous to the theft. The trauma has adopted her residence, as even now in California she retains 4 to six safety guards at her home simply to really feel secure.

Only one merchandise of the stolen jewellery has ever been recovered — a $24,000 diamond necklace a lady discovered on the road in a while the day of the theft. The necklace had been dropped by one of many robbers fleeing on a bicycle. The girl wore the necklace to work that day, earlier than studying of the heist and turning it over to police.

Nine males and one girls — dubbed the “Grandpa Robbers” as most are of their 60s and 70s now — are on trial, which started 2 weeks in the past … practically 10 years after the heist occurred. Many of the suspects have been apprehended about 3 months after the theft.