He thought he was going to be violated and then murdered. Socialite went to court in France to tell what happened to him a few years ago
Kardashian tells the court that he “thought absolutely” that the robbers would kill her in the 9 million euros robbery
by Joseph ataman e Christian EdwardsCNN
Kim Kardashian, in witnessing at the trial of the robbers accused of having tied her and stolen at his own armed, told a Paris court on Tuesday that she “thought absolutely” that her robbers would kill her.
The billionaire of reality show detailed as during the 2016 Paris Fashion Week, was stolen from almost 9 million in money and jewelry, including an engagement ring of 3.6 million euros – gift from her then husband Kanye West – which was never recovered.
The defendants – nine men and a woman whose ages range from 35 to 78 – face accusations that include armed robbery, abduction and conspiracy. Eight of them deny involvement, while two admitted to having committed minor offenses.
Several are repeat offenders and much of the beginning of the trial – which began on April 28 – focused on the previous criminal acts of the defendants.
Kardashian arrived at court with his mother, Kris Jenner, using an embedded diamond necklace – in an apparent allusion to the jewelry withdrawn on the night of the robbery.
On October 2016, Kardashian recalled that he was agreed by the robbers and at first not knowing what men were demanding.
“At the time, there were a lot of terrorist attacks on the world,” said Kardashian. “I thought it was it.” One of the reasons why the trial took so long to begin with the accumulation of important processes in France, including those related to the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris.
After the men rummaged through his jewelry box and stolen the engagement ring by the bed, Kardashian said one of the robbers pointed to him a gun on his back and tightened his hands with a sliding closure. He remembered to be “hysterical”, begging the robbers to let her live.
“I have babies, I have to get home,” Kardashian told men.
Having been agreed only with a bathrobe, Kardashian said he feared that men would violate her. “I was naked under the robe. It was all exposed and I was sure he was going to violate me. I prayed a prayer and prepared to make it happen … But he closed my legs and covered them with tape,” he said.
Kardashian said he was fearing to be killed – and that his sister, Kourtney, and his friend, Simone Houcheche, who was sleeping in a adjacent room downstairs, would have to find her body.
“I knew … that they would see … that I would be in bed, killed in bed and that they would see it and would be with it in the head forever,” said Kardashian.
Harcheche, who has known Kardashian since he was 12 years old and is a key witness at the trial, witnessed Tuesday. He said he had been hired as Kardashian stylist in Paris for Fashion Week and was agreed for the sound of the robbery.
Speaking the robbers tried to enter his room, Harouche closed at the bathroom and sent a text message to Kourtney and Kardashian bodyguard, Pascal Duvier.
Duvier witnessed last week that he found Kardashian “crying hysterically” when he arrived at the hotel.
After the robbers came out, Houche described as Kardashian, clearly “suffered a great trauma,” was frantic and terrified by the possibility of men returning soon.
“I heard her down the stairs. She entered my room and had a ribbon around her feet,” Houquache said. “I was screaming and I wouldn’t stop saying, ‘We have to get out of here. What do we do if they come back?
The night “changed her life forever,” said Harouche. “I saw her suffer, go through a divorce, the worst moments. I had never seen it that way.”
After the experiment, Houche said he no longer wanted to expose himself to the risk of working with celebrities. “I changed by profession and now I do interior design.”
Nicknamed “Grandpa Robbers”, of the 12 suspects, one died in the meantime and another defendant, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, was considered unable to be tried. If they are convicted, some of the remaining defendants may catch up to 30 years in prison.
The trial has been postponed for years, in part due to important cases such as those related to Paris terrorist attacks in 2015.
The verdict must be revealed on 23 May.
