Kim Kardashian's robbery hearing in Paris to start from April 28: Here's all you need to know | Today news

US media personality Kim Kardashian, who was robbed at a gun point in a Heist in Paris in October 2016, is back in the news as the case finally comes to court. The case was the largest robbery of an individual in France for over 20 years. It even made front pages around the world. Here’s everything you need to know: What happened in October 2016: After Kim and Rapper Kanye West in a week -long celebration that spans Paris and Florence, they returned to Paris to Paris, reports Sky News. However, her then husband, West, returned to the US to fetch his Saint Pablo tour. Kim, along with her sister Kourtney and various members of their entourage, stayed in Paris. On October 3, 2016, Kardashian stayed alone in the Sky Penthouse in Tronchet Street apartment, while the rest of her convoy, which also includes her bodyguard Pascal Duvier, went out for the night. Three armed men wearing and wearing ski masks when police forced into the apartment block at about 2:30 p.m. Two allegedly forced the Concierge to lead them to Kardashian’s suite. When the armed men entered her room, Kardashian claimed she had “hurled” on her bed. She even stated that her posts on social media may have provided the alleged robbers’ a window of opportunities. “I snapped that I was home, and that everyone was going out,” Sky News quoted that she said in the months after the incident. Kim clearly described the attack in a police report, as reported in the French weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. “They grabbed me and took me in the hallway. They tied me up with plastic cables and tied my hands, and then they put their strap over my mouth and my legs. ‘ Kim said, as the French reported daily, the robbers specifically asked her and money. She also claimed, the robbers brought her to the bathroom and put her in the bath. She was just wearing a bathrobe at the time, she said. Initially, Kim thought the robbers ‘were terrorists’, a French police report taken in New York for three months, three months after the robbery said. What was stolen? According to police, Kim claimed that the thieves took her Great Louis Vuitton jewelry box, which she said ‘contains everything I own’, Sky News reports. She listed these items as stolen as stolen: • Two Diamond Carries Bracelets • A Golden and Diamond Jacob Halls Counting • Diamond Fire Bells by Lauren Schwartz • Yanina earrings • Three Golden Jacob -Halsnoers • Small bracelets, jewelery and rings • A Lauren Schwartz Diamond chain • A diamond with six small diamonds Diamond Cut Jacob Cross • A Yellow Gold Rolex watch • Two yellow gold drivers • An iPhone 6 and a BlackBerry Later, the police only found the diamond cross cross, which was dropped by the robbers while leaving. What is expected in court? On April 28, the hearing begins with the Paris Court of Appeal and will last a month. The case is heard by a presiding judge, two professional judges and six main jurors. The hearing involves over 2000 documents and there are four civil parties. People who are tried: Among the 12 defendants in the case, one person is dead and another is a medical condition. So 10 people – nine men and one woman – will be in the trial. Five of the robbers – all between 60 and 72 years old at the time of the incident – are on trial for armed robbery and kidnapping charges. These are: • Yunice Abbas • Aomar Ait Khedache • Harminv Ait Khedache • Didier Dubreucq • Marc-Alexandre Boyer The rest is charged with complicity in the Heist or the unlawful possession of a weapon. These are: • Florus Heroui • Gary Mader • Christiane Glotin • François Delaportte • Marc Boyer, in case of convicted, the accused of the more serious crimes can be sentenced to ten years in prison. Will Kim give testimony? According to Advocate Michael Rhodes, Kim wants the hearing to continue orderly in accordance with French legislation. What delay in the audience? Despite a manhunt after the robbery, the case was killed because Paris was shaken by Islamic militants in 2015, where 130 people were killed, including 90 during a music event at the Bataclan Theater. In January 2017, 17 people were initially arrested in the Kardashian case, but 12 people were later charged. In 2021, an order was issued to send the case to the hearing, as limited court proceedings took place due to various Covid closures. At that time, France also had its greatest criminal trial on the terrorist attacks in November 2015. First published: 27 Apr 2025, 07:56 PM IST