Kim Kardashian arrives at court to face ‘robbers who stole $9m of jewellery'
Ms Kardashian, 44, was bound up with zip ties and held at gunpoint in a luxury hotel suite during Paris Fashion Week in October 2016.
Court officials have warned large crowds will likely gather around the courtroom in Paris, where Kardashian is expected to give emotional testimony of the incident later today.
The 44-year-old said she developed anxiety following the ordeal, leaving her unable to leave the house.
'I hated to go out,' she said in 2021. 'I didn't want anybody to know where I was - I just had such anxiety.'
A source close to the media personality said she was 'nervous' to testify but that it was her choice to do so.
'Kim's a bit nervous, but she always said that she wanted to testify in person,' an insider close to the media personality told People. 'This is her choice.
'She was terrified for her life during the robbery. She wants the people involved convicted.'
Twelve suspects were initially charged, though one died, while another was excused from proceedings due to illness.
The remaining men on trial are in the 60s and 70s, earning the title 'grandpa robbers' by the French media.
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