Kim Kardashian arrives at Paris court with mum Kris Jenner for £12 million burglary trial

Daily Record

13-05-2025

Kim and Kris arrived at the Palais de Justice court in Paris for the trial.
Kim Kardashian has arrived at a court in Paris ahead of a £12 million burglary trial. She was accompanied by her mother Kris Jenner before the pair walked inside the courtroom having been flanked by paparazzi, police and onlookers.
The pair turned up to the Palais de Justice court in Paris, to testify about the robbery ordeal in her hotel room almost nine years ago. Ten people are on trial in Paris, accused of robbing the celebrity.
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Kim was allegedly held at gunpoint at a Parisian hotel in October 2016 by robbers dressed as policemen. They reportedly stole $10m (£7.5m) in jewellery and cash, and a $4m engagement ring.
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Kardashian has since spoken about the trauma the incident caused her, and court has heard that she has increased her security detail since the robbery.
Two of the defendants, Yunice Abbas and Aomar Ait Khedache, admit the charges. The rest deny them.
The five robbers used a night receptionist to gain entry to Kardashian's room. The man on shift, Abderrahmane Ouatiki, was also forced to act as an interpreter between the gang and Kardashian.
At a previous day in the trial, the court was told by Ouatiki's lawyers that the receptionist was left scarred by the events of October 2016 and that he suffered from PTSD.
"He suffered from the way the heist was romanticised and by the way the robbers are being described as 'grandpa robbers'. That's not what he saw - he just saw robbers," one of his lawyers said.
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On Monday, Ouatiki said the American star was "completely hysterical" and "in a state of complete terror" as a "very nervous" man pointed a gun at her.
"He was very aggressive and she was utterly terrified," said Ouatiki.
The robbers are known at the "grandpa robbers", due to the older age of most defendants.
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Most of the alleged participants in the robbery were born in the 1950s, leading French media to dub them the "grandpa robbers".
One has since passed away, and another, aged 81, will be excused as he is suffering from advanced dementia.
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The burglary took place at the Hotel de Pourtalès, or the No Address hotel, where Kim Kardashian stayed in October 2016.
The hotel is comprised of a series of nine luxury suites and two rooms.
Its website claims it's "more confidential" than a luxury hotel, and offers an unrivalled privacy. Services include bodyguards on request, chauffeurs, and day and night concierge teams.
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You must book for a six night minimum, with the cheapest rate coming in at £1,345 per night. But not everybody can book, you must rich, famous or referred by other celebrities.
Vanity Fair reported that it had lax external security and no CCTV cameras for guests to enjoy maximum privacy, and a door code known to many as it hadn't been changed in years.