EXCLUSIVEWhat REALLY happened in Kim Kardashian’s robbery hell: Bound, gagged and terrified – the fullest account yet as Parisian gang finally face justice
The Parisian underworld gang alleged to have robbed Kim Kardashian at gunpoint are finally set to go on trial almost a decade after the $10 million heist that stunned the world.
And ahead of the long-awaited trial, a MailOnline investigation has pieced together the fullest picture yet of what happened the night masked gunmen burst into the star’s £12,000-a-night penthouse where she was naked except for a bathrobe.
Kardashian was bound, gagged and locked in a bathroom, before the robbers made off with her lavish jewellery collection, including a $4million engagement ring from Kanye West.
Using detailed police and prosecution documents as well as the accounts of some who admit participating in the raid, we can today reconstruct exactly how the Hollywood-style heist was pulled off.
All the dozen defendants accused – who have been dubbed ‘Kardashian’s Twelve’ after the Oceans heist film series starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt – are currently at liberty having been released from their high-security remand cells prior to their trial.
At the centre of the entire case is one Aomar Aït Khedache, a self-confessed career criminal.
Now 69, Old Omar, as he is affectionately known by French crime reporters, is hard of hearing, short-sighted and suffering from an acute heart condition – but he is far from shy about his involvement in the heist, which took place in the early hours of October 3rd 2016, describing it as the most memorable of his life.
Indeed, Old Omar freely admits that he was the leader of the gang that subjected the American reality TV star to an ordeal said to still haunt her.
And he is not alone in admitting it: one his key lieutenants, Yunice Abbas, now 72, has even written a book unambiguously entitled, I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.
The Parisian underworld gang alleged to have robbed Kim Kardashian at gunpoint are finally set to go on trial almost a decade after the $10 million heist that stunned the world
A french police car is seen outside Kim Kardashian’s Luxury Apartment after being robbed at gunpoint by masked men during Paris Fashion Week
Yunice Abbas, now 72, has even written a book unambiguously entitled, I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian
Yet, it will not be until the end of next month at the earliest that Aït Khedache, Abbas and the other ten accused will finally appear in the dock at the Paris Assizes, accused of ‘armed robbery in an organised gang’, ‘kidnap’ and ‘criminal conspiracy’.
Despite the levity of some involved these are hugely serious charges which could well see the older defendants locked up for the rest of their lives
But delays have been constant throughout the nine years so no one will be surprised if the April date slips.
Officers from the elite Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB) of the Paris Judicial Police are particularly angry about this, having caught all of the alleged gang in simultaneous raids back as long ago in January 2017.
The detectives were convinced that justice would be swift and decisive, but timetabling problems caused by high-profile terrorist trials caused backlogs.
There were also fears that publicity because of the Kardashian connection process would destroy the upmarket Paris tourism industry at a time of prestige five-star events, right up until last summer’s Olympics.
So nine years on, most of the key defendants are also old and sick, meaning that they were all freed from high-security remand cells where they were originally expected to remain until trial.
Frustrated by the continuous adjournments, investigators have meanwhile provided an extraordinary account of the raid to MailOnline.
Leaks include a neatly typed document listing Ms Kardashian’s married name before her 2022 divorce, reading, VICTIM: Ms. Kimberly Kardashian-West (damage of $10,000,000).
Kardashian was bound, gagged and locked in a bathroom, before the robbers made off with her lavish jewellery collection, including a $4million engagement ring from Kanye West (above)
Officers from the elite Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB) (pictured) of the Paris Judicial Police are particularly angry about this, having caught all of the alleged gang in simultaneous raids back as long ago in January 2017
Inside the Kim Kardashian Paris heist crime scene: Chilling images emerge showing a gag used to silence the star and ripped tape used to bind her
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