Overview

• Kim Kardashian has confirmed she will testify in person on May 13, facing the ten suspects accused of robbing her at gunpoint in 2016.
• The trial, which began on April 28 in Paris, involves defendants aged in their 60s and 70s, nicknamed the 'grandpa robbers' by French media.
• The 2016 robbery, France’s largest private theft in two decades, saw $10 million in jewellery stolen, including a $4 million engagement ring, most of which remains missing.
• The only recovered item from the heist was a necklace dropped by one of the suspects, Yunice Abbas, while fleeing on a bicycle.
• Kardashian has expressed gratitude for the French authorities’ investigation and is prepared to answer all questions during the trial, which is set to conclude on May 23.