Overview
- Robert and Carmen Geiss say their French lawyer informed them shortly before year-end that several alleged perpetrators were taken into custody.
- Police and prosecutors in the St. Tropez jurisdiction continue the case under an investigating judge, with inquiries described as difficult and still ongoing.
- In the night of June 14–15, 2025, four masked gunmen forced the couple to open safes and fled with jewelry, cash, and other valuables after physical assaults.
- The family released surveillance footage, including images of Carmen removing a perpetrator’s mask, a disclosure they say provided investigators with useful leads.
- The Geissens fortified their villa with cameras, barbed wire, lasers, bodyguards, panic buttons, and gate spears, and are addressing the ordeal in RTLZWEI specials on January 5 and 12, also available on RTL+.