Overview

• The trial of nine men and one woman accused of stealing €9 million in jewelry from Kim Kardashian in October 2016 began on April 28, 2025, at the Paris cour d’assises.
• The heist, carried out in under ten minutes, involved masked robbers binding and threatening Kardashian at gunpoint in her luxury hotel suite during Paris Fashion Week.
• DNA evidence led to the arrest of the suspects in January 2017, with one defendant, Omar le vieux, admitting to tying up Kardashian but denying he masterminded the crime.
• Investigators recovered only one necklace from the stolen jewelry, with much of the haul believed to have been resold in Belgium.
• Kim Kardashian, who has largely avoided Paris since the traumatic event, is set to testify in court on May 13, with a verdict expected by May 23.