Kim Kardashian will testify in Paris trial over 2016 robbery, lawyer confirms

Kim Kardashian will testify in person at an upcoming trial over a 2016 robbery, which saw the reality TV star and business mogul allegedly robbed at gunpoint in Paris.

The armed robbers allegedly tied her up and locked her in a bathroom while they stole millions of dollars' worth of jewellery, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

Ten suspects accused of armed robbery, kidnapping or other criminal charges are going on trial in Paris from April 28 through May 23.

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The October 2016 robbery took place in a Paris apartment where Kardashian was staying for Paris Fashion Week.

"We can confirm that Ms. Kardashian will be testifying in person at the upcoming French criminal trial involving the 2016 incident in which she was bound and robbed at gunpoint by a number of masked assailants," lawyer Michael Rhodes said in a statement provided to the Associated Press.

The reality TV star and entrepreneur has ″tremendous appreciation and admiration for the French judicial system″ and ″wishes for the trial to proceed in an orderly fashion in accordance with French law and with respect for all parties to the case," the lawyer said.

Kardashian is no stranger to her courtroom – her father Robert Kardashian was famously one of OJ Simpson's lawyers.

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Also, in the years since the Paris robbery, Kardashian herself has trained and become a lawyer in the US, passing the bar exam and working in the field of prison reform.

The now-44-year-old reflected on the horrific experience in a recent episode of reality TV series The Kardashians.

The moment came when the mother-of-four was talking about her eldest daughter North West, and her plans to give her original engagement ring to "Northy" as "she was with me when I got engaged".

Kardashian credits ex-husband and father of her four children, Kanye West, with saving the ring from being taken in the 2016 heist thanks to his ominous warning.

After the reality TV star went out wearing both her diamond engagement rings her partner was furious, she recalled.

"Kanye saw it and he goes, 'Don't you ever wear both of your rings at the same time. Are you looking to get robbed?'" she said.

That conversation came just weeks before Kardashian's fateful Paris trip, so when the time came, she left the original ring safely at home in LA.

The couple, who wed in 2014 after two years together, divorced in 2021 and share daughter North, 11; son Saint, nine; daughter Chicago, seven; and son Psalm, five.

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