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\n\tPARIS: Defiant in diamonds, Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that upended her life. The reality star and business mogul gave emotional, at times harrowing, testimony about the night masked men tied her up at gunpoint and stole more than $6 million in jewelry.
\n\tHere\u2019s what she revealed \u2014 and what\u2019s still to come.
\n\tA night that changed everything<\/strong>
\n\tKardashian said she was starting to doze off in bed in the early hours when she heard stomping on the stairs. She assumed it was her sister Kourtney returning from a night out. \u201cHello? Hello? Who is it?\u201d she called.
\n\tMoments later, two masked men burst in. They dragged the concierge in handcuffs. They were dressed as police.
\n\t\u201cI thought it was some sort of terrorist attack,\u201d she said.
\n\tShe grabbed her phone but froze \u2014 \u201cI didn\u2019t know what 911 was (in France).\u201d She tried to call her sister and her bodyguard, but one man grabbed her hand to stop her. They threw her on the bed, bound her hands and held a gun to her back.
\n\t\u201cI have babies,\u201d she recalled telling the robbers. \u201cI have to make it home. They can take everything. I just have to make it home.\u201d
\n\tHer robe fell open \u2014 she said she was naked underneath \u2014 as one man pulled her toward him. \u201cI was certain that was the moment that he was going to rape me,\u201d Kardashian said.
\n\tOne attacker leaned in and told her, in English, she\u2019d be OK if she stayed quiet. He taped her mouth shut, and took her to the bathroom.
\n\tKardashian later managed to free her hands by rubbing the tape against the bathroom sink. She hopped downstairs, ankles still bound, and found her friend and stylist, Simone Harouche. Fearing the men might return, the women climbed onto the balcony and hid in bushes. While lying there, Kardashian called her mother.
\n\tThe men took a diamond ring she\u2019d worn that night to a Givenchy show and rifled through her jewelry box. They took items including a watch her late father had given her when she graduated high school. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just jewelry. It was so many memories,\u201d she said.
\n\tA changed life and constant fear<\/strong>
\n\tInvestigators believe the attackers followed Kardashian\u2019s digital breadcrumbs \u2014 images, timestamps, geotags \u2014 and exploited them with old-school criminal methods.
\n\tThe robbery reshaped Kardashian\u2019s sense of safety and freedom. \u201cThis experience really changed everything for us,\u201d she said. \u201cI started to get this phobia of going out.\u201d
\n\tShe often rents adjoining hotel rooms for protection and no longer stores jewelry at home, and now has up to six security guards at home.
\n\t\u201cI can\u2019t even sleep at night\u201d otherwise, she said.
\n\tShe also said she no longer makes social media posts in real time unless at a public event. Her Los Angeles home was robbed shortly after the Paris heist in what she believes was a copycat attack.
\n\tA letter and an unexpected moment of grace<\/strong>
\n\tIn a powerful courtroom moment, the chief judge read aloud a letter from one of the accused, who is too ill to testify. The letter said he had seen Kardashian\u2019s tears on television and expressed regret. Kardashian was visibly moved.
\n\t\u201cI\u2019m obviously emotional,\u201d she said in response.
\n\t\u201cI do appreciate the letter, for sure,\u201d she added. \u201cI forgive you for what had taken place. But it doesn\u2019t change the emotion, the trauma, and the way my life is forever changed.\u201d
\n\tKardashian, who is studying to become a lawyer, added that she regularly visits prisons. \u201cI\u2019ve always believed in second chances,\u201d she said.
\n\tDiamonds, defiance and public image<\/strong>
\n\tKardashian made a fashion statement in court, wearing a $1.5 million necklace by Samer Halimeh New York. The jeweler\u2019s press release for the necklace came out even as she was on the witness stand, a reminder that visibility remains currency, even if the rules have grown more complicated.
\n\tThe choice reflected defiance and the reclaiming of the image and luxury once used against her.
\n\tKardashian said Paris had once been a sanctuary, a place where she would walk at 3 or 4 a.m., window shopping, sometimes stopping for hot chocolate. It \u201calways felt really safe,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was always a magical place.\u201d
\n\tWhat\u2019s next<\/strong>
\n\tTwelve suspects were originally charged. One has died. One was excused due to illness. The French press dubbed the group les papys braqueurs \u2014 \u201cthe grandpa robbers\u201d \u2014 but prosecutors say they were no harmless retirees.
\n\tThe defendants face charges including armed robbery, kidnapping and gang association. If convicted, they could face life in prison.
\n\tKardashian said she was grateful for the opportunity to \u201ctell my truth\u201d in the packed Paris courtroom.
\n\t\u201cThis is my closure,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is me putting this, hopefully, to rest.\u201d
\n\tThe trial is expected to conclude May 23.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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