Kim Kardashian arrives at Paris court with diamond jewellery
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Kim Kardashian appeared at the trial of a gang accused of robbing her at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room in 2016. She wore a stunning diamond necklace and earrings for the occasion.

The influencer, 44, was joined by her mother Kris Jenner as she made her way into the court room on Tuesday afternoon. 

Kardashian, dressed in a stylish black blazer, skirt, and sunglasses, greeted onlookers and the press as she arrived. Before entering the courtroom, she took a moment to have a brief chat with her mother.

According to jeweler Zack Stone, the diamonds adorning Kardashian were estimated to be worth millions of dollars. However, he mentioned that these diamonds could possibly be lab-grown.

He told MailOnline: ‘If her earrings are real, they could be worth an impressive $50,000. 

‘Though it was her necklace that has truly stolen the spotlight – dazzling on arrival, it appears to feature a series of graduated pear cut and marquise cut stones arranged in a symmetrical pattern. It likely carries a jaw-dropping price tag of around $3.5 million.’ 

Kardashian was also sporting a diamond anklet that had been given to her by daughter North.  

Zack continued: ‘Kim’s anklet looks like it could be the sentimental piece she received from North for Mother’s Day, featuring the birthstones of her four children. 

‘Set with round-cut diamonds, it’s delicately accented with a single pearl, a pear-cut garnet, a pear-cut zircon, and an emerald-cut emerald. I’d estimate its value at around $8,000.’

Tuesday marks the first time she will confront the suspected ‘grandpa gang’ of Paris robbers who are accused of stealing jewellery from the star worth millions of dollars.

The suspects are accused of tying up the billionaire celebrity with zip ties and duct tape before making off with jewels, including a $4 million engagement ring given to her by her then-husband rapper Kanye West (now known as Ye), according to investigators.

Kardashian jetted into the French capital on Monday, sharing a picture of her view from the plane that she captioned simply with a French flag. 

While it is not known what the SKIMS founder got up to the night before her day in court, her mother Kris took to Instagram to reveal she was at dinner with Michael Coste. 

Kardashian told David Letterman about the heist in a 2020 interview, fighting back tears as she recalled her fears of being raped that night.

‘They kept on saying “the ring, the ring”,’ Kardashian said.

‘I kept looking at the concierge,’ she continued, referring to the concierge of the exclusive hotel who had been forced at gunpoint to lead the gang to her apartment.

‘I was like, “Are we gonna die? Just tell them I have children, I have babies… I have to get home”.’

Yunice Abbas, 71, who is among the 10 suspects standing trial, many in their late 60s or 70s and dubbed ‘the grandpa gang,’ has told French media that he and others who took part in the robbery did not know who Kardashian was.

‘It’s not her, it’s her diamond we targeted,’ Abbas told C8 TV a few years ago. Abbas has admitted his participation in the robbery – writing a book about his role. 

In interviews with French media, he said he was sorry for what he did and wanted to apologise to Kardashian. 

There is no possibility of a guilty plea in such cases and Abbas is standing trial despite admitting to playing a role in the robbery.

Frank Berton, a lawyer representing 68-year-old Aomar Ait Khedache, nicknamed ‘Omar the Old,’ said last month he hoped the fact that Kardashian is a global star won’t affect the trial. 

Khedache is accused of being the gang’s ringleader, which he denies.

‘This trial attracts international attention because of who the plaintiff, the victim, is,’ Berton said.

‘What we hope is that it won’t change anything in the way the facts are judged,’ he said. (Writing by Ingrid Melander, reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro; Editing by Michael Perry)

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