Kim Kardashian feared being raped and killed in Paris robbery, trial hears

A tearful Kim Kardashian yesterday described being convinced she was going to be raped and shot dead when two gunmen burst into the bedroom of her luxury hotel apartment in Paris while she was in bed.

- Kim Willsher

One of the men, who were dressed as police officers, dragged her across the bed leaving her naked body exposed and used zip ties and tape to secure her wrists and ankles. They then taped her mouth and carried her into the bathroom, where they dumped her on the floor.

Kardashian was in Paris, a city she said she had always loved, for fashion week in October 2016 when the robbers attacked after she returned to the hotel from dinner. Ten people - nine men and a woman aged between 35 and 78 - are on trial in connection with France's biggest personal robbery in 20 years. Eight of the accused deny any involvement.

The suspects, nicknamed the "grandpa gang" because of their advanced age, fled with jewellery estimated at $10m (£7.5m) in value, including the 18.88-carat diamond engagement ring Kardashian's then husband, the rapper Kanye West, gave her, estimated to be worth $4m.

Taking the stand at the Palais de Justice in Paris yesterday, Kardashian, 44, was reduced to tears as she was asked to recall the attack.

She said she was ready to sleep having packed up everything including her pyjamas in preparation to fly back to New York the following day. Hearing footsteps on the stairs of the two-storey hotel apartment she thought it was her sister Kourtney and a friend returning from a nightclub.

Two men dressed as police officers entered the room with the concierge of the building who they had taken hostage at gunpoint.