Kim Kardashian to Testify in 2016 Paris Robbery Case

Kim Kardashian will take the stand to testify at an upcoming trial of the suspects in the 2016 jewelry robbery in Paris, her lawyers said today.

“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.

Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint on Oct. 3, 2016, in a Paris apartment where the star was staying during Paris Fashion Week. Kardashian was allegedly tied up and locked in her bathroom as five masked men stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry from her, including a $4 million ring gifted to her by then-husband Kanye West.

Following the incident, French officials launched an investigation, with police initially arresting 17 suspects in connection with the robbery across the country in January 2017. The first four men were indicted on Jan. 12, 2017. One of the men arrested was Gary M., the younger brother of Kardashian’s Paris chauffeur.

Now, 10 of the suspects accused of armed robbery, kidnapping, or other criminal charges are headed to trial in Paris from April 28 through May 23.

In the statement, Kardashian’s lawyer said the reality star and entrepreneur has a ″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.”

In the years since the incident, Kardashian has spoken openly about the emotional toll it took on her. She recounted the event during a Season 13 episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, saying she was convinced her sisters Kendall Jenner and Kourtney Kardashian, whom she was with in Paris at the time, were going to find her dead.

“They dragged me out onto the hallway on top of the stairs,” she recalled. “That’s when I saw the gun clear, like clear as day. I was kind of looking at the gun, looking down back at the stairs.

“I was like, ‘I have a split second in my mind to make this quick decision,’ ” she continued. “Am I going to run down the stairs and either be shot in the back? It makes me so upset to think about it. Either they’re going to shoot me in the back, or if I make it and they don’t, if the elevator does not open in time, or the stairs are locked, then, like, I’m fucked. There’s no way out.”