Kim Kardashian Tells Paris Court She Feared for Her Life During 2016 Jewelry Heist

A group of ‘grandpa robbers’ are accused of stealing millions of euros in jewelry from her during Paris Fashion Week nearly nine years ago.

Kim Kardashian leaves the courthouse after testifying in the trial of 10 people accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewellery from her, who was held at gunpoint in her apartment during Paris fashion week in 2016, a trial known as the "Rue Tronchet" affair, in Paris, France, on May 13, 2025. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

Kim Kardashian broke down in tears as she recounted the night she was robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room, telling a French court on Tuesday that she believed she was going to die during the 2016 attack.

The reality television star and business mogul, 44, testified in the high-profile trial of the “grandpa robbers,” a group accused of stealing millions of euros in jewelry from her during Paris Fashion Week nearly nine years ago.