French police investigating the theft of nearly $10 million in jewels from Kim Kardashian-West, have arrested 17 people, including a chauffeur who dro
French police investigating the theft of nearly $10 million in jewels from Kim Kardashian-West, have arrested 17 people, including a chauffeur who drove the reality television star around Paris in the days before the robbery. Many of those arrested in coordinated police raids in different parts of France were known underworld figures aged around 50 and at least three women.
Reports say DNA traces from the scene of the heist led police to the suspects and that they would be held for questioning, possibly for as much as four days. One of those detained was Kim’s chauffeur when she was visiting Paris in October for the Fashion Week. Police are still trying to establish whether he had passed on information to the gang.
Kim was photographed frequently while on the Paris trip, attending fashion shows and parties. She also posted numerous pictures to her social media accounts. So far, Kim is very happy and satisfied to a certain extent and is reassured by the efficiency of the French Police, according to Jean Veil, a French lawyer for Kim.
Thieves wearing ski masks and clothes with police markings had burst into the luxury property where Kim was sleeping in the early hours of Oct. 3rd 2016. They tied her up at gunpoint before making off with her engagement ring and other jewels. They fled on bicycles with jewelry worth 9 million euros, about $9.5 million.
Though badly shaken, Kim was physically unharmed. She has since the unfortunate incidence kept a low public profile but broke her silence on the robbery in a promotional clip for the upcoming season of her reality TV show ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’, which was recently released.
“They’re going to shoot me in the back. There’s no way out,” a tearful Kim tells her family, recalling the robbery. “It makes me so upset to think about it.”
The robbery made world headlines and unwanted publicity for one of the world’s most visited cities, where hotels and the wider tourist sector have struggled to make a comeback commercially after deadly attacks by Islamic militants in 2015.
