Kim Kardashian cries as she tells court how Paris robbery ‘changed everything’: Live updates – UK Times

Zoë Beaty reports from the Palais de Justice court in Paris:

Kardashian has began sharing details of the ordeal she went through in early October 2016.

“We were leaving the next morning and I was just packing up, at 03:00 I was just getting ready to go to bed,” she says. Two people who she believed were police officers then came into her bedroom.

Kardashian says she was “very confused” when they walked in because she was “just about to fall asleep”. Naked and wearing only a robe, she was flustered when the intruders barged in.

The night receptionist, Abderrahmane Ouatiki, had been handcuffed and was with the two men.

Zoë Beaty reports from the courthouse:

Kim Kardashian has begun by speaking of Paris, the city where she is currently testifying – and which she was robbed in nearly nine years ago.

“Paris was always a place I loved so much,” she says. “I used to walk around the city when I woke up in the middle of the night, or early in the morning I’d take walks around the city, and always felt really safe.

“We would window shop and stop at little hotels for hot chocolate. It was a magical place.”

“Then when I came to fashion week that trip, it really changed everything.” She pauses to wipe her eyes, crying as she begins to describe her ordeal.

Zoë Beaty reports from the courthouse:

The bell has rung, the judges have filed back in – and, at just after 1.30pm, Kim Kardashian has taken the stand in court Voltaire. She walked confidently up to the stand dressed in a smart black contoured jacket and what appears to be a diamond necklace and earrings. In the press room, one of the court security guards wolf-whistles.

“Hi, I’m Kim Kardashian,” she begins addressing the court. She thanks the court for allowing her to be here today, and “for allowing me to tell my truth”.

Kim Kardashian is set to reveal all about the violent robbery she went through nearly nine years ago, during Paris Fashion Week in October 2016.

She has spoken openly since the horror episode, revealing that the Paris robbery made fundamental changes to her personality and her approach to the world. She fears she is turning into a “full robot with like, no emotion,” she said in an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians last year.

But never before has she been questioned in a courtroom about the traumatic night, with the world media reporting on each word she says.

She is likely to speak about how the trauma reshaped her life, in the most emotionally-charged of the high-profile case – which began in late April.

Kardashian will likely repeat to jurors what she has already revealed since the robbery: the fear of being raped and killed by the intruders and of never seeing her family again.

Kim Kardashian has now arrived in court, ready to testify against the defendants of the Paris robbery trial.

Multiple large black vehicles pulled up to the Palais de Justice, where our special correspondent Zoe Beaty is reporting directly on the trial.

Dressed in all black with black sunglasses, Kardashian steps out of the vehicle and speaks with her mother, Kris Jenner, who is accompanying her.

Members of the press call out to Kardashian as she walks up the steps of the grand courthouse, appearing calm and unperturbed.

Cheers ring out as she turns around and waves before stepping through the tall doors.

Kim Kardashian is expected to arrive in court any moment now.

Police have congregated outside the courthouse and a motorcade with the global star is now on its way.

In police reports given to the French authorities at around 4:30am on the night of the robbery, Kim Kardashian listed the following items as having been stolen, according to Sky News:

• Two diamond Cartier bracelets
• A gold and diamond Jacob necklace
• Diamond earrings by Lauren Schwartz
• Yanina earrings
• Three gold Jacob necklaces
• Little bracelets, jewels and rings
• A Lauren Schwartz diamond necklace
• A necklace with six little diamonds
• A necklace with Saint spelt out in diamonds
• A cross-shaped diamond-encrusted Jacob cross
• A yellow gold Rolex watch
• Two yellow gold rings
• An iPhone 6 and a BlackBerry

All eyes will turn to Kim Kardashian this afternoon for her testimony against the robbers.

It isn’t exactly clear what time she will arrive. The court is currently adjourned until 1:30pm French time (12:30pm UK time).

Kardashian is set to speak about the trauma that reshaped her life and redefined the risks of celebrity in the age of social media. Her appearance is expected to be the most emotionally charged moment of a trial that began last month.

Her testimony is expected to revisit, in painful detail, how intruders zip-tied her hands, demanded her ring, and left her believing she might never see her children again.