Kim Kardashian tells accused in Paris jewel heist that she forgives him

Kim Kardashian arrives at the courthouse for 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, at the Court of Appeal of Paris, France, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

PARIS (Reuters) - Reality TV star Kim Kardashian told the alleged mastermind of a jewel heist in which she thought she was going to die that she forgives him, but that this took away none of the trauma from being held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room in 2016.

"I absolutely thought I was going to die," the billionaire celebrity told a Paris court on Tuesday, recounting her shock and fear during the attack, in which she thought she was going to be raped and shot.