Kim Kardashian arrives at French court to testify in burglary trial

CNN Kim Kardashian arrived at a Paris court on Tuesday to testify in the trial of the burglars accused of tying up and robbing her at gunpoint nearly nine years ago The billionaire reality TV star will detail how during the Paris Fashion Week she was robbed of nearly million in cash and jewelry including a million engagement ring gifted to her by her then-husband Kanye West that was never recovered Kardashian arrived in court with her mother Kris Jenner wearing a diamond-encrusted necklace in a seeming nod to the jewels taken from her on the night of the burglary It will be the first time Kardashian is facing the alleged robbers in court The defendants nine men and one woman whose ages range from to are facing charges including armed robbery kidnapping and conspiracy Eight of them deny involvement while two have admitted to lesser offenses Several are repeat offenders and much of the start of the trial which opened on April has focused on their previous criminal acts On Tuesday morning a childhood friend of Kardashian s a key witness in the trial recounted the Paris court how the reality TV star had begged her burglars to take everything and to let her live Simone Harouche who has known Kardashian since they were years old was hired as her stylist in Paris in October and was staying in the hotel suite during the heist Through an interpreter Harouche advised the court that she had gone to sleep in a room downstairs from Kardashian s and was woken by the sounds of the attack I know her very well I know her sounds her mannerisms Harouche stated So when I heard this sound it was very different It woke me up from my sleep because it was a sound I had never heard from Kim It was terror Harouche explained she heard her friend pleading with her burglars saying I have babies and I need to live Take everything Fearing the burglars would next try to enter her room Harouche locked herself in the bathroom and texted Kardashian s sister Kourtney and her bodyguard Pascal Duvier Duvier testified last week that he detected Kardashian crying hysterically when he arrived at the hotel Once the burglars had left Harouche described how Kardashian having clearly suffered major trauma was frenetic and terrified that the men could soon return I heard her hopping down the stairs She came into my room and she had tape around her feet Harouche explained She was just screaming and kept saying We need to get out of here What do we do if they come back We might need to jump out the window The night changed her life forever Harouche declared I ve seen her in grief through a divorce the worst of times I ve never seen her like this After the experience Harouche explained she no longer wished to expose herself to the jeopardy of working with celebrities I changed professions and now I do interior design she added Dubbed the Grandpa Robbers of the original persons of interest one has since died and another defendant who has Alzheimer s syndrome has been ruled unfit to stand trial If convicted various of the remaining defendants could face up to years in prison The trial has been delayed for years partly because of major cases like those related to the Paris terrorist attacks The trial is scheduled to run through May with a verdict expected on May