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Guilty verdicts for 8 of 10 charged with armed robbery of Kim Kardashian
- In May 2025, a Paris court found eight of ten individuals guilty for their involvement in the armed robbery of Kim Kardashian at a luxury hotel in early October 2016, coinciding with Paris Fashion Week.
- The robbery involved masked men who seized around $10 million in jewellery, and the ringleader's DNA on bindings helped break the case.
- The defendants, mostly men in their 60s and 70s nicknamed the 'grandpa robbers', faced charges including armed robbery and kidnapping.
- Presiding judge David De Pas called Kardashian traumatized, and though the sentences were lenient, none of the convicted will return to prison due to time served.
- Kardashian forgave the ringleader after an apology letter and expressed gratitude to French authorities while continuing her advocacy for victims and justice reform.
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