In the case of the robbery of the American star, the civil parties have presented their financial claims, while the final decision on civil interests will be rendered on September 15.
American star Kim Kardashian demanded one euro in damages and interest from the “elderly robbers” commando who attacked her in her Parisian hotel room in 2016, stealing 9 million euros worth of jewelry during Fashion Week. During a hearing dedicated to civil interests, the lawyer for the influencer queen, Léonor Hennerick, requested one euro for each of the four team members, including the one considered their leader, Aomar Aït Khedache, now in his seventies. Another member, Didier Dubreucq, passed away a few weeks after the verdict, given in May 2025.
After four weeks of a highly publicized trial, the Paris Assize Court handed down lenient sentences to the ten defendants, with the heaviest sentence being three years in prison without return to custody. The court explained that it took into account “the time that has passed” since the night of October 2-3, 2016 – nine years – and the health status of the main protagonists which “ethically prevents the incarceration of anyone”.
Kim Kardashian, who had been gagged and tied up and had come to recount the terror she felt on the stand, described herself as “satisfied” with the verdict and eager to “turn the page”. Her stylist, Simone Bretter, who was present in the accommodation occupied by the star during her captivity, also made a claim for damages and interest.
Investigators never recovered the loot from this violent robbery, including a ring estimated at 3.5 million euros that Kim Kardashian willingly showed on social media. The hotel receptionist, a forgotten victim of this incident, has demanded nearly 550,000 euros in damages and interest through his lawyer Mohand Ouidja.
The majority of this sum corresponds to a “loss of professional and academic opportunity” on the grounds that this man, who was a doctoral student at the time and funding his studies with this night job, was unable to complete his thesis and capitalize on his education. “Since then, he has been living with post-traumatic syndrome”, “has never been able to rebuild himself, his trajectory has been shattered,” according to Me Ouidja, whose client now lives in Algeria after being “sent away from French territory”.
“It’s a bit audacious what you’re asking for,” retorted one of the defense lawyers, Gabriel Duménil. The hotel has also requested 100,000 euros for reputational damage. The decision on civil interests, the epilogue of this sensational case, will be delivered on September 15.
