PARIS | A Paris court has awarded Kim Kardashian a symbolic €1 ($1.15) in damages over the armed robbery she endured at a Paris hotel nearly a decade ago, granting the amount she had requested as recognition of the crime rather than financial restitution.
Kardashian was staying at the Hôtel de Pourtalès during Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 2, 2016, when men disguised as police officers entered her suite, held her at gunpoint and tied her with zip ties and tape before stealing more than $6 million worth of jewelry. Among the items taken was a $4 million engagement ring given to her by then-husband Kanye West, now known as Ye. Most of the stolen jewelry has never been recovered.
The robbers became known in France as the “Grandpa Robbers” because several of the suspects were in their 60s and 70s. Reuters reported that the heist was France’s largest robbery in two decades at the time.
Kardashian sought only the symbolic €1 from some of those convicted, according to a lawyer involved in the civil case. Her stylist, Simone Harouche, who was also present during the robbery, received the same amount. The court separately awarded €109,516 to the hotel’s former receptionist, who said he suffered trauma from the incident, and €50,000 to the hotel.
The ruling follows the criminal proceedings that culminated in May 2025, when a French court convicted eight people for their roles in the robbery. The alleged mastermind, Aomar Ait Khedache, received a three-year prison sentence, while the other convicted defendants did not return to prison because of time already served in pretrial detention. None appealed the verdict, according to AP and Reuters.
Kardashian testified during the 2025 trial about the lasting psychological impact of the attack and told Khedache that she forgave him, while making clear that forgiveness did not erase the trauma. She later said the experience had remained deeply significant to her family.
Following the latest ruling, Kardashian expressed gratitude to French authorities for pursuing the case. Her statement emphasized accountability and recognition, rather than the monetary value of the award.
The €1 award therefore closes another legal chapter in a case that began with one of France’s most closely watched luxury-jewelry robberies and continued through a lengthy criminal investigation, trial and subsequent civil proceedings.
Paraluman P. Funtanilla
Paraluman P. Funtanilla is Tutubi News Magazine's Marketing Specialist and is a Contributing Editor. She finished her degree in Communication Arts in De La Salle Lipa. She has worked as a Digital Marketer for start-up businesses and small business spaces for the past two years. She has earned certificates from Coursera on Brand Management: Aligning Business Brand and Behavior and Viral Marketing and How to Craft Contagious Content. She also worked with Asia Express Romania TV Show.
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