Yunice Abbas, a key defendant within the trial of a gang accused of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in Paris in 2016 and stealing $9 million value of jewelry from her, has stated he regrets the trauma he brought on the fact star-turned-business mogul within the years since.
In keeping with Abbas, regardless of having a protracted historical past of crime, this was the primary time he has felt the “trauma” he had brought on his sufferer.
“I remorse it, not as a result of I acquired caught, however as a result of there was a trauma,” the 72-year-old stated earlier than a jury Tuesday.
Proceedings in opposition to the ten folks charged in reference to the theft resumed Monday afternoon.
The primary of a number of defendants set to testify within the trial, Abbas had beforehand confessed to his position within the heist, detailing the theft in his 2021 e-book, “I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian.”
The matter of the e-book got here up in the course of the testimony, with Abbas saying that he was not liable for the title and that he disputes his alleged position within the heist.
He added that he was not concerned in tying up Kardashian, who was staying in Paris for town’s Trend Week, as an alternative staying downstairs to maintain watch.
Abbas and 9 others, dubbed the “grandpa robbers” in native media resulting from their ages — among the accused are of their 70s and 80s — are alleged to have performed a variety of roles within the heist together with holding Kardashian, 44, at gunpoint and being complicit in that crime.
