One of the perpetrators of Kim Kardashian’s 2016 Paris robbery has said he feels no guilt over the crime.
Younes Abbas is one of 12 elders arrested for burglary in which Kardashian was gunned down while the band of thieves now known as the ‘Dada Robbers’ took away $$ from her luxurious hotel suite. 10 million worth of jewelry looted.
In a new interview with Vice News, Abbas confirmed that he developed the idea for the robbery after repeatedly seeing Kardashian showing off her jewelry on social media.
‘Since she was throwing money, I was there to pick her up, and that was it. Criminal? No, I don’t care,’ she said with a laugh. ‘I do not care.’
He also gave details of the robbery himself, alleging that Kardashian’s ‘secretary’ attempted to call for aid – but dialed 911 despite being in France.
‘I don’t care’: Younes Abbas, one of the perpetrators of Kim Kardashian’s 2016 Paris robbery, says he doesn’t mind the crime
Before: Kim was tied at gunpoint and robbed of $10 million worth of jewelry while attending Paris Fashion Week in October 2016, where she was featured at the Balenciaga show.
Asked about celebrities posting about their valuables on the internet, Abbas apparently argued: ‘He should be a little less pretentious towards people who can’t stand it. For some people, it is stimulating.’
Kardashian reportedly experienced flashbacks after the robbery, during which she feared she might be raped or murdered.
Abbas admitted: ‘You have not been freed from this. We didn’t expect it. Surely he must have been hurt.’
When the crime was committed in October 2016, all the men were in their 60s or 70s, with French media dubbing them ‘grandfather robbers’.
Dazzle: One of the pieces taken by Abbas and his gang was the $4 million 20-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring Kardashian was given by Kanye West
‘Provocative’: When celebrities were asked about posting about their valuables on the internet, Abbas argued: ‘They should be a little less pretentious towards people who can’t stand it’
One of the pieces that Abbas and his gang took was a $4 million 20-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring by Kardashian Kanye West.
Abbas told Vice News about the crime, saying, “I went on the internet, and it’s true, I saw her jewelry, I saw her ring, I saw she showed it everywhere, and we share this information on social media.” knew through.”
At the time he knew less about her than her husband’ but I saw one of his shows where he threw his diamond in the pool on that episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. I thought: “She has a lot of money. This woman doesn’t care at all.”
Abbas may be referring to an infamous episode in which Kardashian lost a $75,000 diamond earring at sea in Bora Bora.
Defiant: ‘Since she was throwing money, I was there to collect it, and that was it. Criminal? No, I don’t care,’ she said with a laugh
Whoops: Abbas tells Vice that his arrest stemmed from the fact that he left part of his DNA at the doorman while tying it up
She worked herself into hysterics over the earrings, angering her older sister Kourtney Kardashian, who said: ‘Kim, there are people who are dying.’
‘Grandpa Robbers’ found out online that Kim Kardashian was going to Paris Fashion Week in October 2016 ‘so we went there for some reconnaissance’.
They successfully traced him to the Htel de Porttales in the 8th arrondissement, and according to Abbas they were ‘there since midnight’ on the night of the crime.
The Kardashian sisters had left the hotel that evening with their bodyguard Pascal Duvier, leaving her alone and weak in her suite.
Lonely: Robbers successfully find him at the Hotel de Porttales in the 8th arrondissement, where journalists are pictured after the crime
Abbas said, ‘We went in through the small door which was open from inside. ‘As soon as we went inside, we took the concierge under our control. We defeated him. We tied him. But then we looked for the keys to the bedroom she stayed in.’
He explained: ‘I stayed downstairs, but two of my friends went upstairs with the concierge to go to Madame Kardashian’s room.’
The men who broke his suit, then tied him up, strangled him and threw him in the bathtub as he allegedly pleaded for his life.
When Abbas’ ‘colleague’ returned downstairs, he said: ‘Madame Kardashian’s secretary called for help. But he called 911 in the United States, which we were terrified of, wasting a lot of his time. And when we came out, there was a group of police outside who did not know anything about the robbery.
Vulnerable: The Kardashian sisters left the hotel with their bodyguard Pascal Duvier on the evening of the robbery; Kardashian and Duvier’s photo from just a day ago
During his escape by bicycle, Abbas dropped a 30,000€ diamond-studded cross, and France 24 reports that it was discovered by a passerby hours later.
Although Abbas told Vice that his arrest stemmed from the fact that he left some of his DNA at the concierge while tying him up so the police could track him down, the task was made easier by the fact that he ‘already had There was a record.
Abbas then spent 22 months in prison but was released on health grounds and has since published a memoir of the robbery.
Aomer Ait Khedache, one of those arrested for the robbery, told French police that the engagement ring was the only surviving piece of Kardashian’s stolen jewelry.
Hand in hand: Kardashian is pictured in Paris with her older sister Kourtney Kardashian (right) just a day before the robbery took place
In early 2017, Le Monde obtained a transcript of Khedache’s police interview, where he reported that his gang melted down and sold the rest of the loot.
‘In order to never identify the jewel, we made a simple decision to melt it,’ he said, claiming that his loot was taken to the diamond trading center in Antwerp.
Kardashian later told David Letterman that the experience drove her so “crazy” for a year that there would be “half a dozen” guards constantly stationed at her Calabasas home.
Last year, five years after the robbery, she revealed that she was still so scared of the incident that she no longer kept any jewelry at home, even in the safe.
Shock: Kardashian later told David Letterman that the experience drove her so ‘crazy’ for a year that there would be ‘half a dozen’ guards constantly stationed at her Calabasas home.
‘If I have jewelry in my safe, or money, or anything in my house, I can’t sleep. I don’t live my life like this,’ she said in a Keeping Up With The Kardashians special.
She insisted that ‘no expensive item ever comes’ and ‘as far as jewelry is concerned, if I have worn anything, it is a loan. it’s fake.’
Kardashian claimed she’s become a ‘completely different person’ in the ‘best way’ after robbing her by dialing back her materialism.
He had the best car, best rims, best wear before the exam and thought I was s**t because of him. I thought it made me,’ she said.
Horrified: Last year, five years after the robbery, Kim revealed that she was still so terrified of the incident that she no longer keeps any jewelry at home, not even one in a safe.
The reality star, who is now a mother of four, said, “Things I valued before were actually completely different from what I value now.” ‘It’s fun to be dressed up and do it all, but like, things don’t make me.’
Last November 12 ‘grandfather robbers’ were indicted on various charges in connection with the Paris jewel robbery, which sent shock waves around the world.
French law protects Kardashian from cross-examination, which means she won’t have to face her accused assailants in court.
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