Ya’ll remember when Kim Kardashian got robbed in France? We do. Well, nearly a decade after now billionaire Kim Kardashian was the victim of a headline-making armed robbery in Paris, justice has finally caught up with the culprits. Eight of the ten individuals accused of orchestrating the high-stakes heist that left the reality star shaken and stripped of over $10 million in jewelry have been found guilty, according to TMZ. Two of the suspects were acquitted.
Get this, the wild 2016 robbery stunned the world and marked a turning point in Kardashian’s public persona and relationship with fame. The SKIMS mogul recently returned to the French capital to testify against the group responsible for one of the most audacious celebrity crimes in recent memory. During Paris Fashion Week, Kardashian was reportedly tied up and held at gunpoint inside her hotel suite by masked men disguised as police officers.
At the center of the case is Aomar Ait Kedache, known in underworld circles as “Old Omar.” Identified as the ringleader, the 69-year-old received an eight-year sentence, though five of those years were suspended. Three other individuals were handed seven-year sentences, each also partially suspended. Due to time already served in pretrial detention, none of the convicted will be heading back to jail.
Slap on the wrist, no?
In total, the trial brought ten defendants to court—nine men and one woman. Four of the men had been facing potential 10-year terms, while the others were charged as accessories and risked between six to eight years behind bars. French authorities had moved swiftly after the robbery, arresting all suspects within months of the incident.
Verdict rendered. Justice served or nah?