An alleged mastermind behind Kim's Paris robbery tells cops that all of her stolen jewelries, except for her engagement ring, will never be recovered.
- Jan 30, 2017
AceShowbiz - New details regarding the fate of Kim Kardashian's stolen jewelries during the infamous Paris robbery back in October have emerged. According to French newspaper Le Monde, an alleged mastermind behind the robbery told cops that all of Kim's nearly $10 million worth of jewelries, except for her engagement ring, would never be recovered.
Kim might get her $4 million engagement back, but the rest of the jewelries were already melted down and sold, said the supposed leader of the robbers named Aomar Ait Khedache. According to a testimony transcript obtained by the newspaper, the reality TV star's 20-carat emerald cut diamond ring's still around and "there is a person who has it." The crook said that "everyone was afraid to sell because it's a stone that's very easily spotted."
The 60-year-old revealed to cops, "For the jewelry never to be recognized, we made the decision to melt them." Khedache, who was one of ten people charged earlier this month in connection with the robbery, explained, "One of the people took care of that. He came back with bars ... In all, there had to be 800 and a few grams, which gave an amount of, ah ... 25,000 or 28,000 [euros], something like that."
Khedache allegedly told authorities that the robbers initially planned to rob the wife of Kanye West on an earlier date, before claiming that his gang had "very precise information" about Kim's whereabouts in Paris. He revealed they got the information about Kim's movements from "someone who was very close to her" and called the heist "a very simple affair."
The crook said the 36-year-old socialite's social media posts played played big role in planning the heist. "The jewels were shown on the internet, and [she said] that she didn't wear fakes," Khedache said. "You just had to look at the internet and you knew everything, absolutely everything."
