Entertainment15 September, 20263 min read
Paris Court Awards Kim Kardashian €1 Compensation for 2016 Hôtel de Pourtalès Robbery
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Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian €1 in damages for the 2016 armed Paris robbery. Eight people convicted for the heist involving multi-million-dollar jewelry.
€1 awarded in Paris
A Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian 1 euro in compensation for an armed robbery she experienced in 2016, with the amount matching what she had asked for, according to a lawyer involved in the case. The ruling came after the court last year found eight people guilty for their roles in what Kardashian described as “the most terrifying experience of my life.” The robbery unfolded while Kardashian was staying at the Hôtel de Pourtalès during Paris Fashion Week, and Reuters said the thieves tied her up at gunpoint and stole her jewels, including her $4 million engagement ring.
Reuters also said the robbers were often referred to in France as the "Grandpa Robbers" because of their advanced ages, and that they wore ski masks and were disguised as police officers. In the civil damages case, Kardashian sought the symbolic amount from some of those convicted in May 2025 over the heist, according to a lawyer for the hotel’s receptionist, another plaintiff.
Statements and courtroom details
Kardashian said in a statement issued afterward that she was “deeply grateful to the French authorities for pursuing justice in this case,” and she described the crime as “the most terrifying experience of my life, leaving a lasting impact on me and my family.” Complex reported that Kardashian and her stylist Simone Harouche said the decision was “not about the compensation, but about accountability and recognition.” The court awarded €109,516 to a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, while the hotel itself received 50,000 euros, and it also awarded 1 euro to Simone Bretter, Kardashian’s stylist who was present during the robbery, according to ABC News.
Reuters said Kardashian testified that she thought she was going to die during the ordeal, and it added that in court in 2025 she told Aomar Ait Khedache, the mastermind of the robbery and then aged 69, that she forgave him. Reuters further stated that he was jailed for three years and seven others were convicted for crimes linked to the heist, with none of the convicted returning to prison because of time already served in pretrial detention, according to ABC News.
Who else was paid
Alongside Kardashian’s symbolic award, the court granted €109,516 to the former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, and it awarded the hotel 50,000 euros, according to ABC News. ABC News said the court awarded 1 euro to Simone Bretter, Kardashian’s stylist who was present during the robbery, and it said the receptionist had sought 550,000 euros in damages and interest. Reuters said most of the jewels were never recovered, including the engagement ring given to her by her then-husband, rapper Kanye West (now known as Ye), and it described the robbery as France’s largest in 20 years at the time it occurred.
“The court awarded the hotel 50,000 euros ($57,741).”
In the civil damages case, Kardashian sought the symbolic amount from some of those convicted in May 2025, and Reuters said the sum awarded by the court will be paid by the men who were found guilty of the crime. USA Today added that in a December episode of her family’s Hulu series "The Kardashians," Kardashian recalled that the judge read a letter aloud that Khedache had written to her in 2017, and she said she found the gesture “very noble.”