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Kim Kardashian awarded symbolic €1 damages over Paris jewel heist

Global Published 16 September 2026, 13:07 · archived 16 Sep 2026

PARIS: US reality TV star Kim Kardashian was awarded a symbolic €1 ($1.15) in damages on Tuesday from the ​thieves who tied her up at gunpoint in a ‌Paris hotel in 2016 and stole her jewels, including her $4 million engagement ring, a lawyer said. Kardashian, who had testified that she ​thought she was going to die during the ​ordeal, had sought the symbolic amount from some of ⁠those convicted in May 2025 over the heist in ​a civil damages case, according to a lawyer for ​the hotel’s receptionist - another plaintiff. The robbers, often referred to in France as the “Grandpa Robbers” because of...

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