Kim Kardashian Wins One Euro in Paris Robbery Case

A Paris court on Tuesday, September 15, awarded Kim Kardashian one euro in damages for the armed robbery she suffered in Paris in 2016, exactly the amount she had asked for. The ruling was read out to the Associated Press by a lawyer familiar with the case, almost a decade after the robbery itself and a year after the men who carried it out were sentenced.

The Serbian outlet 24sedam dates the same ruling to September 16, even though that date fell on a Wednesday, not a Tuesday. According to the AP report, which was also picked up by the American television station WSLS, the court actually ruled a day earlier.

Kardashian was staying at the Paris hotel Pourtales during Fashion Week, in the suite from which two men dressed as police officers robbed her on October 2, 2016. They tied her up with plastic zip ties and duct tape and made off with jewelry worth more than six million dollars. Among the stolen pieces was a diamond engagement ring worth about four million dollars, a gift from her then husband Kanye West, which she had worn that evening at the Givenchy show. Most of the stolen jewelry has never been recovered.

Kardashian and her stylist, Simon Harus, who was present in the suite during the robbery, issued a joint statement to AP after the damages ruling.

The experience was deeply traumatic, and its impact has stayed with us. Today’s decision is not about financial compensation, but about accountability and acknowledgment. We are grateful to the court and to everyone who supported us throughout this process, and we hope we can now move forward and continue to heal.

the two said in the statement.

Who else received damages?

The court did not rule only on Kardashian’s claim. Her stylist, Simon Harus, was awarded the same symbolic sum of one euro, exactly what she herself had requested.

The former receptionist at Hotel Pourtales, who was on duty the night of the robbery, was awarded 109,516 euros, even though he had sought 550,000 euros in damages and interest. His lawyer, Mohand Ouidja, hailed the ruling as a win. Hotel Pourtales itself was awarded 50,000 euros in damages.

The French lawyers who represented Kardashian at trial did not respond to AP’s messages or phone calls this week.

Who were the robbers

In 2025, the court found eight people guilty of taking part in and planning the robbery. The French press nicknamed them “les papys braqueurs,” or the “grandpa robbers,” because of the perpetrators’ ages. Six of them were between 60 and 79 years old at the time of the trial, and they faced charges including armed robbery, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy, among other counts.

The robbery’s organizer, Aomar Ait Kedas, was sentenced to eight years in prison, five of them suspended, meaning the actual time to be served was three years. None of those convicted went back to prison after the sentencing, since the time they had already spent in pretrial detention counted toward their sentences, and none of them appealed the ruling.

After the 2025 conviction, Kim Kardashian said she was deeply grateful to French authorities for delivering justice in her case.

The crime was the most terrifying experience of my life, and it left a lasting mark on me and my family. I will never forget what happened, but I believe in the power of growth and accountability, and I pray for healing for everyone involved. I remain committed to advocating for justice and promoting a fair legal system.

Kardashian said at the time.

The damages ruling closes the judicial chapter of a case Kardashian once described as the most terrifying experience of her life, almost a decade after a robbery that took place during one of Paris’s most famous Fashion Weeks.