Kim Kardashian Awarded €1 by Paris Court Nearly 10 Years After $6 Million Jewelry Robbery

A Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian €1 in damages Tuesday, the exact amount she requested, nearly 10 years after she was bound at gunpoint and robbed of more than $6 million in jewelry during Paris Fashion Week.

The symbolic award follows the May 2025 convictions of eight people for their roles in the 2016 robbery. Kardashian sought the nominal sum as a form of legal recognition rather than substantial compensation.

Kardashian and her longtime friend and stylist Simone Harouche, who was also at the Hôtel de Pourtalès during the attack, said the decision was about “accountability and recognition.” Harouche also requested and received €1.

French criminal procedure allows crime victims to participate in a case as civil parties and ask the court to compensate harm caused by an offense. Claims can cover financial losses, physical injuries and psychological harm, with victims specifying the amount they are seeking.

Kardashian set her claim at €1, while other victims sought larger awards. A former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès received €109,516, about $126,000, after describing lasting trauma from the robbery. The hotel was awarded €50,000.

Kardashian was staying at the luxury residence in October 2016 when members of the robbery crew targeted her. Men posing as police officers entered the property, restrained her with zip ties and tape, and stole jewelry worth millions of dollars.

Among the stolen items was a diamond engagement ring then valued at about $4 million. Most of the jewelry has never been recovered.

Kardashian returned to Paris in May 2025 to testify at the criminal trial. She told the court she feared she would be raped or killed during the attack and described the lasting effect the robbery had on her life and family.

Ten people went on trial over the heist. Eight were convicted, and two were acquitted. The sentences included prison terms that were partially or fully suspended, and time already spent in pretrial detention meant none of those convicted returned to prison after the verdict.

Aomar Aït Khedache, identified as the ringleader, received the stiffest sentence of eight years in prison, with five years suspended. During the trial, Kardashian told Khedache she forgave him after he sent her a letter expressing remorse, while describing the trauma she continued to carry from the attack.

Several of the defendants were in their 60s and 70s, leading French media to dub the group the “grandpa robbers.” Their ages, health, and the years that had passed since the robbery were among the factors the court considered at sentencing.

None of the convicted defendants appealed the verdict.

Tuesday’s damages decision resolves the civil claims tied to the criminal case, with Kardashian and Harouche receiving the symbolic awards they requested and separate compensation going to the receptionist and hotel.