One of the perpetrators of Kim Kardashian’s robbery: “What interested us was her diamond”

Paris. American star Kim Kardashian suffered in 2016, during the Paris Fashion Week, a theft valued at 9 million euros (almost 11 million dollars). It was considered the coup of the century and one of its authors, Yunice Abbas, just published a book with her version of the bizarre robbery.

“J’ai sequestré Kim Kardashian” (I kidnapped Kim Kardashian) is not a fairy tale. Abbas takes them on and is really pleased that everything happened “very well and very quickly. Less than ten minutes passed between arrival and departure “, he says in an interview given to EFE.

He, who is 67 years old, has two children and three grandchildren, did not know the potential victim. All she knew was that she was a famous woman, and for the next day he was aware of the echo of the national and international press, he immediately regretted it.

“I said to myself, ‘I’m done because they’re going to do everything they can. Every street camera, every possible witness ”, underlines who, after spending 22 months in this case in detention, until October 2018, is now on probation awaiting trial.

Yayos Band

His group was known as the “Yayos Band” because its five members were between 60 and 72 years old. But behind the grandparents were people with a criminal past who planned their coup for weeks, taking advantage of the invisibility given to them by their gentle appearance as they examined the future scene of events.

Kardashian and part of her entourage were in the French capital to take part in the Fashion Week shows, and on the day of the robbery, on the night of October 3, the stars lined up for Abbas and the other accomplices.

The star’s bodyguard, one of her sisters and the limousine driver went to a nightclub, and her mother was resting at the hotel. She remained in the rented apartment accompanied by her secretary.

“What interested us was his diamond. That attracted us. He had pictures of him everywhere, “says Abbas about that engagement ring with rapper Kanye West. The surprise came when they also found jewelry borrowed from luxury homes.

A robbery without physical violence

Wearing fake police jackets, they entered his residence. The author of “J’ai sequestré Kim Kardashian” took care of the caretaker. He handcuffed him, and the rest of the group took him to the apartment to use him as a translator because he spoke English.

Abbas never got to meet the quintessential queen of reality shows, with 203 million followers on Instagram.

But according to his own account, the theft itself was manual. “There was no need to threaten. He collaborated. In general, this is always the case. There is no reason to resist, it would be stupid “, adds this Frenchman of Algerian origin who lives on the outskirts of Paris.

Kardashian was also tied up, and although her secretary hid in the bathroom and called the police, the gang was lucky again: they dialed 911, the American emergency number, and not the French 112, which gave them enough. time to take the jewelry and run, bike and also walk.

Abbas, who spent a total of about 21 years in prison for other past robberies, was betrayed by the remains of his DNA, which, despite wearing two gloves, remained on the rope with which he tied the goalkeeper.

His accomplices were also located, and the trial by the Criminal Court for robbery in an organized gang and kidnapping, which will occupy 12 suspects, remained at least a year.

Abbas, who signed up for the robbery because he needed money to get a job as a mechanic, says he received only 70,000 euros (almost $ 84,270) from the loot and is so clear about his chances of getting he returns to prison so that he will go to the public with a backpack prepared for him.

He is unlikely to meet Kardashian in person, but if he did, he would apologize. “If you don’t want to or you can’t, it’s your right. I’m sorry, but I can’t do more, I can’t come back “.