Thief who robbed Kim Kardashian of US$10.8 million jewels recounts Paris Fashion Week heist in tell-all book
- Yunice Abbas was one of 12 people arrested for stealing a small fortune in jewels after surprising Kardashian in her luxury Paris residence
- His book I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian tells how she was tied up with plastic cables and adhesive tape, and placed in the bathtub
“Everything went smoothly” – a 67-year-old man awaiting trial for the robbery of reality star Kim Kardashian in Paris four years ago has come clean in a book, laying out the life history that led to his involvement in the heist.
Yunice Abbas, who calls himself a “part-time crook”, was one of 12 people arrested for nabbing a small fortune in jewels after surprising Kardashian in the luxury residence she rented to attend Paris Fashion Week.
As his book’s title makes clear – I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian – Abbas has no plans to contest the charges at a trial prosecutors are hoping will begin this year.
It was the biggest robbery of an individual in France in two decades, with the thieves making off with a combined haul worth about nine €9 million (US$10.8 million).
Most of the pieces were never found: police have recovered only a diamond-encrusted cross that Abbas dropped while leaving the scene by bike.