Trial begins in Paris over 2016 gunpoint robbery of Kim Kardashian

Kardashian, now 44 -- who left Paris traumatised hours after the robbery on the night of October 2-3, 2016 -- is due to testify at the trial on May 13 in a court appearance that will be a major event in itself. Those on trial are mainly men in their 60s and 70s with previous criminal records and underworld nicknames like "Old Omar" and "Blue Eyes" that recall the old-school French bandits of 1960s and 1970s film noirs. Kardashian, then 35, was threatened with a gun to the head and tied up with her mouth taped up.