criminal justice

In a dramatic conclusion to one of France’s most audacious celebrity crimes, a Paris court has found four men guilty of a meticulously planned, armed break-in at Kim Kardashian’s luxury Paris residence during Fashion Week in October 2016. Known by French media as the “grandpa robbers” due to the advanced age of their ringleaders, the gang stole jewelry valued at up to €10 million—making it one of the largest individual-target robberies in France in two decades.

A group of elderly men nicknamed the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial in Paris next week, charged with carrying out a dramatic 2016 armed robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian. The theft, involving jewellery worth up to €10 million, remains the largest robbery of an individual in France in two decades.

The civil lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy, filed in 2023 and involving serious allegations of rape, has sparked a national conversation on the complexities of sexual assault claims against high-profile figures. Following the lawsuit's dismissal with prejudice, which indicates the claims lacked sufficient merit, both celebrities addressed the media attention and emotional impact of the case. This blog post analyzes the legal implications of the dismissal, the responses from the defendants, and the broader societal discussions surrounding sexual assault, accountability, and the challenges faced by both victims and the accused in the public eye.