Six more suspects in the armed robbery in Paris of US television reality star Kim Kardashian West have been charged, including the alleged mastermind of the spectacular heist.

A total of 10 people have now been charged, including five accused of a direct role in the robbery, during which Kardashian was bound and gagged at gunpoint, locked into a bathroom and robbed of jewellery worth some nine million euros (A$12.7 million).

The 60-year-old ringleader's DNA was found on the materials used to bind Kardashian, leading police to the other suspects, sources close to the probe said earlier.

The French villa where a man was arrested in connection with the Kim Kardashian West robbery last October. (Photo: AFP). ()

Those charged today include three others suspected of direct involvement in the heist, while the fifth was charged on yesterday.

The ringleader's son and girlfriend were charged with abetting the biggest jewellery theft from an individual that France has seen in more than 20 years.

Kardashian West's sister, Khloe Kardashian, welcomed the step forward in the French probe as a "kind of closure" and denounced the robbery as "a disgusting act" in an interview with The Associated Press.

"From the poorest of the poor to the richest of the rich, nobody deserves to be taken, anything to be taken from them," she said.

Robbers are believed to have forced their way into the private apartment where Kardashian West was staying during Paris Fashion Week in October, tied up the reality TV star before stealing millions-worth of jewellery.

Authorities are focusing on the possibility that the robbery was an inside job.

A 63-year-old suspect, named by French prosecutors only as Yunice A., was handed preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organised gang, kidnapping and criminal association.

Kim Kardashian West with her bodyguard in Paris just days before she was robbed of jewellery worth $13 million. (Photo: AFP). ()

Complicity charges in the alleged robbery and kidnapping, as well as a preliminary criminal association charge, were filed against 44-year-old Florus H., the prosecutors' office added.

A third suspect, 64-year-old Marceau B., faced preliminary charges of handling stolen goods and criminal association.

Complicity charges and a preliminary criminal association charge also were filed for 27-year-old Gary M., the prosecutors' office said. He, however, was released from custody, although he remains under judicial supervision.

Gary Madar, 27, is the brother of Kardashian West's Paris chauffeur, Michael Madar. Both worked for the same car service company, but Michael Madar was freed earlier this week.

Six other people remained in custody and could face preliminary charges on Friday.

Earlier, French authorities released three men and a woman who were among 17 suspects detained on Monday.

Kardashian West, meanwhile, used Instagram to reveal that she's jetting to Dubai for her first major public appearance since the Paris ordeal - headlining a masterclass by her makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic.

"I'm happy that Kim is, like, back," Khloe Kardashian told AP.

"She was working with us, like filming, we were always filming. But that she's leaving and now that she's back kind of doing her thing, I love that for her and because it makes her happy."

With AFP.</s>The first charges have been made over Kim Kardashian’s armed robbery in Paris.

Back in October, Kardashian was robbed of millions of dollars worth of jewellery by two armed masked men in the French capital. During the ordeal, Kardashian was reportedly left in the bath while the men, disguised as policemen, raided her hotel room. She was alone as her bodyguard was at a club with her sisters as part of Paris Fashion Week.

After 17 arrests were made earlier this week, French authorities have now confirmed that they have filed the first charges against three of the suspects, with more charges expected to follow.

The Paris prosecutors’ office have confirmed that they have charged a 63-year-old suspect, named as Yunice A, a 44-year-old Florus H and 64-year-old Marceau B.

A fourth suspect, named as 27-year-old Gary M, has appeared before a judge for possible charges. It is thought that this last suspect is Gary Madar, 27, the brother of Kardashian’s Paris chauffeur, Michael Madar, who was arrested but released earlier this week.

Six others remain in custody and could face preliminary charges on Friday (January 13).

Last week saw a new promo video for Kardashian’s reality TV show released, returning in March, in which Kim recalls her thoughts at the time of the Paris robbery, saying: “They’re going to shoot me in the back. There’s no way out. It makes me so upset to think about it.”</s>French authorities have indicted four people over Kim Kardashian's armed robbery during fashion week in Paris last October. According to BuzzFeed News, six others are in custody and will go before an investigating judge tomorrow. Sixteen people were detained earlier this week in connection to the crime, during which Kardashian was held at gunpoint in her hotel room while the assailants stole more than $10 million in jewelry. Charges include robbery and kidnapping, criminal association, and handling stolen goods. According to the Associated Press, investigators are still looking into the possibility that it was an inside job. Following the robbery, Kim took an extended break from public life, and has only recently returned to social media. According to a new promo, Keeping Up With the Kardashians will address the robbery when it returns in March.</s>Kim Kardashian is seeing quite a bit of headway in the investigation regarding her terrifying Paris robbery in October.

After 17 arrests were made earlier this week regarding the burglary, the spokesperson for the Paris Prosecutor's office confirms to NBC News that three of the suspects have been charged.

A 63-year-old by the name of Yunice A. was charged with three counts: committing a robbery with a gun, abduction or sequestration and association with criminals. Marceau B., 64, faces charges of concealment in a organized gang and association of criminals. Finally, 45-year-old Florus H. was charged on counts of complicity in a robbery with a gun, complicity in abduction and sequestration and association with criminals.</s>Kim Kardashian attends Harper's Bazaar's celebration of 'ICONS By Carine Roitfeld' at The Plaza Hotel during New York Fashion Week in Manhattan, New York September 9, 2016. — Reuters pic PARIS, JAN 13 — French prosecutors yesterday charged four suspects over the armed robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris, including one accused of directly taking part in the heist.

Yunice A., 63, was charged with robbing Kardashian at gunpoint and leaving her bound and gagged in a bathroom in her luxury Paris residence in the early hours of October 3, the prosecutor said.

The other three were charged with aiding and abetting the theft of gems worth a total of around €9 million (RM42.35 million), the biggest jewellery theft from an individual that France has seen in more than 20 years.

Marceau B., a 64-year-old Roma, was charged with helping to pass off some of the stolen jewellery.

He has a long criminal record dating back to 1998, with convictions for robbery and carrying counterfeit cash. Six months after leaving jail in late 2011, he was charged with making counterfeit money but was acquitted last year.

The other two charged, 44-year-old Florus H. and Gary M., 27, are accused of tipping off the thieves over Kardashian’s comings and goings.

Another six suspects are still in custody, including four other men ranging in age from 54 to 72, who are suspected of direct involvement in the brazen robbery.

One source close to the probe described the five assailants as “old-school gangsters”.

Wearing police uniforms, they first overpowered a night watchman at the residence in the chic Madeleine area of the French capital where the 36-year-old Kardashian was staying during Paris Fashion Week.

Two of them then burst into the star’s apartment, gagged and bound her at gunpoint and locked her in a bathroom before helping themselves to gems including a 20-carat diamond ring worth some €4 million.

A total of 17 people were arrested on Monday, including Pierre “Pierrot” B., a 72-year-old convicted cocaine dealer suspected of taking part in the heist, who was picked up in a villa in the south of France.

Another suspected of taking direct part in the heist is aged 61 and nicknamed “Blue Eyes”.

He was sentenced in 2003 to eight and half years in jail for international cocaine trafficking after being busted with two tonnes of the drug at a Paris airport.

“They thought it would be the heist of the century but they made a lot of mistakes,” one investigator said.

Notably, the star’s €30,000 diamond necklace was found in the street by a passer-by hours after the heist.

Seven suspects have been released including a chauffeur who was used by Kardashian during her stay.

His brother remains in custody, suspected of tipping off the thieves that Kardashian’s bodyguard was absent on the night of the robbery and giving them details about the residence.

The bodyguard, who was providing security for her sister Kourtney at a Paris nightclub at the time, no longer works for the family.

Some of those still in custody have confessed to their involvement, a source close to the probe said, without elaborating.

Two suspects who remain at large have been sighted in Antwerp, Belgium, the hub of the global diamond trade.

Investigators fear some of Kardashian’s jewels have already been sold, as raids against suspects have turned up €200,000 in cash.

The diamond ring, much photographed and easily recognisable, would be especially difficult to pass off, experts say.

Such gems are often recut into smaller stones, and police say Kardashian’s ring could lose three-quarters of its value after being reworked. — AFP</s>PARIS: Six more suspects in the October armed robbery in Paris of US television reality star Kim Kardashian were charged on Friday (Jan 13) including the alleged mastermind of the spectacular heist, prosecutors said.

A total of 10 have now been charged including five accused of a direct role in the robbery, during which Kardashian was bound and gagged at gunpoint, locked into a bathroom and robbed of jewellery worth some €9 million (US$9.5 million).

The 60-year-old ringleader's DNA was found on the materials used to bind Kardashian, leading police to the other suspects, sources close to the probe said earlier.

Those charged on Friday include three others suspected of direct involvement in the heist, while the fifth was charged on Thursday.

The ringleader's son and girlfriend were charged with abetting the biggest jewellery theft from an individual that France has seen in more than 20 years.</s>Marc Piasecki/Getty Images(PARIS) — Three people have been charged in France in last fall’s robbery of Kim Kardashian-West, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office.

ABC News has also learned that a fourth person is currently facing a judge, and will likely be charged this evening.

Two of those people were charged with “armed robbery by an organized gang, sequestration and association with criminals,” while the third was slapped with “concealment/fencing by an organized gang and association with criminals.”

Six people are still being questioned; prosecutors have until Friday to decide whether or not to charge them.

The French newspaper Le Monde first reported, and Us Weekly has confirmed, a report claiming that one of the 17 suspects arrested in connection with the October 3, 2016 robbery works for the limo company that the Kardashian-Jenner family regularly used during their trips to the French capital.

According to Le Monde, the chauffeur was the last person to drive Kardashian West before the robbery, during which she was bound and held at gunpoint by five masked assailants who made off with an estimated $10 million worth of jewelry. Police are reportedly …read more</s>PARIS — Hailing the “remarkable work” of French police, Paris prosecutors on Friday announced preliminary charges against six more suspects in the armed jewelry heist of Kim Kardashian West.

That brings the total number of people charged so far in the probe to 10. All but one of the suspects are men, including at least one previously known to police for robbery and money forgery.

Robbers are believed to have forced their way into the apartment where Kardashian West was staying during Paris Fashion Week in October. They allegedly tied up the reality TV star and stole more than $10 million worth of jewelry. Authorities now looking at a possible inside job.

The preliminary charges filed Friday against six suspects ranging in age from 29 to 72 covered an array of alleged crimes. They included: armed robbery in an organized gang; kidnapping; criminal association; illegal possession of firearms — including a Kalashnikov rifle — and ammunition; use of forged papers and a fake identity, and complicity.

Preliminary charges — the first in the case — were also filed against four other people on Thursday.

Paris prosecutors have identified the 10 suspects only by their first names and surname initials and their dates of birth. Those charged Friday were:

—Aomar A., 60; faces preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping, criminal association, illegal possession of ammunition, using a fake identify and false papers.

—Pierre B., 72; preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping and criminal association.

—Didier D., 61; preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping, criminal association and illegally possessing a Kalashnikov rifle.

—Francois D., 54; preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping, criminal association and possession of false papers.

—Harminy A., 29; preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping and criminal association.

—Christiane G., 70. The only woman among the 10 was handed preliminary charges of complicity in armed robbery and kidnapping, criminal association and the illegal possession of ammunition.

On Thursday, Kardashian West’s sister, Khloe Kardashian, welcomed the filing of charges as a “kind of closure” and denounced the robbery as “a disgusting act.”

Rich or poor, nobody deserves “anything to be taken from them,” she told The Associated Press.</s>French police have indicted six more suspects in their investigation into Kim Kardashian’s armed robbery ordeal last year.

 Authorities arrested 17 people on Monday over their alleged involvement in the October attack, when the reality TV star was bound, gagged, and held at gunpoint as masked men raided her Paris apartment and escaped with valuables including her $4 million diamond engagement ring – a gift from husband Kanye West.

 Four people were formally charged on Thursday, and now the remaining six detainees still in custody have been slapped with related counts.

 The latest crop of suspects is made up of five men and one woman, all ranging in age from 44 to 72, reports the AFP.

 Among those is a man identified as Omar A., who is believed to be the mastermind who planned the robbery. Reports suggest it was his DNA which was found at the scene of the crime, on the tape and plastic tie used to restrain the mother of two.

 The charges filed on Friday include being in an organized gang, kidnapping, and criminal association, as well as acquiring and possessing ammunition, and impersonating and holding false administrative documents.

 According to TMZ.com, one member of the alleged gang, a 70-year-old known as Christiane G., is also facing an additional weapons count for possessing an AK-47.

 Kim, who withdrew from the spotlight for the rest of 2016 after the traumatizing incident, recently opened up about the robbery in a trailer for the upcoming season of the family’s reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians. In the footage, the star broke down in tears as she recounted the attack to sisters Khloe and Kourtney.

 “‘They’re going to shoot me in the back. There’s no way out’,” she recalled of her frantic thoughts at the time. “It makes me so upset to think about it.”

 Kim only resumed her professional duties on Friday, when she joined her longtime make-up artist Mario Dedivanovic for a cosmetics masterclass in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, her first official appearance since the attack.</s>French authorities have filed charges against a 63-year-old in the robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in Paris last year.



Preliminary charges of armed robbery in an organised gang, kidnapping and criminal association were filed against an individual named by the Paris prosecutor’s office as Yunice A. Prosecutors also requested Yunice A’s continued detention.

Earlier on Thursday, French authorities released three men and a woman who were among 17 people detained on Monday. Ten people – nine men and one woman – remained in custody.

Police tracked down those held after finding DNA at the crime scene, which led to a surveillance operation.

Masked armed men in police uniforms burst into Kardashian West’s residence in the Madeleine area of the French capital, where she and her entourage were staying during Paris fashion week in October. 



The 36-year-old was tied up and locked in the bathroom. The thieves made off with jewellery worth about €9m (£8m), including a ring worth about €4m.

The robbery generated more unwanted publicity for Paris, which has had its image damaged by terror attacks in 2015 and last year. Luxury hotel bookings and foreign tourist arrivals in France are both down.
Six more people have been charged in relation to the armed robbery of American celebrity Kim Kardashian in Paris last year.