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. 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. 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 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.
Six more people have been charged in relation to the armed robbery of American celebrity Kim Kardashian in Paris last year.