Abbas is one of a total of 12 men charged in the brutal robbery, in which millions in jewelry were taken from Kardashian’s hotel room. In the video from Vice News, which is about how influencers are increasingly becoming victims of a robbery, Abbas explains, among other things, how they tracked down Kim. They followed her on social media and watched her reality series. That’s how they discovered that she was coming to Paris. She also noticed that Kim showed off a lot with her jewelry and she therefore had to have a lot of money, according to Abbas, who, according to himself, stayed downstairs when others went to the hotel room and took things with them.
When asked whether he regrets his role in the robbery, he answers in the negative and states that he “doesn’t care.” Kim would “throw her money away” and Abbas and his gang thought Kim wouldn’t care about the jewelry, so he justifies his act.
Trauma
The reality star said afterwards that the robbery during Paris Fashion Week was traumatizing. She was ambushed while alone in her hotel room and held at gunpoint and tied up. Kim feared she would be raped or killed. Abbas does believe that their act traumatized the reality star. “Yes of course. You won’t get out of something like that unscathed. We didn’t expect this either, so of course she will be traumatized,” he says in the video.
The thieves eventually took about ten million dollars worth of jewelry. Abbas, who is awaiting trial outside the prison due to health reasons, previously published a book about the jewelry heist.