Thief accused of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris releases tell-all book
One of the crooks who allegedly robbed Kim Kardashian at a Paris hotel in 2016 has written a tell-all book containing strange and star-studded details of the heist targeting the reality TV queen, it was revealed Friday.
Yunice Abbas, who is accused of swiping $10 million in jewelry from Kardashian, said that he also ended up with the celebrity’s cellphone — and was gobsmacked when singer Tracy Chapman called, according to an excerpt published in the French magazine Closer.
Abbas had just crossed paths with a police officer, moments after the robbery, when he heard the star’s phone ring inside a bag containing her snatched jewelry. He picked it up and saw the “Fast Car” singer’s name pop up.
“At the moment that I heard a police car, the sound of the phone made me jump. To my incredulous eyes, [Chapman’s] name appeared on the phone’s screen. It’s not possible. I must be hallucinating,” Abbas writes in the book, “I Sequestered Kim Kardashian,” which which comes out Feb. 4.
An excerpt published by the magazine doesn’t say whether the star-struck crook answered the call.
In another section of the book, Abbas pokes fun of Kardashian, dishing that she and her secretary brainlessly called 911 for help during the ordeal — despite being in France, where the US emergency line was useless.
“Our two beauties stubbornly tried to call 911 … the emergency call number for the US. Not very efficient when you are in Paris,” Abbas mocks in his book, “I Sequestered Kim Kardashian,” he mocks.
National emergency numbers in France include 15 for an ambulance and 17 for the police.
The 40-year-old star eventually “complied” with the crooks after realizing they were not “threatening her life,” he writes.
In October 2016, five thieves dressed like cops tied up Kardashian and held her at gunpoint at the swanky Hôtel de Pourtalès.
Abbas says he and the group then fled on bikes, according to the book. He also reveals that he and the group of crooks enlisted elderly accomplices to scout the hotel before snatching the jewels.
“What’s more reassuring than the elderly, who are as peaceful as they are anonymous, to gather a maximum of information on scene,” Abbas writes.
It’s unclear why Abbas, who was arrested in 2017 and is awaiting trial, wanted to write a book confessing his involvement in the robbery.
High-priced bling swiped during the robbery included two Cartier diamond bracelets, a gold Jacob necklace, and earrings with diamonds made by Loraine Schwarz.
Kasrdashian wasn’t hurt but her jewelry was never recovered.
Additional reporting by Isabel Vincent
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