American
reality
TV
star
Kim
Kardashian
has
found
herself
in
some
legal
trouble.
According
to
reports,
Kim
found
herself
in
the
middle
of
an
illegal
art
smuggling
row
after
a
Roman
sculpture
was
imported
to
California
under
her
name.
However,
Kim's
spokesperson
has
said
that
the
purchase
was
made
using
her
name
without
authorisation.
The
US
officials
reportedly
have
claimed
that
the
statue
imported
to
California
was
stolen
from
Italy
and
there
are
no
records
of
it
being
legally
exported
from
Italy.
Court
documents
revealed
by
AFP
listed
the
importer's
name
as
Kim
Kardashian
dba
Noel
Roberts
Trust
in
Woodland
Hills,
California.
Notably,
The
Noel
Roberts
Trust
is
linked
to
the
reality
TV
star
and
her
ex-husband/rapper
Kanye
West.
Last
week,
a
forfeiture
claim
was
filed
in
a
federal
court
in
Los
Angeles
as
the
statue
was
seized
by
customs
officials,
after
the
import
broker
failed
to
provide
sufficient
documentation
about
its
origins.
An
invoice
also
shared
by
the
AFP
report
said,
"for
the
sale
of
the
defendant
statue
by
Vervoordt
to
Noel
Robert
Trust,
dated
March
11,
2016." After
the
reports
went
viral,
Kim
released
a
statement
through
her
spokesperson
denying
purchasing
any
Roman
sculpture.
Kim
reportedly
has
also
worked
with
the
art
dealer
named
in
the
court
papers.
Kim's
spokesperson
told
CNN,
"We
believe
that
it
may
have
been
purchased
using
her
name
without
authorisation
and
because
it
was
never
received
(and)
she
was
unaware
of
the
transaction.
We
encourage
an
investigation
and
hope
that
it
gets
returned
to
the
rightful
owners."
Kardashian's
spokesperson
also
spoke
to
DailyMail.com
saying,
"Kim
never
purchased
this
piece
and
this
is
the
first
that
she
has
learned
of
its
existence."
Notably,
the
stolen
art
is
called
'Fragment
of
Myron
Samian
Athena'.
Reports
say
that
the
statue
is
said
to
be
from
the
early-to
mid-Roman
Empire,
which
was
seized
in
May
2016,
"as
part
of
a
larger
5.5-ton
(5,000
kg)
shipment
worth
$745,000."