Yunice
Abbas,
one
of
the
five
men,
who
had
robbed
reality
TV
star
Kim
Kardashian
West
in
Paris,
has
published
a
memoir
about
the
heist.
According
to
reports,
the
book
titled,
I
Kidnapped
Kim
Kardashian
describes
how
the
crime
was
executed.
However,
a
French
court
ruled
that
Abbas
will
make
no
profits
from
his
published
book.
In
2016,
Kim
Kardashian
West
had
visited
Paris
for
the
Fashion
Week,
when
she
was
robbed
of
over
Rs
70
crores
worth
of
jewellery.
She
had
revealed
that
the
robbery
took
place
at
gunpoint
by
masked
men
dressed
as
police
officers.
Kim
who
was
unharmed
physically,
had
told
the
police
that
one
of
the
robbers
was
wearing
a
jacket
with
police
insignia.
He
tied
her
up
with
plastic
cables
and
adhesive
tape,
and
placed
her
in
the
bathtub.
Abbas
recounted
the
incident
in
the
book
differently.
He
wrote,
"It
went
fast,
maybe
five,
six,
seven
minutes,
from
entry
to
exit,
because
everything
went
smoothly.
Nobody
interfered,
the
victim
handed
over
the
jewels
without
resistance."
According
to
reports,
Abbas
was
one
of
the
12
men
who
were
arrested,
three
months
after
the
robbery
took
place.
He
revealed
in
the
book
that
he
was
working
as
a
night
watchman
at
the
luxury
residence,
to
finance
his
studies
at
the
Sorbonne
University.
Abbas
had
spent
a
total
of
21
years
in
jail
in
his
life
and
was
"clean" for
9
years
before
robbing
Kim.
He
was
reportedly
released
after
22
months
on
health
grounds.
Reportedly,
it
was
the
biggest
robbery
of
an
individual
in
France
in
two
decades.
The
police
only
recovered
a
diamond-encrusted
cross
that
Abbas
dropped
while
leaving
the
scene
on
a
bike.
Yunice
Abbas
in
a
recent
interview
asked
for
forgiveness
as
he
said,
"I
am
sorry.
I
would
like
her
to
forgive
me.
I
am
asking
her
to
forgive
me," and
continued,
"If
she
doesn't
want
to
forgive
me
I
will
live
with
it.
Personally,
I
wish
her
all
the
best,
I
wish
her
success
in
her
career,
good
for
her.
I
have
no
bad
feelings
towards
her."