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Paris gave Kardashian the euro she asked for. A symbolic award is not a new robbery verdict.
As of Sept. 15–16, Paris gave Kardashian civil damages of €1. The 2025 convictions already happened.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Damages are a number the plaintiff puts on the table. A court can give you exactly that number and still not be retrying the crime. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, a Paris court awarded Kim Kardashian one euro — about $1.15 — for the 2016 armed hotel robbery. That was the figure she asked for. Eight people were already found guilty last year. This week’s order is civil recognition. It is not a second jury, and it is not a finding that the jewels came back.
A lawyer in the case said the court also awarded one euro to her stylist, who had asked for the same token, and larger sums to the hotel and a former receptionist. Those are other plaintiffs’ numbers. A symbolic euro is a French civil habit: the point is the finding, not the payday.
As of mid-September 2026, the public record is a civil award on top of last year’s guilty findings.
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