In 2016, thieves robbed Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in Paris and made away with about $10 million in jewelry. The suspects, whom the French press have dubbed "grandpa robbers," are now on trial.

The trial has begun of 10 people who are accused of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint a hotel in Paris in 2016.The reality TV star and business woman was tied up and held at gunpoint in a luxury suite where she was staying during Paris Fashion Week.

Within minutes of their departure, police would descend upon Rue Tronchet, the address of a luxury accommodation where Kim Kardashian had retired earlier that evening after a busy day of Fashion Week events and before her life took a turn for the terrifying — bound and gagged at gunpoint — allegedly at the hands of a group referred to in French news media by monikers like “The Grandpa Gang” and “Grandpa Robbers” (despite one woman being among the accused.