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  • Kim Kardashian to testify in Paris trial over jewelry heist

    Kim Kardashian to testify in Paris trial over jewelry heist

    The last time Kim Kardashian faced the men that police say robbed her, she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint, and feared she might die.

    On Tuesday, nearly a decade later, she returns to Paris to testify against them.

    One of the most recognisable figures on the planet is expected to take the stand against the 10 men accused of orchestrating the 2016 robbery.

    The robbery that left her locked in a marble bathroom while masked assailants made off with more than six million dollars in jewels.

    Kardashian is set to speak about the trauma that reshaped her life and redefined the risks of celebrity in the age of social media.

    Her appearance is expected to be the most emotionally charged moment of a trial that began last month.

    Court officials are bracing for a crowd, and security will be tight.

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    A second courtroom has been opened for journalists following via video feed.

    Kardashian’s testimony is expected to revisit, in painful detail, how intruders zip-tied her hands, demanded her ring, and left her believing she might never see her children again.

    Twelve suspects were originally charged. One has died. Another has been excused from proceedings due to serious illness.

    Most are in their 60s and 70s dubbed les papys braqueurs, or “the grandpa robbers” by the French press but investigators insist they were no harmless retirees.

    Authorities have described them as a seasoned and coordinated criminal group.

    (AP/NAN)

  • I didn’t want kids with Kim Kardashian – Kanye West

    I didn’t want kids with Kim Kardashian – Kanye West

    American rapper Kanye West has stated that he never wanted to have children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian. 

    Despite being married for seven years and had four kids together, Kanye revealed that he made a mistake by choosing Kardashian as a partner.

    In a shocking interview with DJ Akademiks, West expressed regret over his decision, stating that he didn’t want to have children with Kardashian after just two months of dating. 

    He attributed his decision to proceed with having children to “God’s plan.”

    The rapper also vented about the current co-parenting arrangement, feeling that the joint custody agreement is one-sided. 

    He questioned how it can be considered joint custody when he doesn’t have equal ownership of their children’s name and likeness.

    Kanye and Kim’s divorce was finalised in 2022 but they continue to navigate parenting responsibilities for their four children: North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm.

    “I picked her and it was absolutely my fault. I didn’t want to have children with her after the first two months of being with her, that wasn’t God’s plan”, he said.

    Questioning the arrangement, he said: “I don’t got the name and likeness ownership, or at least 50-50 with my kids. So how’s it joint custody?”

  • I’m struggling as a single mother, says American star Kim Kardashian

    I’m struggling as a single mother, says American star Kim Kardashian

    Renowned American socialite and reality TV star, Kim Kardashian has revealed how hard it has been for her as a single mother of four following the split from her husband, Kanye West.

    Kim praised her sister Khloe’s ex-partner Tristan Thompson for “stepping up” to help her.

    The mother of four made the revelations during this week’s episode of The Kardashians and despite Khloe and Tristan splitting, Kim defended Tristan.

    Thompson has been heavily criticised for cheating on Khloe Kardashian multiple times while they were together.

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    The exes are currently co-parenting five-year-old daughter True and one-year-old son Tatum.

    Defending Tristan, Kim said: “Oh, I know guys are gonna hate me for this and you’re gonna hate us and you’re gonna think Khloe is whatever… It’s so crazy because he’s such a good friend and he’s such a good like Dad… but he just couldn’t get it together in that area, of like being a faithful boyfriend,’ Kim said.

    “So it’s like you wanna obviously like hate him for that. Yeah, of course, his actions and who he was, like so f***ed up.

    “We’ve had our talks about it and we’ve had our fights about it and we’ve had our arguments about it,’ she added, before going on to defend him.

    “But he’s also shown so many decent things and just has been a really good person and friend. When he saw me struggling with my kids, he stepped up.”

    She added that Tristan, “started showing up to (her children’s) games, picked Saint up, takes them to dinner, and will always come to my defense, especially if it’s stuff with like me and my ex.”

  • Kim Kardashian, Kanye West welcome fourth child

    Celebrity power couple Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have welcomed their fourth baby, after a surrogate gave birth on Thursday.

    The couple have added another boy to their family, which consists of three other children, North, five, son Saint, three, and daughter Chicago, 15 months.

    The reality star announced the birth on social media, tweeting: “He’s here and he’s perfect!

    “He’s also Chicago’s twin lol I’m sure he will change a lot but now he looks just like her.”

    The new arrival, which weighed 6 lbs, 9 ozs, was first mentioned by Kardashian in January, when confirmed she and West were expecting their fourth child during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.

    Like third child Chicago, the new baby was delivered by a surrogate, after doctors warned the star further pregnancies could be dangerous after she battled with life-threatening condition placenta accreta during a previous pregnancy.

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    She said on the show: “If the two doctors that I trust have told me it wouldn’t be safe for me to get pregnant again, I have to listen to that.”

    In a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the 38-year-old was asked if naming the new baby, which is yet to be named, would be a family affair. She responded: “We all weigh in, I definitely take a family survey, but it’s usually after the baby’s born or I’m trying to figure out what the baby looks like.

    “I usually go about three or four days nameless until I feel like it really connects.”

    Host Kimmel asked: “Do you have any choices right now? Do you have any you’re thinking of?”

    Kim told him: “I actually do not. But I was Googling Armenian boys names last night and I couldn’t really find anything.”

    She added: “Actually I do have one name. I was truthfully thinking about just naming him Rob, my brother Rob, but then it’s kind of like, North, Saint, Chicago, Rob, it doesn’t really go?

    “But I was really feeling that, and my brother approved it, so that’s our one kind of name.”

    (https://uk.news.yahoo.com)

     

  • Kim Kardashian secures freedom for 17 prisoners

    American media personality, Kimberly Noel Kardashian West, has helped to secure the release of 17 prisoners in the U.S.

    She has in the past 90 days helped to secure release of 19 prisoners, who were being detained for lesser crimes.

    The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that a few months ago, Kardashian hinted that she was deep into her new found love for criminal justice when she helped foot the rent bills for a man who was recently released from jail.

    According to reports, the reality TV star and mother of three has been spending a lot of money to help secure the release of inmates, who have been doing time.

    Defense counsel to Kardashian, Brittany Barnett, in partnership with MiAngel Cody of The Decarceration Collective has worked closely with her to make this a reality.

    The lawyers had gotten all the legal documentation to get the inmates to have fresh start to life while Kardashian had been footing the bills.

    Meanwhile, it has been reported that Kim has been getting all the inmates free while trying to keep it away from the media.

    Kardashian is reportedly paying five years rent for Mathew Charles, a man released from jail.

    It is reported that Kardashian read about his plight and took it upon herself to help him secure accommodation.

    Mathew Charles, who had served 20 of his 35-year sentence for a non-violent drug and weapons charges was the first to be released under new prison reform laws.

    Kim is said to have reached out to Charles and his friend privately on March 10 and generously offered to pay his rent and to help him find a stable place to live.

    Charles was recently released from jail after serving 25 years and would be living in a rent free house for the next five years courtesy of Kardashian.

    However, it is no news that Kardashian has a special interest in prison reforms in the U.S.

    Her interest in making the reforms made her pay a visit to the President of the U.S., Donald Trump, back in 2018.

  • Why I want to become a lawyer, by Kim Kardashian

    Reality star Kim Kardashian is studying to be a lawyer, inspired by her success in helping to win the release from U.S. prisons of two women.

    According to her,  she wants to become a lawyer because ” I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society.”

    Kardashian told Vogue magazine in an interview published on Wednesday that she has begun a four-year apprenticeship with a San Francisco-based law firm under a California program for those without formal qualifications.

    Kardashian, who dropped out of college, said she aims to take the bar exam in 2022.

    The “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star said she made the decision last summer after visiting the White House and persuading President Donald Trump to commute a life sentence handed out to a 63-year-old woman in Tennessee for a first drug offense.

    “I just felt like I wanted to be able to fight for people who have paid their dues to society. I just felt like the system could be so different, and I wanted to fight to fix it, and if I knew more, I could do more,” Kardashian, 38, told Vogue.

    Read Also: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s surrogate spotted

    Kardashian helped to win clemency in January for another woman in Tennessee who had been convicted as a teenager of murdering a man who paid to have sex with her.

    Kardashian said her first year of the apprenticeship involved studying three subjects: criminal law, torts and contracts.

    “To me, torts is the most confusing, contracts the most boring, and crime law I can do in my sleep. Took my first test, I got a 100. Super easy for me,” she told Vogue.

    “The reading is what really gets me. It’s so time-consuming. The concepts I grasp in two seconds.”

    While best known for developing beauty and fashion products and showcasing her life with her sisters on the TV show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” Kardashian has some powerful legal DNA.

    Her late father, Robert Kardashian, was a prominent Los Angeles lawyer who was part of the legal team representing football star O.J. Simpson in his 1995 trial and acquittal for double murder.

  • Eight things to know about Amber Rose’s sickness

    American actress and model, Amber Levonchuck, popularly known as Amber Rose has been hospitalised due to an extreme morning sickness, Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).

    Other celebrities that have suffered from the sickness include Kate Middleton, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kelly Clarkson and many others.

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    Here are 8 things you need to know about this pregnancy complication:

    1. Hyperemesis gravidarum is defined as severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. It affects 2% of pregnant women.
    2. HG symptoms usually appear between 4-6 weeks and peak at 9-13 weeks.
    3. Unlike morning sickness, which affects up to 80 percent of pregnant women, HG causes severe dehydration and prevents sufferers from keeping any food down.
    4. The exact causes of hyperemesis gravidarum are unknown. Risk factors include the first pregnancy, multiple pregnancies, obesity, prior or family history of HG, and a history of eating disorders.
    5. The first clear medical description of HG was in 1852 by Antoine Dubois.
    6. While previously known as a common cause of death in pregnancy, with proper treatment this is now very rare.
    7. Those affected have a lower risk of miscarriage but a higher risk of premature birth. Some pregnant women choose to have an abortion due to HG symptoms.
    8. If inadequately treated, it could lead to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

    Amber, 35, is 13 weeks pregnant for her boyfriend, Alexander “AE” Edwards.

    Amber’s child would be her second, as she also has son Sebastian, aged six, with ex Wiz Khalifa.

    She allegedly spent a few days at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was given IV treatments because she losing weight and throwing up constantly.

     

  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s surrogate spotted

    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s surrogate spotted

    Reality queen Kim Kardashian and her Grammy winner husband Kanye West’s surrogate carrying their third child has been pictured for the first time.

    According to MailOnline, Kim confirmed the news that she and Kanye are having a third child, on Thursday night.

    The reality TV couple were said to have paid the surrogate an estimated $75,000 in June to carry a sibling (due in late January) for their daughter North, four, and son Saint, 21 months.

    Pictured in September, this is the first sighting of the expectant African-American 27-year-old following Kim’s confirmation that they are having a third child.

    The secret surrogate wore a white T-shirt over her five-month bump, cuffed blue jeans, and black sandals, while strolling through a playground in September.

    ‘She’ll also receive a $4,500 monthly “discomfort” allowance; if she gives birth by cesarean, she’ll earn a $2,000 bonus and she’ll receive a $5,000 bonus if she has twins,’ an insider told Radar Online.

    ‘Kim liked her immediately and Kanye thought she looked a little like Kim, which no doubt helped her get selected.’

    The stay-at-home San Diego woman was previously paid to be a surrogate in 2014, and it didn’t hurt that she’s a big fan of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

    ‘She’s watched all of the shows, and Kim’s vanity was touched when she found out,’ a source added.

    Also, TMZ recently reported that the surrogate, a registered Democrat and college graduate has two sons of her own with her husband of five years, and their marriage is ‘solid.’

    The 36-year-old mother-of-two confirmed the baby news Thursday by sharing a preview for the 14th season of her E! series airing Sundays on cable TV, with her 188.1million social media followers.

    Kim, a devout Atkins dieter who finally whittled her surgically enhanced 5ft3in figure down to 115lbs, cannot carry anymore children due to complications from pre-eclampsia.

    It comes amid mounting speculation that her 33-year-old sisters, Khloé, as well as her 20-year-old half-sister Kylie Jenner are pregnant from NBA basketball player Tristan Thompson and Grammy-nominated rapper Travis Scott, respectively.

    They are both reportedly due in February; one month after Kim’s surrogate will give birth to a daughter, if sources are to be believed.

    The most famous, wealthy and entrepreneurial of her siblings, Kim has a net worth of about $175 million.

    Over the last year, Kim made $45.5 million, making her the 47th richest celebrity on the Forbes list of the 100 highest-earning celebrities in 2016.
    Kim was robbed at gunpoint in her hotel in Paris, during Fashion Week in October 2016 .

    The robbers stole nearly $9 million worth of jewelry including a $4 million diamond engagement ring from Kanye.

    Known for her frequent use of social media, Kim kept a low profile in the months after the traumatic event and has since recounted the robbery in detail on the family’s show.

    NAN

     

  • Raheem Sterling is Cheap, says Kim Kardashian Lookalike Prostitute

    Raheem Sterling is Cheap, says Kim Kardashian Lookalike Prostitute

    Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling has denied allegations that he slept with a £3,000-a-night prostitute.

    The 22-year-old, who earns £180,000 a week, purportedly romped with the unnamed Kim Kardashian lookalike in a Los Angeles hotel last month.

    The £49million player then sent a stream of angry messages over WhatsApp to the prostitute — arguing over the price — before a Man City fixer left her £1,500, according to The Sun.

    ‘Raheem may be a millionaire but he is a rude cheapskate. He seemed to assume that he would just be able to just sleep with me and not pay,’ the woman told the newspaper.

    Raheem Sterling reportedly argued with the Kim Kardashian lookalike prostitute after the pair fell out over money. He is pictured giving an interview last year

    Raheem Sterling reportedly argued with the Kim Kardashian lookalike prostitute after the pair fell out over money. He is pictured giving an interview last year

    His behavaiour is likely to have enraged his long-term partner Paige Hansel, who he has a six-month-old son with

    His behavaiour is likely to have enraged his long-term partner Paige Hansel, who he has a six-month-old son with
    The pair met up at 4.30am after he returned from nightclub Avenue La, a favourite among film and music stars

    Reheem was staying at the Ritz Carlton hotel in LA where the club was using as a base for the tour

    The pair met up at 4.30am after he returned from nightclub Avenue La, a favourite among film and music stars

    The footballer later contacted the woman to tell her he was too drunk to remember what happened.

    His actions are likely to anger his long-term partner Paige Hansel, who he has a six-month-old son with.

    Reheem was staying at the Ritz Carlton hotel in LA where the club was using as a base for the tour.

    It is believed he made contact with the woman while he was out celebrating with teammates, and was given her number by a UK-based friend.

    The pair met up at 4.30am after he returned from nightclub Avenue La, a favourite among film and music stars.

    The woman added: ‘Raheem had texted me a hotel room number that did not exist, so I was there waiting for him to show up. I was very close to leaving. Finally he arrived and we went to his room.

    ‘Raheem seemed drunk and his breath smelled of alcohol. He was upset with me for not meeting him earlier.’

    Raheem Sterling is pictured with his partner Paige

    The winger is said to have angered the prostitute by trying to haggle heron the price. He is pictured with his partner Paige

    Raheem Sterling is pictured with his partner Paige left and right. The winger is said to have angered the prostitute by trying to haggle heron the price

    After the romp the pair are said to have argued over money, with the woman demanding $4,000 (£3,000), but the winger insisting he would only pay $2,000 (£1,500).

    The following morning, it is reported that Sterling failed to leave an envelope containing cash behind the hotel’s reception counter, before leaving to buy clothes for a pool party he was attending later.

    The two later argued by text over the money and, despite further demands for the $4,000, Sterling is said to have left the woman $2,000.

    Hitting back at the allegations Mr Sterling wrote in an Instagram post: ‘It’s sad to wake up to more nonsense in the tabloid press this morning.

    ‘There’s so much said that, as a baller, you just have to suck it up and take it on the chin.

    ‘I had to say “enough is enough”.

    ‘Now I have to deal with these new lies!’

  • Kim Kardashian’s driver quizzed for robbery

    Kim Kardashian’s driver quizzed for robbery

    According to a new finding connected to Kim Kardashian who was robbed at gunpoint in a Parisian hotel last year, the celebrity Parisian chauffeur has been arrested.
    Reports stated that the limo driver was one of 16 suspects arrested in connection with the heist, according to US Weekly.
    The Kardashian family regularly used the limo company while they were traveling in France and the chauffeur was reportedly the last person to drive Kim before the incident.
    Police are currently trying to determine if the driver passed information on to the thieves.
    Other suspects were arrested in part due to DNA evidence and an intense investigation process.