The robbery of Kim Kardashian in Paris in October is one step closer to being resolved after police arrested 17 suspects in the beginning of the week following a close review of security footage. On Thursday, four of them were charged. Investigators believe the robbery to be an inside job. Most of the suspects, three of whom are women, are professional criminals who have previously committed armed robbery or drug and counterfeit trafficking. A 40-year-old limousine driver from a company the Kardashians frequently use when visiting Paris was arrested, but he was subsequently released. However, his younger brother remains in custody, and police believe he is the one who told the experienced robbers about Kardashian’s whereabouts.

One of the four people charged on Thursday was a 63-year-old man referred to by the name “Yunice A.,” who was charged with armed robbery in an organized gang, kidnapping, and criminal association. He will stay in custody for the time being. Available information about the other suspects include that one 62-year-old and one 27-year-old are facing the same charges as Yunice A. A 44-year-old is charged with concealment/fencing by an organized gang and association with criminals. Six more suspects are still being questioned.

Reportedly, police were able to identify some DNA from the tape used to tie Kardashian, and also from a piece of jewelry that one of the thieves dropped in the street as they fled on rented bicycles. The DNA combined with the surveillance footage led to the arrest of the thieves.

Charges have been filed against 4 suspects involved in the Kim Kardashian Paris robbery. https://t.co/JxKuN9QUou pic.twitter.com/a228pTmPiR

— Complex (@Complex) January 13, 2017

According to the Daily Mail, French authorities won’t let an eyewitness who could testify against the robbers into France. An Algerian concierge at the place where Kardashian was staying, known as Abdulrahman, saw the robbers’ faces. After the robbery, he left France to go home and recover from the stress of being held at gunpoint. Now, the French government won’t issue a visa to let him back in and testify, even though he previously was a legal resident in France. His lawyer Henri de Beauregard said:

I don’t know if this is incompetence or just a bad decision. He is the best witness, he saw the criminals much longer than Miss Kardashian. I hope the police have a lot of solid proof and evidence, because if they don’t, it will be seen as a crazy decision.

The robbery happened when Kardashian was in Paris to attend Fashion Week in the beginning of October. Five men disguised as police officers entered the mansion she was staying in, had the concierge take them to Kardashian’s room and stole jewelry worth $10 million after holding her at gunpoint and tying her up in the bathroom. Among the stolen items was her 20-carat engagement ring, worth $4 million.

Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.

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If your pro-wrestling-obsessed Uncle Jimmy seems a little down in the dumps this week, he might have heard the news that the legendary 1980s wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was arrested for a murder he allegedly committed in 1983.

For everyone who was not yet born or still in Pampers during the early eighties, basically Jimmy Snuka was a professional wrestling icon not unlike Hulk Hogan. At the height of his fame, his girlfriend (well, mistress technically) Nancy Argentino mysteriously died in a Pennsylvania motel room that the couple was staying in. No one was officially charged with her murder, but Snuka was ordered to pay $500,000 to the Argentino family in a wrongful death case. Fun fact: Snuka never paid up because he claimed he was broke.

Why is a case that’s over 30 years old being re-opened now? Two major developments. Number one: Snuka penned an autobiography released in 2012 wherein he discusses the night Argentino died. His accounts do not add up with police records, and authorities were able to point out several inconsistencies. Number two: the Pennsylvania news outlet The Morning Call published a piece on the 30^th anniversary of the death of Nancy Argentino that further implored authorities to re-visit the cold case in the interest of justice for the deceased’s family. It is the oldest cold case to result in charges in the history of Lehigh County.

Here’s where things take an even sadder/weirder turn. Snuka was charged with third degree murder—which, as any first year law student can tell you, means a killing with malice. Yet, after Snuka was sent to the county jail, he was able to leave after posting $100,000 bail. Did Lehigh County allow a murderer to essentially pay his way out of jail? Not so, says Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin. As it turns out, 72-year-old Jimmy Snuka has stomach cancer…and very expensive medical bills.

I do not want to burden the taxpayers of Lehigh County with medical expenses, which would be extremely high and would have to be borne by them if he remained in Lehigh County Jail,” Martin said.

Quite logical…yet extremely unsatisfying to a certain extent. An exorbitant amount of effort and judicial action went into prosecuting a decades-old crime. The perpetrator has been officially identified. Now the family of Nancy Argentino must live with the fact that the man guilty of the heinous crime that changed their lives never went to jail. Perhaps the small bit of justice is that now the guilty man must live with the knowledge that all the world knows, unequivocally, that he is guilty.

Corinne Fitamant

Corinne Fitamant is a graduate of Fordham College at Lincoln Center where she received a Bachelors degree in Communications and a minor in Theatre Arts. When she isn’t pondering issues of social justice and/or celebrity culture, she can be found playing the guitar and eating chocolate. Contact Corinne at staff@LawStreetMedia.com.

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