BLING IT ON, KIM!
Cops near finding $4.5M gem
Kim Kardashian may soon be wearing her 20-carat engagement ring again thanks to the arrest of two brothers suspected of fencing the gem after it was stolen, reports said Tuesday.
The 50-something siblings who were among the 17 people busted in the $10 million jewel heist at Kardashian’s rented Parisian pad in October, officials said.
The unidentified brothers, who live in the Parisian suburb of Raincy, were “involved in the diamond trade and are thought to have handled the stolen jewelry,” including the reality star’s $4.5 million Lorraine Schwartz ring, a law-enforcement source told the Daily Mail.
“Their homes have been searched from top to bottom, and so has a jewelry shop in Paris which is also linked to them,” the source said. “The jewelry has not yet been found — but these brothers could lead us to it over the coming days.”
The brothers were believed to be frequent visitors to Antwerp, the Belgian city known as the diamond capital of Europe.
“It’s a town where jewelry can be sold on with no questions asked,” the source said. “The men know the industry inside-out and may well know exactly where the ring went.”
Kardashian and Kanye were seen grabbing sushi in Beverly Hills on Monday night, just hours after raids in and around the City of Lights, as well as in southern France, netted the suspects, ages 23 to 72.
Clad in a black sweat shirt and ripped jeans over laced tights, Kardashian held on to Kanye, who sported a gray hoodie and sweatpants.
She “is deeply relieved to know that this horrible ordeal will all come to an end soon,” a source close to Kimye told ETOnline.
Authorities believe that the heist may have been an inside job and have arrested the owner of Kardashian’s favorite Parisian chauffeur company and his brother.
Owner Michael Madar, 40, personally drove Kardashian around that night. His younger brother, Gary Madar, 27, has ferried her around in the past.
Meanwhile, on the same day the gang’s arrests were announced, a thief hit the Kardashian clan’s LA boutique Dash, making off with around $1,600 worth of merchandise, according to a report.
The female crook walked into the Melrose Avenue shop and grabbed clothing and perfume before fleeing in a silver sedan, TMZ reported.