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| Kardashian West chauffeur freed in €9m Paris robbery inquiry | |
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| Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. | Three people have been released without charge by French police investigating a Paris jewellery robbery that targeted TV reality star Kim Kardashian West. |
| They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael Madar. The three were among 17 people arrested in co-ordinated raids across France on Monday. | They include her chauffeur in Paris, Michael Madar. The three were among 17 people arrested in co-ordinated raids across France on Monday. |
| The driver's brother is still being questioned by police, reports say. | The driver's brother is still being questioned by police, reports say. |
| Kardashian West was held at gunpoint and tied up by the robbers while staying at a hotel in Paris in October. | Kardashian West was held at gunpoint and tied up by the robbers while staying at a hotel in Paris in October. |
| She was targeted at the exclusive flat near Place de la Madeleine while her bodyguard looked after her sister at a nightclub. | |
| The gang stole €9m (£8m; $9.5m) of jewellery, including a diamond ring valued at around €4m. | |
| Read more on the Paris robbery | Read more on the Paris robbery |
| Throughout the inquiry, police have been investigating whether the gang was tipped off that Kardashian West's bodyguard was not at the hotel residence at the time of the robbery. | |
| Among those arrested on Monday were several figures in their 60s and one in his 70s. The raids took place mainly in the Paris region and at Rouen in the north. An Algerian, identified as 72-year-old Pierre B, was detained at Grasse on the French Riviera. | |
| Although there has been no trace yet of Kardashian West's missing jewellery, police did recover an estimated €300,000 during Monday's raids. |