A suspect in Kim Kardashian’s 2016 theft has died.

Because the trial of the Kardashians star’s alleged assailants started in a Paris courtroom April 28, the courtroom confirmed one of many defendants within the case had handed away, in response to The New York Times.

Moreover, one other suspect was decided in courtroom to be too ailing to face trial, in response to the outlet.  

E! Information has reached out to Kim’s rep however has not obtained a remark.

In the meantime, 10 different suspects—a part of what the French media has dubbed The Grandpa Gang as a consequence of their superior age on the time of the heist—face fees of theft and kidnapping in connection to the incident, the place the fact star was gagged, certain and positioned within the rest room of her resort room whereas robbers stole hundreds of thousands of {dollars}’ value of jewellery, in response to NBC News.

The trial is ready to run by way of Might 23, with Kim, 44, set to take the stand Might 13. Her lawyer, Michael Rhodes, advised NBC Information his shopper has “super appreciation and admiration for the French judicial system,” including that she “has been handled with nice respect by the French authorities.”

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What we know about Thunderbolts* is restricted, due to Marvel’s tight security. However what is evident is that Pugh has been completely bringing it fashion-wise whereas selling the blockbuster. Living proof: Pugh’s Instagram post that includes a LBD, full with seat belts on the backside and an accompanying bomber. Test it out beneath:

• John Lithgow addressed whether or not he thought of J.Okay. Rowling anti-trans feedback when he accepted the position of Albus Dumbledore within the upcoming Harry Potter TV collection
• “I used to be simply eager about mortality and that this can be a excellent winding-down position,” the 79-year-old actor stated
• Dumbledore was beforehand performed by the late Richard Harris and Michael Gambon within the authentic movie collection

John Lithgow wasn’t eager about J.K. Rowling‘s anti-trans rhetoric when he accepted his position within the upcoming Harry Potter TV series.

“I believed, why is that this an element in any respect?” the 79-year-old actor advised The Times U.K. in an interview revealed Sunday, April 27, including that he was “curious to speak to [Potter book series author Rowling]” in some unspecified time in the future.

Lithgow announced that he would bring Albus Dumbledore to life in HBO’s tackle the enduring supply materials in February, turning into one of many first actors to affix the solid. The Hogwarts headmaster was beforehand performed by the late Richard Harris and Michael Gambon within the authentic movie collection.

Though many Potter followers are excited to return to Hogwarts, there was appreciable blowback from others who’re essential of Rowling, 59, over repeated comments that she has made about the transgender community. Stars comparable to Pedro Pascal have branded the author a “heinous loser.”

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However Lithgow advised The Instances U.Okay. that Rowling’s feedback weren’t on his thoughts when the supply got here by means of. He additionally “completely” didn’t anticipate the criticism that he acquired for being related to the fantasy ebook collection’ creator.

“After all, it was a giant determination as a result of it’s most likely the final main position I’ll play,” he advised the outlet about his thought course of when the supply got here by means of. “It’s an eight-year dedication, so I used to be simply eager about mortality and that this can be a excellent winding-down position,”

The 3rd Rock from the Sun alum described a textual content message that he acquired from “an excellent pal who’s the mom of a trans youngster” as “the canary within the coalmine.”

Regardless of the destructive response, he stated that he was not involved or reconsidering the casting.

“Nobody complained after I agreed to play Dahl, however I’ve acquired so many messages about J.Okay. Rowling,” Lithgow stated, referencing his portrayal of Roald Dahl within the play Large, which explored the antisemitism of the latter creator. “Isn’t that odd?”

The actor did predict some complaints about one other part of his casting — like the truth that he is not British.

“I do know there have been loads of folks appalled that an American ought to be employed to play the last word English wizard,” he stated on The One Show in April. “However I’ll do my finest.”

Lithgow added, “I’m not an Englishman, though I’ve performed one on TV. I remind everybody that I did play Winston Churchill on The Crown and did simply wonderful.”

A number of actors from the Harry Potter movie collection, together with star Daniel Radcliffe, have spoken out towards Rowling over time.

In April 2024, Radcliffe, who performed the titular character, stated that he and the creator had not been in touch recently. Nevertheless, he advised The Atlantic that her feedback have made him really feel “actually unhappy.”

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“I do have a look at the individual that I met, the instances that we met, and the books that she wrote and the world that she created, and all of that’s to me so deeply empathic,” he defined. “Clearly Harry Potter wouldn’t have occurred with out her, so nothing in my life would have most likely occurred the way in which it’s with out that particular person. However that doesn’t imply that you simply owe the stuff you actually imagine to another person in your total life.”

Different Potter alums who’ve weighed in, in support of Rowling or in any other case, embrace Jason Isaacs, the late Robbie Coltrane, Harry Melling, Evanna Lynch and Rupert Grint.

Rowling has spoken out towards Radcliffe, 35, and different well-known critics previously. In a collection of posts on X (previously Twitter) in April 2024, she shared an impartial evaluate “of the medical proof for transitioning children.”

One follower responded to her on X, “Simply ready for Dan and Emma to offer you a really public apology … protected within the data that you’ll forgive them … ” (Neither Radcliffe nor Watson, 35, have spoken out about their views on medical transitioning of kids.)

“Not safe, I’m afraid,” Rowling wrote in a reply. “Celebs who cosied as much as a motion intent on eroding ladies’s hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and weak ladies reliant on single intercourse areas.”