MAN City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was beaten, tied up and threatened with a knife by robbers who broke into his flat in Paris, a court heard.
His pregnant girlfriend Alessia Elefante was also in the home when the suspects allegedly broke in and stole £430,000 worth of loot.
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The horrifying home invasion unfolded back in 2023 – but has only just gone to trial.
Insults and swearwords richocheted through the courtroom in scenes the presiding judge has called “catastrophic”.
The judge expelled defendents Ilyas Kherbouch and Khyan “Kiki” Mamouni and booted out a family member before suspending the trial shortly after 9:20pm.
Both men were thrown from the courtroom after repeated rows as Kherbouch shouted: “I don’t give a s**t”.
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Kherbouch, 21, and Mamouni, 22, are on trial for allegedly masterminding the Paris flat raid from their prison cells.
Donnarumma and his pregnant girlfriend Alessia had been asleep when four men allegedly smashed the windows into their flat back on July 21, 2023, a Paris court was told today.
The goalkeeper said he woke up to a man saying “shhh” before hitting him in the face with a knuckle duster, according to bombshell court docs.
The suspected thug then threatened him with a knife and shouted “the watches, the watches”, recounted the goalkeeper in his witness statement.
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Terrified, Donnarumma said he “showed him the one on the dressing table, an Audemars Piguet”.
Piguet watches are worth up to hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Alessia Elefante, who is now married to Donnarumma, told cops she was also woken up and threatened by the suspected robbers.
Alleged gangmembers shouted at her for money and watches as she scrambled to give them €2,000 in cash, a Cartier watch and jewellery.
The robbers also demanded the code for a safe in the flat – but Alessia said she did not know it and claimed it was empty.
“They got angry thinking that I was lying”, she recounted to investigators.
“They pulled me by the hair and one of them hit me on the thighs. I said I was pregnant but they continued.”
The gang eventually escaped with cash, watches, luxury handbags and the keys to a Mercedes and a Lamborghini.
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Criminal mastermind Ilyas Kherbouch, 21, is accused of co-ordinating the break-in from his prison cell.
The Gen Z gang leader is serving seven years for robbing Michelin star chef Simone Zanoni.
The fiend managed to escape jail in March – only to be caught again after 13 days on the run. He denies involvement in the attack on Donnarumma and Elefante.
A second man called Khyan Mamouni, 22, nicknamed Kiki, has also been accused of masterminding the attack from behind bars – but he denies the charges.
Cops believe four men used a ladder to climb onto the rook before lowering down onto the balcony and smashing in through the windows.
Moktar Diop, 24, has admitted to breaking in to the footballer and his partner’s home but denies taking part in any violence.
A fourth suspect previously confessed to taking part in the raid but died by suicide in prison in 2024.
In July two men – aged 18 at the time of the robbery – were sentenced to three and four years in prison.
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The Italian goalkeeper had been playing for Paris Saint-Germain at the time.