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A spokesman for Kim Kardashian (above) dismissed the reports that tied her to the statue. PHOTO: AFP
May 06, 2021 06:00 am
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LOS ANGELES Kim Kardashian found herself caught up in an unlikely international art smuggling row on Tuesday involving an ancient Roman sculpture that was imported to California under her name.
US prosecutors last week called for the statue fragment - which was seized at a Los Angeles port in 2016 - to be forfeited and returned to Italy, citing an Italian archaeologist who found it saying the piece had been looted, smuggled and illegally exported .
Court documents said the consignee and importer name was listed as Kim Kardashian dba Noel Roberts Trust in Woodland Hills, California and referred to an invoice for the sale of the defendant statue by Vervoordt to Noel Robert Trust, dated March 11, 2016 .
An ancient Roman sculpture was imported to California under Kim Kardashian s name. Photo: Reuters
Kim Kardashian found herself caught up in an unlikely international art smuggling row Tuesday (May 4) involving an ancient Roman sculpture that was imported to California under her name.
US prosecutors last week called for the statue fragment – which was seized at a Los Angeles port in 2016 – to be forfeited and returned to Italy, citing an Italian archaeologist who found it saying the piece had been looted, smuggled and illegally exported.
Court documents said the consignee and importer name was listed as Kim Kardashian dba Noel Roberts Trust in Woodland Hills, California and referred to an invoice for the sale of the defendant statue by Vervoordt to Noel Robert Trust, dated March 11,2016.
Kim Kardashian Named in International Art Smuggling Row Published May 6th, 2021 - 04:28 GMT
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The Noel Roberts Trust is an entity that makes real estate purchases and sales for Kardashian and her estranged husband Kanye West.
Kim Kardashian has been named in an international art smuggling row involving an ancient Roman sculpture that was imported from Italy under the celebrity’s name.
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US prosecutors last week called for the statue fragment, which was seized at a port in Los Angeles five years ago, to be returned to Italy as Italian archaeologists say it had been looted, smuggled and illegally exported.