Kim Kardashian relives Paris jewel heist nightmare: Star testifies in New York after a judge flies to meet her to help identify armed thieves 

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Kim Kardashian has relived the horrific moment she was bound and robbed at gunpoint in Paris last year after a French judge flew to New York to get her testimony. 

She met with the judge and attorneys involved in the multi-million jewelry heist case behind closed doors in New York on Wednesday, TMZ reports.

Part of her testimony involved watching footage of the robbery to try and identify the two armed men who broke into her Paris apartment in October and terrorized her.

She is also expected to continue answering questions related to the case on Thursday. 

Kim Kardashian (pictured in New York on Tuesday night) gave her testimony in relation to the multi-million dollar Paris jewelry heist behind closed doors in New York on Wednesday

Kim brought her two children, North and Saint, to New York for the testimony but husband Kanye West stayed away given the potential stress it could cause.

Under French crime laws, victims don't have to face the offenders in court with judges allowed to travel elsewhere to obtain a testimony in private.   

Seventeen alleged veteran armed robbers - aged mostly between 50 and 72 - were arrested last month in relation to the jewelry heist and police charged 10 of them. 

Two of the suspects - the only ones Kim will be able to identify - are accused of breaking into the reality TV star's Paris apartment block and tying her and a security guard up at gunpoint.

They fled with her $4 million 20-carat emerald cut diamond engagement ring and a case of her other jewelry. 

Kim flew out of Paris within hours of her ordeal.

Kim was held at gunpoint in her Paris apartment on October 3 while two suspects fled with her $4 million 20-carat engagement ring (pictured) and a case of her other jewelry

Two of the suspects - the only two Kim will be able to identify - are accused of breaking into the reality TV star's Paris apartment block (pictured)

Just an hour before the robbery, Kim posted this video on Snapchat that showed her wearing the engagement ring

She broke her silence in a teaser trailer for her family's reality TV show last month telling two of her sisters her thoughts at the time: 'They're going to shoot me in the back. There's no way out.'

 French newspaper Journal du Dimanche last month published Kim's testimony to police describing how a robber threatened her when she refused to hand over one of her rings.

'I saw through the sliding door two people coming,' Kardashian said in comments translated from the newspaper's French account, adding that one of the men was wearing 'a jacket with 'police' written on it'.

'He asked me with a strong French accent where my ring was. It was on the bedside table. (But) I replied that I didn't know and then he pulled out a gun and I showed him the ring,' she told police, adding it was worth four million dollars.

Kardashian told police the men tied her up with plastic cables and adhesive tape 'and they carried me to my bathroom' where they placed her in the bathtub.

The gang also took a box containing jewellery including two Cartier diamond bracelets, a diamond-studded necklace, a yellow gold Rolex watch and a diamond-encrusted cross.  

Seventeen alleged veteran armed robbers - aged mostly between 50 and 72 - were arrested last month in relation to the jewelry heist 

The accused men, one of whom is pictured right, are suspected of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewelry

A suspect is pictured being taken to a police station in Paris last month after lengthy investigations into the robbery

Investigators say the gang's key members were Aomar Ait Khedache and Didier Dubreucq, men in their 60s with long criminal pasts nicknamed 'Old Omar' and 'Blue Eyes'. 

Khedache, told police his gang had melted down and sold most of the stolen goods but still have the engagement ring.

A transcript of his testimony given to police after his arrest last month was leaked to the Le Monde newspaper. 

Khedache said his team stayed in Paris for a short time after the heist before they went to the Belgian town of Antwerp, a diamond trading centre, to sell the stolen goods.

'So that the jewels wouldn't be recognised, we took a joint decision to melt them down,' Mr Khedache told police.

'One of us took care of that... He came back with bars… Altogether there must have been a bit more than 800 grammes,' said the suspect, whose DNA was found at the crime scene at the luxury Paris apartment where Kardashian was staying.

Following the arrests, Kim's French lawyer Jean Veil said hopefully it would end speculation that the heist was all a publicity stunt.

'These arrests are a nice surprise because on the one hand, it will perhaps make it possible to find the jewelry,' Mr Veil said.

'On the other hand, it puts an end to the outrageous speculation by some, who thought it was intelligent to pretend that this robbery was staged, or a publicity stunt organised by Ms Kardashian.'