The last time Kim Kardashian faced the men who police said robbed her, she was bound with zip ties and held at gunpoint, and feared she might die.

On Tuesday, nearly a decade later, she returns to Paris to testify against them.

One of the most recognisable figures on the planet is expected to take the stand against the 10 men accused of orchestrating the 2016 robbery.

The robbery that left her locked in a marble bathroom while masked assailants made off with more than $6 million in jewels.

Kardashian is set to speak about the trauma that reshaped her life and redefined the risks of celebrity in the age of social media.

Her appearance is expected to be the most emotionally charged moment of a trial that began last month.

Court officials are bracing for a crowd, and security will be tight.

A second courtroom has been opened for journalists following via video feed.

Kardashian’s testimony is expected to revisit, in painful detail, how intruders zip-tied her hands, demanded her ring, and left her believing she might never see her children again.

Twelve suspects were originally charged. One has died. Another has been excused from proceedings due to serious illness.

Most are in their 60s and 70s, dubbed les papys braqueurs, or ‘the grandpa robbers’ by the French press, but investigators insist they were no harmless retirees.

Authorities have described them as a seasoned and coordinated criminal group.

(AP/NAN)