MAN City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was beaten, tied up and threatened with a knife by robbers who broke into his flat, a court heard.
The Italian captain, 27, was with his then-girlfriend Alessia Elefante when armed suspects allegedly broke in and stole £430,000 worth of luxury items from their home.
Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was hit in the face with a knuckleduster during the harrowing home invasion in 2023 Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Around £430,000 worth of luxury watches, jewellery and cash were stolen from the flat in Paris Credit: Instagram
The horrifying home invasion took place back in 2023 but has only just gone to trial.
Insults and obscene language tore through the courtroom on Thursday in scenes the presiding judge labelled “catastrophic”.
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The judge expelled defendants Ilyas Kherbouch and Khyan “Kiki” Mamouni and booted out a family member before suspending the trial altogether shortly after 9.20pm.
Both men were thrown out of the courtroom after repeated rows as Kherbouch even 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 now wife Alessia had been asleep when four men allegedly smashed the windows into their flat back on July 21, 2023.
The goalkeeper said he woke up to a man saying “shhh” before hitting him in the face with a knuckleduster, according to court docs.
The suspected thug then threatened him with a knife and shouted “the watches, the watches”, recounted the goalkeeper in his witness statement.
Wife Alessia Elefante was pregnant when the suspected thugs hit her and Donnarumma Credit: Getty
Partner Alessia Elefante was also threatened in the terrifying attack Credit: Rex
Terrified, Donnarumma, who is not expected to be in court at any point, said he “showed him the one on the dressing table, an Audemars Piguet”.
Piguet watches are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Alessia, who was pregnant, told cops she was also threatened by the suspected robbers.
Alleged gang members shouted at her for money and watches as she scrambled to give them 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 told 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.
Donnarumma had been playing for PSG at the time of the attack Credit: Getty
The goalkeeper is not expected to appear in court for the trial Credit: Shutterstock Editorial
Alleged criminal mastermind Ilyas Kherbouch, 21, is accused of co-ordinating the break-in from his prison cell.
The Gen Z gang leader is currently 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.
Mamouni, nicknamed Kiki, also denies the charges.
Cops believe four men used a ladder to climb onto the roof 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.
The Italian goalkeeper had been playing for Paris Saint-Germain at the time but now plays in Manchester.
