The Gianluigi Donnarumma robbery case is now being heard in a Paris criminal court, with the focus on the 2023 home invasion at an apartment on Avenue Montaigne. The account heard in court points to a knuckle duster, a knife, a safe code and a theft said to be worth £430,000. Manchester City's goalkeeper has made 2 Premier League appearances in 2026, but the legal story here is the violence of what he and Alessia Elefante say happened in Paris.
What Donnarumma and Elefante say happened
Donnarumma told the court, through the reporting of the hearing, that the robbers went straight to his watches. “The watches, the watches,” he said. He also said: “I showed him the one on the dressing table, an Audemars Piguet.”
Elefante’s account is harsher still. “The money, the watches,” she said of what the attackers demanded. She also told the court: “They got angry thinking that I was lying. They pulled me by the hair and one of them hit me on the thighs. I said I was pregnant but they continued.”
The scale of the alleged theft is striking. Police say four attackers were involved, getting in after climbing onto the roof with a ladder before smashing a window. The items said to have been taken included jewellery, watches, luxury handbags, keys to a Mercedes and a Lamborghini, plus cash.
The court detail now on record
The names matter less than the pattern in the accounts. This was not a quick smash-and-grab. It was a targeted invasion in a high-end Paris address, with the couple describing repeated pressure once the attackers were inside.
Elefante saying she was pregnant during the attack gives the hearing its ugliest detail, because the alleged violence did not stop there. That part of the case will sit at the centre of the court hearing, alongside the reported haul and the way the intruders entered the apartment.
The hearing now shifts from the reported shock of the break-in to what can be proved in court. What has already emerged is enough to show why the case is still drawing attention: the Avenue Montaigne location, the £430,000 value attached to the theft and the couple’s account of how the attack unfolded.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 1 outlet. How we work →
