Manchester City goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his partner Alessia Elefante were tied up and threatened with a knife during a burglary at their Paris home, a criminal court has heard.
The incident took place in 2023, when Donnarumma was playing for Paris Saint-Germain. The couple, who are now married, were confronted by intruders who forced their way into the apartment and stole high-value possessions worth a total of £430,000.
Donnarumma told the court that one of the attackers demanded their watches, saying: “The watches, the watches.”
He said he then pointed out an Audemars Piguet watch on a dressing table.
Elefante told investigators that she was woken by the attackers, who assaulted her while demanding money and watches. She said they shouted: “The money, the watches.”
She handed over a Cartier watch, jewellery and €2,000 (£1,718) in cash, according to reports.
The attackers also demanded the code for a safe. Elefante said she did not know it and told them there was nothing inside.
“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,” she said.
Both Donnarumma and Elefante were bound during the robbery. The goalkeeper was threatened with a knife as the intruders took the valuables and fled.
The burglary happened three years ago but the case only reached trial in a Parisian criminal court this week.
Ilyas Kherbouch, 21, and Khyan Mamouni are accused of masterminding and ordering the robbery from their prison cells, reports state.