Kim Kardashian named in ‘looted’ Roman statue forfeiture claim

Reality TV star named in US court papers over relic bought in her name and sought by Italian authorities

The US government has named Kim Kardashian in a civil forfeiture claim for an ancient Roman statue seized at Los Angeles port in June 2016 that Italian officials think was originally looted from Italy.

According to the court documents, the statue, known as Fragment of Myron's Samian Athena, had been bought by Kardashian from a Belgian art dealer. It has been assessed to be an early to mid-Roman empire copy of a statue in the ancient Greek style.