Kim Kardashian‘s lawyer in her Paris jewellery heist trial says it was no simple choice for her to testify … as a result of she’s coming awfully near her alleged robbers in courtroom.

Michael Rhodes joined us on “TMZ Reside” Tuesday and instructed us what it was like inside and outdoors the French courthouse the place Kim gave some highly effective and emotional testimony.

Kim’s lawyer says it took her a while to resolve she actually wished to testify … and he says it took lots of guts as a result of in France, the courtroom setup places the witness tremendous near the protection … so shut, in actual fact, that Kim might really feel the presence of the boys she says robbed her and made her really feel like she was going be raped and murdered.

Michael says Kim chose to testify as a strategy to get closure within the case … and the one message she was sending by sporting a $3 million necklace into courtroom was that she was being her genuine self.

Kim’s an enormous superstar and the Paris theft modified the best way she lives her life — beefing up her safety wherever she goes — and Michael says her entrance was not like any he is ever seen … with tons of individuals lining up outdoors to catch a glimpse of her, and police mounted on horses utilizing the steeds as a bodily barrier.

In contrast to the U.S., there isn’t a cross-examination in French trials … however Michael says she was nonetheless questioned by the defendant’s attorneys … and he remembers the second she accepted some apologies from the robbers.