Kim Kardashian has arrived at a Paris courthouse to testify against the men accused of robbing her at gunpoint in 2016, an event that reshaped her life and redefined celebrity security in the age of social media.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian arrived in court on Tuesday to testify after her stylist told the tribunal of the "terror" they both felt during a multi-million dollar jewellery robbery, with the star screaming that she had babies and wanted to live.

Kim Kardashian is set to testify Tuesday in the Paris trial of the burglars accused of tying up and robbing the billionaire reality TV star at gunpoint nearly nine years ago.