{"id":54241,"date":"2025-10-01T04:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/54241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:41:10","slug":"security-alert-as-transgender-inmate-barbie-kardashian-to-be-released-from-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/54241\/","title":{"rendered":"Security alert as transgender inmate Barbie Kardashian to be released from prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Kardashian, who was born a male named Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile, changed her name by deed poll and received a Gender Recognition Certificate from the State.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian, who was sentenced in March 2023 to five-and-a-half years with the final 12 months suspended, is due for release from Limerick Prison within days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A source said Kardashian, who is on the same wing as former Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall and gangland killer Freddie Thompson, will have to reside at an address approved by the gardai and probation services upon leaving the confinements of the jail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She must also notify the probation services of any post-release intimate relationships, not communicate with her parents and co-operate with a Garda liaison officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian, who was born a male named Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile and has not had transition surgery, changed her name by deed poll and received a Gender Recognition Certificate from the State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Her case came to national attention and was the centre of debate over whether or not she should be housed in a female prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Gardai are understood to be putting a plan in place in order to keep a close eye on Kardashian, who has 15 previous convictions including for threats to kill, sexual assault, assault causing harm and criminal damage to property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She must adhere to a number of strict rules for a period of two years after release and if she does not follow these the suspended part of her sentence will be enacted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A source said: \u201cKardashian is due for release any day now. The exact time and day is being kept a highly guarded secret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cKardashian is a very dangerous individual and while at the jail was kept away from other inmates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cWhen leaving her cell, a number of prison staff must be present and accompany her where ever she goes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cGardai will be keeping a close eye on her after her release due to the severity of the threats she made towards her mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cShe must abide by a number of rules once released and if she doesn\u2019t she will end up back in prison to serve the 12 months of her sentence which were suspended.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cGardai will also have to know where she is living at all times and if she is in an intimate relationship with someone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">\u201cShe is very volatile and you never know what she is going to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barbie Kardashian\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/51082973-c15b-4a54-8031-8c40504f4c5f.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">Barbie Kardashian<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_caption1 sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-66f0fec7_regular sw-1d70522a_marginbottom3 sw-1d70522a_marginleft0 sw-1d70522a_marginright0 sw-1d70522a_margintop3 sw-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-70)\">News in 90 Seconds &#8211; September 30th          <\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">In March 2023, Kardashian was sentenced to five and a half years with the final 12 months suspended by Judge Tom O\u2019Donnell at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A jury found her guilty of seven threats against her mother at her trial in May 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She had planned to travel to her mother\u2019s house, overpower her, and then rape and violently torture her with a screwdriver, knife and boiling water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Judge Tom O\u2019Donnell also noted that five psychiatrists had assessed Kardashian and her background file \u201cand all five psychiatrists believe the case presents a real danger of carrying out her fantasies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">During the trial, Judge O\u2019Donnell said Kardashian set out the plan in \u201cchilling\u201d detail of how she had planned to wait in the house until she had satisfied herself her mother had \u201cbled out\u201d and no longer had a pulse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Gardai told the court at the time that they continued to have \u201cgrave concerns\u201d about her \u201cmotivation to carry out the threats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Detective Garda Niall Fitzgerald from Roxboro Road Garda Station, Limerick, gave evidence at the time stating gardai believe Kardashian continues to \u201cpose a significant threat to those she has made threats towards, as well as to the wider public\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">And just last October, Kardashian was acquitted of threatening to kill a female prison officer and female inmate or cause serious harm to the two women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She told gardai that while she made the threats she never intended to carry them out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian told her trial she had wanted to \u201ctorture\u201d and \u201celectrocute\u201d the genitals of a female prisoner, using an \u201celectric rod\u201d, when she threatened to rape her on February 25, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She was found \u201cnot guilty\u201d by a jury of seven women and five men following a four-day trial at Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian told the trial she wanted to rape prison officer Roisin Linnane, but that this would not have been a realistic threat as she was locked up alone in her cell for 22 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">She gave evidence that she wanted the two women to \u201csuffer\u201d because she was upset and angry over rumours which had been circulating around the female wing of the prison that she had been leaving the showers dirty with body hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian said she wanted to use an object to rape Ms McGhee: \u201cI wanted to use an electric rod, but that wasn\u2019t available to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">Kardashian looked visibly surprised after the verdicts were read out and said she was happy with the outcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-ebe0ecc6_root sw-ebe0ecc6_paragraph sw-300db776_none sw-91174671_system sw-1d70522a_marginbottom5 sw-1d70522a_margintop0 sw-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-black-base)\">A spokesman for the Irish Prison Service (IPS) said: \u201cThe Irish Prison Service does not comment on individual prisoner cases.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kardashian, who was born a male named Gabrielle Alejandro Gentile, changed her name by deed poll and 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