US EditionLouvre director acknowledges failure after jewel heist and says she offered to resign
- Following the theft, senators confronted Laurence des Cars, President of the Louvre Museum, on October 22, 2025, over how thieves stole 88 million in jewels in seven minutes.
- Security officials say surveillance of the Louvre's outside walls lacked adequate coverage, while Laurence des Cars defended the €80 million security plan despite 'persistent delays.'
- Investigators say the thieves took eight pieces, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace and Empress Eugénie's diadem, while more than 100 investigators have been mobilized, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said.
- Emmanuel Macron, French President, ordered 'speeding up' security measures as the museum reopened, while Laurence des Cars said she tendered her resignation Sunday but the culture ministry refused it, adding `Despite our efforts, despite our hard work on a daily basis, we failed`.
- The Louvre's global prominence—it welcomed nine million visitors last year—has renewed scrutiny of security at French museums and intensified national scrutiny.
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Louvre Director’s Testimony Sheds New Light on Heist
The Louvre’s Director Laurence des Cars appeared before the French Senate yesterday, October 22, addressing questions about Sunday’s brazen jewel heist at the museum as investigators continue their search for the culprits. In a two-hour livestreamed questioning, des Cars, who took the helm of the museum in 2021, answered questions about the heist posed by the Culture Committee of the French Senate, admitting that the Louvre campus had insufficie…
After the jewel theft in the Louvre in Paris, museum director Laurence des Cars admitted a "horrible failure" and offered her resignation. However, Minister of Culture, Dati, rejected the move.
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New Video Shows Thieves at the Louvre Making Dramatic Escape
New video shows the moment some of the Louvre thieves made their escape after breaking into the Apollo Gallery and stealing more than $100 million of France’s crown jewels. The museum’s director was grilled by French senators on Wednesday where she admitted “a terrible failure” to keep the historic jewels safe and blaming a lapse in the security system. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY.
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