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Kim Kardashian's SKIMS We Don't Smuggle Drugs!!! 'No Connection' to Cocaine Bust

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Published May 19, 2026 11:00 AM PDT

Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand, SKIMS is making it crystal clear it had absolutely nothing to do with a major cocaine smuggling operation in England ... after the company's clothing shipment was tied to a convicted drug trafficker.

A rep for SKIMS tells TMZ ... "SKIMS is aware of the recent news involving a shipment with our products. We want to be absolutely clear: SKIMS had no knowledge whatsoever about this criminal activity. We had no connection to the smuggling operation, the driver, or the truck."

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The statement comes after Jakub Jan Konkel was sentenced Monday in Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex, England to 13 years and 6 months in prison for trafficking cocaine.

Kim Kardashian Cocaine Smuggler Sent To Prison Thanks To KK's SKIMS Line

By TMZ Staff

Published May 19, 2026 3:31 AM PDT | Updated May 19, 2026 10:38 AM PDT

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Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS underwear line helped get a cocaine smuggler convicted in England and sentenced to prison for more than 10 years, authorities said.

Jakub Jan Konkel will spend the next 13 years and six months in The Big House after his sentencing Monday in Chelmsford Crown Court in the county of Essex, England. And Kim’s famous underwear and clothing line played a role in Konkel’s downfall.

According to police ... last September, Konkel boarded a ferry with his trailer truck in the Hook of Holland, The Netherlands, and was transported to Port of Harwich in Essex.