Last week, Qatar’s Sheik Khalid bin Hamad Al-Thani first took a dangerous high-speed race through the streets of Beverly Hills and then allegedly told a reporter that he could kill him given his diplomatic immunity (which he didn’t have) . . . . and then fled the country in contempt of U.S. laws. Now, a Saudi prince has been arrested at a hillside compound near Beverly Hills after allegedly trying to force a worker to perform a sex act on him. Saudi prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud was arrested on suspicion of forced oral copulation of an adult. The arrest followed the reported sighting of a woman covered in blood trying to escape the compound by climbing an eight-foot wall. He is now accused of sexually abusing and beating at least three women during a three-day party in his $37 million Beverly Hills home.
Al-Saud was booked and freed on $300,000 bail Thursday afternoon. He does not have diplomatic immunity.
Some fear that like his Qatar prince counterpart, Al-Saud will flee the country. One neighbor said that after his bail, there were a large number of cars coming in and out of the property as if he were fleeing. There are no cars left in the driveway and the compound appears abandoned.
In addition to the sex crime charge, Al-Saud is also facing one count of battery and one count of false imprisonment.
There can also be tort liability for battery, assault, and false imprisonment. Neither tort nor criminal liability however will mean anything if this prince also simply flees in defiance of U.S. law. Saudis on the criminal docket is nothing new (and here and here) in this country or other country, particularly with regard to the abuse of servants or failing to pay bills.
Bush buddies? Lmao. Bush never let any of them leave anymore than he let these Saudi princes leave. They leave on their own because they have the means to do so ie cash! There are 15,000 Saudi princes.
This also just solidifies the notion of people who follow Sharia Law, think it applies here in the U.S. When the president of the U.S. bows to them, they assume that means submission, which Obama has shown to the Saudi King over and over.
Calypso,
Of course I’m not in favor of rich Saudi’s getting away with rape. That should be quite obvious.
Using my free speech, this blog also contains an intense strand of Islamophobia.
I don’t think this blog should really ever discuss moral relativism with its record:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/27/helicopter-attack-kills-30-civilians-in-yemen-village-residents-medics.html
#Sad
#notallMuslims rape their household staff.
One-side-only-Annie wants to rehash a 14 year-old story, but has no comment on more recent history like the Saud family paying for Obama’s education and election campaigns or the fact Clinton is currently neck-deep in Saudi money and influence (including throughout her time at State)?
Which do you think is more relevant to this case?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dialogues/features/2004/how_does_the_saudi_relationship_with_the_bush_family_affect_us_foreign_policy/bush_has_given_the_saudis_a_free_pass.html
“Let’s think about what this really means. The biggest crime in American history had just taken place. A massive criminal investigation was under way. These flights should have been a focus of that investigation—not a privilege granted to friends of the Bushes. I don’t mean to suggest that the people on board were necessarily guilty of anything, but many of them certainly should have been the subjects of serious interviews done through formal investigative procedures. There is no evidence that happened. But it is unquestionable that the Saudis were given White House authorization to fly.”
Bush Amnesia Syndrome. Let us not forget the close ties the Bush family has long held with the Saudis. How many of the 9/11 perps were Saudis?
BDS
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bin-laden-family-evacuated/
“Two dozen members of Osama bin Laden’s family were urgently evacuated from the United States in the first days following the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, according to the Saudi ambassador to Washington.”
The Bush family’s buddies.
“Al-Saud was booked and freed on $300,000 bail Thursday afternoon.”
They never should have let him go.
http://wwwhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3249530/More-female-staffers-come-forward-accusing-Saudi-prince-sex-crimes-arrest-sparked-sight-bleeding-woman-trying-feel-LA-mansion.html#ixzz3mzRx91y5
“However, speaking to Mail Online, neighbors say they believe the prince has already fled the country on a private jet, leaving his rented house behind.
“One woman, who would only give her name as Isabel, said: ‘Numerous cars were coming in and out of the property late Thursday, and it looked like the Prince was moving out.’
“Meanwhile another neighbor, Eric Stiskin, added: ‘I am sure he has taken off on his private jet by now. I don’t think he even needs a passport to get out of here.’
“A third, who wished to remain anonymous, said: ‘He has all the wealth to disappear and not come back. He can make a quick getaway, never come back and the accusations could still remain here.”
End of story, I suspect.
In other words, this guy is more criminal than nearly 90% of Guantanamo detainees since 2001!
If his passport was not taken when he was booked that is judicial malpractice. $300k is chump change for this slime.
The Muslim Roman Polanski.
Embrace diversity!
Celebrate multiculturalism!
Open borders!
It does seem to be working out well.
The fact that one of his brethren skipped out just recently, that he has unlimited funds, and the nature of the crimes, the only reason the judge allowed bail is because he/she was told to. So much for the power of law and order. Sounds vaguely other countryish, object of derision and scornish, receiver of the pointed fingerish, perhaps even Russian. He is probably buffing a ‘guest’ worker in Saudi Arabia at the moment.
The so called “Prince” hails from a Pirate Territory. No bail. No trial. Make him walk the plank. Seize all of his assets.
Should never have been allowed bail.
There are a lot of princes on the payroll and it’s getting tougher and tougher to vie for King Daddy’s attention.