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Saudi prince arrested on sex crime charge at Los Angeles mansion

The Los Angeles Police Department's special consul division said the prince does not have diplomatic immunity

Reuters September 25, 2015

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LOS ANGELES: A Saudi prince has been arrested on charges of trying to force a worker at a Beverly Hills estate to perform oral sex, Los Angeles police said on Thursday.

Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 28, was arrested on Wednesday and was released on $300,000 bond the next day, according to police and online jail records.

The Los Angeles Police Department's special consul division said the prince does not have diplomatic immunity, according to the Los Angeles Times and KCBS-TV.

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The Los Angeles Times said police descended on the massive estate after a neighbor saw a bleeding woman screaming for help as she tried to scale the property’s surrounding wall on Wednesday.

The $37 million home, in one of the most exclusive enclaves in the world, has been rented for weeks at a time by foreign nationals over the past year, the neighbor told the Times.

The prince is expected to be in court Oct 19, court records show. Attempts to reach him by telephone were unsuccessful and his attorney was not immediately known. A call to the Saudi embassy was not immediately returned.

COMMENTS (19)

Rollin & Trollin | 9 years ago | Reply @Zafar: Truer words haven't been spoken... Many Pakistanis take pleasure in criticizing Saudis when the occasion arises, however, I thank God Pakistan is not an oil-rich country otherwise the income and other inequalities would be even worse than what we see today.

Saad | 9 years ago | Reply Saudi royal family have no respect for women and subordinates. We can see they treated the martyrs of the Hajj like trash. They are driven by money and sex and the abundance of oil provided them an opportunity to fulfill their just & unjust desires. But, i'm hopeful, he'll not be punished, even if he is in US. On utmost, he may be fined. But he won't receive an iota of pain that his servant experienced because of his torture.

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Ahsan Shah | 9 years ago | Reply All Saudi Kings and princes are like him

vicktor d'souza | 9 years ago | Reply I hope he gets to meet Big Bob at the California State Penitentiary.

NAZIR ALI | 9 years ago | Reply VERY SAD MOMENT FOR PAKISTANI,S ND WHOLE MUSLIM WORLD FOR LOOSING PILGRIMS THEIR LIFE DURING HAJJ...MAY GOD KEEP THEIR SOUL PEACE ..AAMEEN

Zafar | 9 years ago | Reply We would done nothing if this happened in Pakistan. Congratulations US police.

Tariq | 9 years ago | Reply This is the real face of Saudis.

Ikbal | 9 years ago | Reply Few weeks ago it was a Qatari royal who was speeding in his ostentatious car in Beverly Hills neighborhood causing annoyance in the neighborhood as per the local news channel and now this episode only brings shame to the Muslims living in the greater Los Angeles area.

Mullah Nasruddin. | 9 years ago | Reply Neither call at attorney, home and embassy were received nor he will appear in court. Blame has been made and case will not be properly described.

Shake the sheikh | 9 years ago | Reply For Saudi Royal family members should know in their country they can do anything and get away but not in western countries. He will get away in US too but not without paying s huge price. Lol

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply Stupid man.....but then he's a Saudi royal so it must be a affliction of in-breading.

Riaz | 9 years ago | Reply Shame on Saudis, they have always disgraced Islam with their luster and greed.

a&a | 9 years ago | Reply After hajj tragedy, another feather in the stock of KSA rulers.

Ashraf | 9 years ago | Reply These twisted subhumans must be taught to behave like humans.

Skywalker | 9 years ago | Reply He deserves equivalent punishment as in KSA. Stiff justice not only for migrants from poor countries in KSA.

kala_bacha | 9 years ago | Reply What a shame and the disgrace to the nation. This prince thinks they can do anything anywhere, but they forgot in US no one is above the law. I hope if he guilty should be punished.

Mir Ali | 9 years ago | Reply How about some lashes ?

Asok | 9 years ago | Reply Hope he enjoys the hospitality of the California prison system.

HZR | 9 years ago | Reply These guys are turning into sex maniacs' Recently a diplomat manged to escape similar charges because of the immunity.Normally in any other circumstance he would be treated like a criminal which he is.they talk about human rights and treat women worse.would they do this to say Saudi women?

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