No Felony Charges Expected In Case Of Saudi Prince Accused Of Sex Crime
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Prosecutors will not bring felony charges against a Saudi prince arrested on suspicion of forcing a woman to perform a sex act, though he may face misdemeanor charges, authorities confirmed Monday.
The City Attorney's Office is reviewing the case of Prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, but no filing decision has been made, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office spokesman.
The 28-year-old Al-Saud was arrested on suspicion of forced oral copulation with an adult at his Beverly Glen home on the 2500 block of Wallingford Drive around 3 p.m. Sept. 21.
Police said Al-Saud tried to force a worker to perform oral sex at the 22,000-square-foot home he was renting and that they had to escort about 20 people out of the house, many of them staff.
The plaintiffs, identified only as Jane Doe 1, 2 and 3, are seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages on allegations of assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, sexual harassment, sexual discrimination and retaliation.
The lawsuit alleges they were "deprived of their freedom of movement by use of physical barriers, force, threats of force, menace, fraud, deceit and unreasonable duress."
Al-Saud had been released Sept. 24 on $300,000 bail.
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