A French company is suing the heirs of former Saudi foreign minister, accused of failing to pay a bill for a XXX rated movie film that was shot with his mistress.
The late Saud Al Faisal who was Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister for nearly four decades and who died in July 2015, took with him a weird secret. It all began with an unpaid invoice dated December 2015, almost six months after the passing of the Prince. The sum at stake may represent peanuts for the Wahhabi kingdom: 90,000 euros. But refusing to pay has just opened a legal case that could potentially tarnish the already tarnished image of Saudi Arabia. This is not the first time that Saudi puritanism is confronted with the realities of the royal families’ gross indecency as was revealed by the Wikileaks cables on orgies being held in the city of Jeddah, a few miles from the holy city of Mecca.
As revealed by French daily Le Journal Du Dimanche (JDD) dated April 1st, a company named Atyla is claiming 90,000 euros to a real estate management company (SCI ) located 25 avenue Bugeaud in Paris and because the latter has refused to pay, the matter has been taken to the 7th civil chamber of the Nanterre Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI). Is it a simple matter of outstanding debts? Not really. Atyla’s lawyer has threatened to publish some very compromising footage should the Saudi real estate company persist on not honouring its debts.
The porn movie that was shot but never paid for
The footage in question is undoubtedly a source of deep embarrassment for the royal family: it is indeed a pornographic production that features no other than Saud Al Faisal’s mistress. Atyla’s attorney claims that the “private concierge service” company shot a XXX rated movie for a real estate company located on 25 avenue Bugeaud. The plaintiff claims “the bill has never been paid” while the SCI denies having ordered such a service. The real estate company was originally set up to manage a private hotel in the upscale 16th arrondissement of Paris on behalf of Saud Al Faisal and his family.
But the former head of Saudi diplomacy seems to have used his company for benefits that stretched far beyond mere property management. Saudi officials may decided to deny the allegations but the disclosed facts are quite precise: e-mails relating to the filming and a XXX script have even been added to the file. The main actress of the movie is from Morocco and has been identified as no other than Al Faisal’s mistress.
The Mistress who inherited a luxurious condominium
This story is perhaps the beginning of a real state scandal for the young Moroccan woman seems to have enjoyed significant benefits from the former foreign minister. Following the death of the prince, the one time actress has for example become the managing director of a real estate company and therefore the beneficiary of a luxury apartment that once belonged to Saud Al-Faisal, ensures the JDD. This episode is an annoying one as crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman has launched his “anti corruption campaign” that led to the subsequent jailing of prominent Saudi businessmen whom happened to be potential political rivals.
The omerta around the porn movie case is total: neither the Moroccan mistress nor the royal family have wished to react. But the company asking to be paid could seriously damage the reputation of the ruling Saudi family if it ever decided to hand over the footage to the Nanterre TGI. The case is set to be processed by Mid November. A few months remain for Al Faisal’s family to settle the case as far away as possible from the media. At a time when MBS’s Saudi Arabia is trying hard to please the West with promises on women’s rights, the last thing it needs is a porn movie involving the one who was in charge of representing it around the world.
