Wait what? A woman ran screaming from the property, bleeding, in front of witnesses. Four women are making charges, but there’s not enough to bring a felony charge?
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors declined to press a felony sexual assault charge against a member of the Saudi royal family because of insufficient evidence, a spokeswoman said Monday.
The district attorney forwarded the case against Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud to the city attorney for a possible misdemeanor charge, spokeswoman Jane Robison said.
Al-Saud, 29, was arrested Sept. 23 by Los Angeles police at a compound he was renting near Beverly Hills on suspicion of forced oral copulation with an adult.
Defense lawyer Alan Jackson said the decision not to press charges shows the accusations were unsubstantiated. He said the allegations were false and his client has repeatedly maintained his innocence.
“It became clear very quickly that the allegations were rooted in another motive, which was some kind of shakedown for money,” Jackson said.
There were four alleged victims and one did not cooperate with authorities, Robison said.