A Saudi princess told her bodyguard to kill a Parisian decorating her flat after accusing him of taking pictures of her.
“You have to kill this dog, he doesn’t deserve to live,” the princess told her bodyguard, according to Le Point. She then ordered her bodyguards to beat the decorator, had him tied and then made the man kiss her feet.
The unnamed multi-millionaire, who is said to be related to the late King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, allegedly attacked the man in the French capital earlier this summer. He had arrived at the property in Avenue Foch — a prestigious road that runs off the Arc de Triomphe to carry out some basic decorating.
But when the Saudi princess saw the workman taking photographs on his smart phone camera, she accused him of wanting to sell them to the media. She then ordered her bodyguards to beat him, had him tied and then made the man kiss her feet.
The decorator was in the flat for four hours before he was kicked out and told to “never return” to the area. He reported the incident to the police and asked for the equivalent of some 16,000 pounds for his work at the flat and for his tools to be returned. According to Le Point, he had bruises on his head as a result of the attack, which he reported to the police.
The incident could have repercussions for the Saudi royal family. Not only is the country a massive market for French arms sales but some of the most prestigious real estate in France is owned by Saudi citizens. Unlike French security guards, their protection staff are allowed to carry guns since the two countries share friendly diplomatic relations.
In August, a Saudi princess was attacked in central Paris and robbed of her £850,000 Swiss watch.
But there have been a string of allegations of abusive behavior by Saudi royals abroad.
Last October, it emerged that a Saudi prince faced allegations of a having sexual relationship with a male aide, taking cocaine and threatening to kill women who refused his advances - as well as sexually assaulting a maid at his Beverly Hills mansion.
Among the most infamous was the 2009 conviction of Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz for the sexually motivated killing of his Sudanese manservant Bandar Abdulaziz.
The prince, 36, subjected Bandar to a prolonged campaign of violence and sexual abuse before beating him to death in a suite at London's Landmark Hotel.
Sentenced to life imprisonment by the Old Bailey court in the British capital, he was deported to Saudi Arabia in 2013 under the terms of a prisoner exchange deal and was incarcerated in a Saudi jail.
