Saudi Arabia: Mohammed bin Salman involved in US lawsuit
Crown Prince Mohamed Ben Salman and Mohamed Ben Nayef in 2017. BANDAR AL-JALOUD Saudi Royal Palace / AFP / File
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Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salman is indirectly targeted by a complaint in the United States.
This procedure highlights the disappearance of his cousin and ex-rival Mohamed Ben Nayef and the rivalries within the Saudi kingdom.
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Just a year ago, a Saudi businessman, Nader Turki Aldossari, filed a lawsuit against Mohammed Ben Nayef, a member of the Saudi royal family once expected to ascend the throne.
The case concerns an oil contract that has not been honored and is being taken to court in the United States because the plaintiff's son is a United States citizen.
Amended complaint
But how to bring Mohammed Ben Nayef before a court, when he was arrested a few months earlier?
The complaint is then amended by including the name of Mohammed Ben Salman, the crown prince, since it is he who would have ordered the placing under house arrest of his cousin, Prince Ben Nayef, and who prevents him from meeting his obligations. judicial.
Mystery of the fate of Mohammed Ben Nayef
Finally, last May American justice rejected the businessman's complaint, but the mystery remains on the fate of Mohammed Ben Nayef.
Sidelined because he embarrassed Mohammed Ben Salman.
The crown prince, already suspected of being involved in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi does not hesitate to silence his rivals or opponents, whatever the means.
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See also: Khashoggi affair: Washington asks Riyadh to dismantle the unit responsible for the murder
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