Profligate Bahraini prince wins Bollywood case


Issue 1073 - 24 Jan 2019 | 3 minute read

A claim against Sheikh Hamad Bin Isa Bin Ali Al-Khalifa for up to $14m in damages after he ended an arrangement for meetings with Bollywood film stars has been dismissed by the High Court in London. Egyptian national Ahmed Adel Abdallah Ahmed claimed Hamad had agreed to pay him $1.5m for each meeting with a list of 26 Bollywood actors, with a further bonus payment of $500,000 after every third such meeting.

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