Saudi Arabian Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Released From Prison As Saudi Corruption Probe Winds Down

Perez Hilton

January 27, 2018

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal sits for an interview with Reuters in the office of the suite where he has been detained at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia January 27, 2018, REUTERS/Katie Paul

Reuters: Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed released as corruption probe winds down

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was released from detention on Saturday, family sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption.

His release came hours after he told Reuters in an interview at Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton hotel that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be freed within days.

The terms of his release were not immediately clear, and Saudi officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

But the decision to free him, and the release of several other well-known tycoons on Friday, suggested the main part of the corruption probe was winding down after it sent shockwaves through Saudi Arabia’s business and political establishment.

“He has arrived home,” one source in Prince Alwaleed’s family told Reuters.

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WNU Editor: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has lost a lot of weight. This is a man who must have lived a very stressful life in the past two months.

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