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Tanuki

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Wed Nov 19, 2025, 10:57 AM Wednesday

Saudi Prince MBS is also a brutal wife-beater [View all]

No surprise there. This was reported in 2018, when the Saudi crown prince visited during the rapist-in-chief's first term:

https://www.gulfinstitute.org/2018/03/16/reports-of-saudi-crown-princes-domestic-violence-emerge/

"Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, who is scheduled to arrive to the United States tomorrow, has severely beaten his wife leading to her hospitalization, multiple and unrelated sources told the Gulf Institute.
News of Bin Salman’s – also known as MBS – physically abusing of his wife have emerged ahead of his March 20th meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, which has been engulfed in its own turbulence after domestic violence complaints led to the departure of several senior advisors. Reports of wife beatings will certainly cast doubt on MBS’ promoted image as a women’s rights champion and reformer, and challenge the credibility of his American official and media supporters.

The Gulf Institute first learned of MBS’ domestic violence abuses from a member of the Saudi ruling family and Bin Salman’s first cousin. The prince has requested anonymity citing security concerns. We are giving him the name Khalid instead of his real name. Khalid shared the information with the Gulf Institute through a known intermediary.



According to Khalid, MBS’ wife Sara bint Mashhour bin AbdulAziz AlSaud, who is also his and Khalid’s first cousin, has endured frequent beatings and hospitalizations since she wed MBS on April 6th, 2008. The couple has four children together.

MBS’ history of violence toward his wife has been corroborated by several and separate sources. Mark Young, a British citizen who worked as a Royal Protection Officer for the upper echelons of the Saudi Ruling family for 15 years, confirmed the reports of Sara’s beatings and hospitalizations."... (more)

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