MANAMA: Distant cousin of Bahrain's king, Sheikh Hamad Isa Al al-Khalifa, who is all set to star in a drama to be played out at the High Court in London early next year, is being sued by an Egyptian businessman. Ahmed Adel Abdullah Ahmed, who has sued Hamad for $42.6 million said he had agreed to pay the amount to meet Bollywood stars, including Shah Rukh Khan.
Ahmed said he conducted two meetings with the sheikh in Bahrain in 2015, followed by a telephone conversation in London, in 2016. He states that the Sheikh agreed that he would act as the Bahraini's exclusive agent, arranging for him to meet with several B-Town actors. The court claim states that the deal was that Hamad would spend between 15 and 25 minutes with his various idols, paying Ahmed an arrangement fee of $1.5 million per meeting, with a bonus of $500,000 for every third meeting.
The sheikh has attempted to shift the dispute from London to Bahrain, however, Justice Cooke said “the action must be allowed to continue in this jurisdiction.”
