11 July 2013 Last updated at 22:21 ET

Saudi princess Meshael Alayban charged with trafficking

Meshael Alayban did not enter a plea in her first court appearance on Thursday


A woman described as a Saudi princess has been arrested in California and accused of human trafficking.
Meshael Alayban, 42, is accused of forcing a Kenyan woman to work 16 hours a day while paying her far less than what she was originally promised.
Authorities say Ms Alayban took the woman's passport, precluding her escape. Her lawyer called the case a dispute over work hours.
In November, California voters toughened human trafficking penalties.
If convicted, Ms Alayban faces a maximum sentence of 12 years in prison, double the punishment prescribed before voters approved the law known as Proposition 35.
Prosecutors say she is one of six wives of Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, a scion of the Saudi royal family.


Ms Alayban did not enter a plea in her first court appearance on Thursday. She was released on $5m bail shortly after the hearing but was ordered to surrender her passport and to wear a GPS tracking device.
Prosecutors had asked a judge for bail to be set at $20m or denied entirely, given Ms Alayban's wealth.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23282168

Pretty unusual, not very often that Saudi royalty go behind bars in the US of A.