The sheikh, the salesgirl and the £140m divorce

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Independent
By John Hiscock in Los Angeles
09 November 2004


Seeking a happy ending to what began as a fairy-tale romance, a former London salesgirl has put her £140m divorce settlement from an Arab sheikh up for sale to anyone who can collect it.

The incredible story, which involves the Saudi royal family, a desert kingdom and a vast fortune, began when Italian-born Diana Bilinelli was 16 and working in a shop in Piccadilly Circus. Sheikh Mohammed al-Fassi pulled up in his black Rolls-Royce and asked to meet her. They were married a year later in Saudi Arabia and moved into a mansion in Beverly Hills........................

The marriage ended when the sheikh invoked Saudi law to take two more wives.A California Supreme Court judge awarded Ms Bilinelli half her husband's assets, which included homes in Miami Beach, London and Spain; two Boeing 707 jets; 36 cars; an £8m yacht; 26 horses; and a private zoo, estimated at a total of £140m.

But she has been unable to collect the money because the sheikh, who died in 2002 of an infected hernia, claimed he had transferred all his assetsto members of the Saudi royal family, principallyKing Fahd's brother, Prince Turki.So now Miss Bilinelli, who lives in Vicenza, Italy, has put the settlement up for sale to anyone who may able to collect it.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=580944

TIME for a reprieve for Afghani mercenaries JONATHAN IDEMA and EDWARD CARABALLO, jailed for bounty-hunting Osama in Kabul in September???????

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1. a shame...time to find another rich man, i guess

lol