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Trafficking charges against Saudi princess dismissed

SANTA ANA, Calif.ﷺ — A human-trafficking case against a Saudi princess in California has been dismissed💎.

The surprise announcement came Friday as 42-year-old Meshael Alayban was to have been arraigned in Orange County Superior Court on a cha🐟rge that could have brought as many as 12 years in prison upon conviction.

The charge was filed this summer after a Kenyan maid alleged the princess had taken away her passport and forced her to work long hours 🅷without pay.

Prosecutors now say further investigation did not corroborate 🉐the allegations.