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#843421 - 07/17/08 09:22 AM
Rochester man sues Arab sheik over beating
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newsman38
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Rochester native sues Arab sheik over beating in Switzerland
A Rochester native has filed a civil lawsuit against an Arab sheik who was convicted of beating him in the bar of a posh hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Diego, Calif., Silvano D. Orsi asks for an unspecified monetary amount from Sheik Falah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for past, present and future physical pain and suffering, mental anguish and loss of earning capacity.
A police tribunal last month convicted the sheik, a member of the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates, of inflicting "bodily harm with the use of a dangerous object" and ordered him to pay a fine of $9,820 for whipping Orsi with a belt at Hotel La Reserve on Aug. 19, 2003.
Orsi, 40, who lives in Gates, was an officer of a telecommunications company in Geneva. He said the sheik attacked him after he refused a bottle of champagne and the sheik's romantic advances.
Orsi said he is disabled by injuries he suffered in the attack, which include nerve damage, a herniated disc and post traumatic stress disorder.
The lawsuit was filed in California because the sheik owns a home there and frequently travels to it, said Orsi's lawyer, Anthony G. Buzbee of Galveston, Tex. Buzbee also represents a Texas businessman who advised the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates. Bassam Nablusi claims he was imprisoned and tortured in an attempt to get back videotapes allegedly showing the brother of Sheik Falah beating and torturing employees and people with whom he had business dealings.
"They don't recognize the rule of law because in their country, they are the law," Buzbee said.
The embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington, D.C. didn't respond to a request for comment.
Michael Zeigler • Staff writer • July 17, 2008
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