7/31/18 UPDATE: Beginning yesterday afternoon, TSG has been the target of a massive denial-of-service attack intended to leave the site unavailable for legitimate visitors. Launched from numerous international locales, the attack has swamped our servers with more than 300 million requests--each of which has targeted a single story we published in October 2009.
That piece, which we have reprinted below, details the arrest of a United Arab Emirates sheikh for the sexual assault of a housekeeper at a Minnesota hotel. Intermediaries for Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, the 62-year-old leader of Ras al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates comprising the UAE, have previously asked TSG to delete the story. Those requests were denied.
OCTOBER 7--The Middle Eastern leader set to host the upcoming America's Cup yacht race was once arrested for sexually assaulting a housekeeper at a luxury hotel adjacent to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
The previously unreported bust of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, 53, occurred in June 2005, according to Rochester Police Department documents[1]. The sheikh is the crown prince and effective ruler of Ras al-Khaimah, one of the seven emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which includes Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
About nine months after the sheikh's arrest, prosecutors declined to pursue the case "due to a lack of probable cause," according to police records. The prosecutor's file 
on the case has been purged, and only a computer entry noting that "prosecution declined" remains, according to an Olmsted County Attorney employee. One investigator involved in the case told TSG that they believed Sheikh Saud's status as a head of state--not to mention his UAE domicile--played a role in charges not being pursued.
The sheikh, pictured above in