‘Racy video’ case adjourned to April 23

The second hearing into the so-called dirty dancing video which reportedly depicts a top UAE sport celebrity at a wedding last month was held in closed session at Khor Fakkan court yesterday morning.

Lawyers and relatives of the 10 suspects met with the judge during a closed session for almost 15 minutes to discuss sensitive issues. The hearing was postponed until April 23.

Sport personality Khalid Hurriyah, a Sharjah businessman and former chairman of the UAE Fans Association football team denied all charges against him as did other suspects.

Only one woman from Comoros Island remains at large, while the other 10 people were located by police and referred to public prosecution.

The session was presided over by judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Zarouni.

During the last hearing, the court heard one suspect who was originally believed to be a woman, but was in fact a man dressed like a woman. The suspect is shown in a video dancing with a man believed to be Hurriyah, but the latter’s identity has not been verified in court.

The public prosecution ruled out that the owner of the house from the case denied his knowledge of the incident, and that the presence of the dancers and the whole wedding was entrusted to one of his sons.

The video, which spread on social media in midMarch, depicts men dancing with women in a questionable way during a wedding party of a family member of a famous TV broadcaster in Khor Fakkan.