Lisa Bloom has called for Dubai's ruler and his horse to be excluded from the Kentucky Derby this year in protest over him allegedly holding his adult daughter captive.
Bloom announced on Monday that she had filed a complaint demanding that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum not be allowed to enter his horse Royal Marine in this year's race.
In 2018, his 33-year-old daughter, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, tried to escape Dubai on a boat but was captured days later and has been being held, allegedly against her will, in the UAE ever since.
She has not been seen publicly since the incident but her family has released photographs of her which they say prove she is living happily and healthily.
Lisa Bloom announced on Monday that she had filed a complaint demanding that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum (right) and his horse be excluded from the Kentucky Derby
Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, 33, has not been seen publicly since trying to escape Dubai last March and being brought back to her family
Bloom maintains that she is being held against her will.
On Monday, she said the US should exclude Sheik Mohammed in protest and as a sign that it cares about women's rights.
'For over a year, the monarch of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, has brazenly and openly held hostage his adult daughter, Princess Latifa, whose only “crime” was her attempt to escape him and live life on her own terms,' Bloom said in a press release.
'It is time to end business as usual in the United States for Sheikh Mohammed. He operates horseracing farms in Kentucky, called Godolphin. He has had ten horses race in the Kentucky Derby, and his horse Royal Marine may run in this year’s May 4 race. He also
