Lolita was allegedly taken from her home by a group of Saudi men after fleeing an abusive marriage.

When Lolita came to Australia in 2022, she was fleeing an older man she’d been forced to marry as a child in Saudi Arabia.

She told confidants she’d escaped a cycle of violence and sexual servitude so extreme it had repeatedly landed her in hospital.

But less than a year after her arrival, she vanished - last seen by a friend who claims he watched as she was taken from her apartment by a group of Saudi men in a black van.

Records show that Lolita, who is in her early 30s and goes by a single name, was put on a flight from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur in May 2023. From there, her lawyer believes she was returned to Saudi Arabia and detained.

But Lolita’s exact whereabouts and safety - or whether she is even alive - remain unknown.

  • circuscritic@lemmy.caEnglish
    25·
    3 months ago

    Well, that wasn’t included in the multiple insufferable Riyadh Season marketing and promo packages during last night’s fights.

    Hmmmm…you know, I’m starting to think that allowing Saudi Arabia to financially take over boxing and layer in their propaganda between every fucking fight on the card isn’t such a good idea.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      3 months ago

      Not just boxing. Golf and futbol are at least two others heavily influenced by Saudi money.

  • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    They literally named her Lolita and married her off as a child? That’s beyond fucked. Savages in control.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    They do this shit then try to have a good image by spending billions in hosting sports in the desert. Why not first try to be good humans? It’s even free…

          • jdnewmil@lemmy.caEnglish
            11·
            3 months ago

            I see discussion under blocked individuals using Connections. Maybe related to the client?

          • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
            56·
            3 months ago

            Well if you don’t want the bot, then you shouldn’t be worrying about the discussion they spawn. Pick one or the other.

            • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.comEnglish
              71·
              3 months ago

              No. If it’s found out that the author of the bot has some other hangup/problem, it’s worth discussing. And almost always will be beneath the bot itself. I’ve participated in other threads discussing the bots merits and the problems with this specific bot plenty of times already. Nothing wrong with that discussion. Just the bot is garbage. Artificially raises interactions on posts with no meaningful discussion or information.