US Talent Agency Gives Back $400Mln Of Riyadh's Investment Due To Khashoggi Case - Reports

WASHINGTON (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 10th March, 2019) Hollywood-based talent agency Endeavor has finished the return of $400-million investment back to Saudi Arabian public investment fund, fulfilling earlier promise to break off relations with Riyadh after the assassination of Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the New York Times reported.

In October, the newspaper reported that Endeavor co-CEO Ari Emanuel had promised privately to Saudi officials to return the investment after the news of Khashoggi's murder emerged.

According to the newspaper, Emanuel managed to collect funding from other investors to make up for the void left by the return of Riyadh's money.

Khashoggi went missing on October 2, 2018, after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Riyadh initially denied any knowledge of his whereabouts, but later admitted that the journalist was killed with a drug injection before his body was dismembered and taken out of the consulate.

Many US lawmakers have said they believe that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman ordered the killing. Saudi authorities have charged 11 people with Khashoggi's murder but have denied any involvement by the royal family.