[4] In August 2013, Sheikh Khalid abruptly left the U.S. "after his yellow Ferrari was caught on camera racing through Beverly Hills," Los Angeles.
"[8][9][10] A U.S. federal lawsuit was filed in the commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2020 by former staffers of Al Thani accusing him of rape, assault, kidnapping, and murder of rivals.
Among the crimes he was accused of was ordering the murder of the owner of the American Drag Racing League as well as beating his wife’s driver to death.
[11][12] In documents filed at a court in Boston, the Qatari royal was accused of exploiting and torturing migrant workers at his residence in Doha.
[13] One of the plaintiffs, Terry Hope, said he witnessed Sheikh Khalid beat to death an Indian national who was employed as his wife’s driver because the victim was late in picking her up after a Doha shopping spree.