While I fully agree that something of this nature would likely be covered up to protect the institution if it happened in the UK, or an impoverished former colony like Afghanistan - my first thought is that, if he was dumb enough to pull the same
tit in California (and we know how dumb he is), he may have finally located a jurisdiction where the BRF don't have the power to influence prosecutors even if they want to. Not saying that kind of corruption isn't possible in America, but depending upon the crime/ victim/ political interests at stake... the Royals wouldn't have the sway to force the matter if it really came to it, and authorities were determined to push ahead with charges.
I'm also not saying they *necessarily* would in the UK, but let's face it - they have a lot more influence there, obviously.
This would certainly explain the sudden palace lawyering up, if true.
Hazno might be even more of a colossal scumbag than even I credited him with, and the royals see unprecedented storm clouds on the horizon. I won't lie - if this
is true, I hope they hit him with the max sentence and he's the first royal to die in a foreign prison. I have not a smidgen of compassion for sexual predators of any class, creed, or color. I just hope it's not true for the sake of the woman/women in question.