They remind me somewhat of those Taiwanese news vids.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326969/Prince-Jefri-Brunei-wants-sex-statues-barred-NY-courtroom.html
The kinky, narcissistic spending of a flamboyant prince has been revealed in a New York courtroom. This week the younger brother of the Sultan of Brunei fought to keep photos of the almost $1million (£617,000) pornographic statues depicting himself in various sexual positions with a fiancee away from jurors in his upcoming civil trial against former advisers.
Prince Prince Jefri Bolkiah, 56, immortalized his bedroom antics with Micha Raines in life-sized bronze sculptures he had commissioned for his Long Island estate Sunninghill.
Jefri has 17 children by seven women. And he has a harem. His harem was first detailed in 1997 by former Miss USA Shannon Marketic when she sued the prince and the sultan for holding her against her will as a sex slave in Brunei at his 1,788-room place.
Her lawsuit claimed she and other young women were lured to be sex slaves after traveling there under false pretenses. After arriving in Brunei, she said, they had their passports confiscated and were checked for sexually transmitted diseases. The suit was dismissed.
Earlier this year Jillian Lauren, published a memoir 'Some Girls' detailing her 18 months in the harem as one of Jefri's 40 girlfriends, showered with jewelry, designer clothes and bags stuffed with cash.
Jefri, known for his spending habits, was accused of embezzling $14.8billion from the tiny, oil-rich Brunei, a charge he denied. His purchases over the years have included 600 properties, over 2000 cars, over 100 paintings, five boats, nine aircraft including an Airbus, rugs made of gold, and even a mega-yacht he christened 'Tits'.
The polo-playing prince is known for his spending. In the 90s he bought the carpet seen here, made from solid gold threads and 25,000 precious stones
In 2000 he agreed to turn over his personal holdings to the government in return for avoiding criminal prosecution. But he was accused of hiding assest this Auguest when he allegedly sold hundreds of millions of pounds worth of diamonds in secret.
But it's the statues that have captured attention this week.
On Thursday a Judge Ira Gammerman issued a gag order to everyone involved in the real estate trial. The prince's lawyer, Jeff Stewart, had complained about his opposing lawyer, Mark Cymrot, the New York Daily News reports. 'He passed out photographs [of the erotic statues] in the hallway,' Stewart alleged. Remarkably, considering their cost, the statues bear little resemblance to Jefri. Sculptor J.
Seward Johnson Jr claims he was unaware the private commission came from Prince Jefri.
'The sculptures were a commission specifically featuring positions of the ancient public domain Kama Sutra,' his spokesman told The Daily Beast. 'Artists models were used and there was no reference to any collector, buyer, or other individual in the making of the pieces. The project was commissioned anonymously via a holding company and the sculptor was not told the identity of the buyer.' Jefri was reportedly upset when the statue lacked a mustache and some fixes were ordered, the Daily Beast added.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326969/Prince-Jefri-Brunei-wants-sex-statues-barred-NY-courtroom.html



