A Saudi court sentenced a female journalist Saturday to 60 lashes for her work on a controversial Arabic-language TV show that aired an episode in which a man bragged about his sex life, according to reports.
Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14 on "A Thick Red Line."
That episode caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, where Shariah law is practiced. Premarital sex is illegal, and unrelated men and women are not permitted to mingle.
Journalist Rosanna Al-Yami, who has assisted in producing other segments for the program, was not involved in setting up the episode in which Abdul Jawad appeared.
The court in Jeddah also imposed a two-year travel ban on Al-Yami, which will prevent her from traveling outside Saudi Arabia.
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