The charges in the case centered on a conspiracy to anonymously distribute a grainy, fabricated video on Twitter, depicting Yousuf Al-Mutawa, the head of the Kuwait Constitutional Court, accepting bribes. This was substantiated by WhatsApp phone records acquired by the court. The Kuwaiti Criminal Court’s proceedings, as detailed in a 122-page judgment and reported by the Associated Press, culminated in the conviction of several individuals, including Hamad Ahmed Al-Haroun, who was sentenced in absentia to 10 years imprisonment on May 30, 2016. Key figures in the case also included members of the Al Sabah ruling family:
Athbi Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Ahmed Al-Dawood Al-Sabah, and Khalifa Ali Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah. Each of them received a 5-year prison sentence. Despite what the asylum tribunal described as credible evidence regarding his alleged crimes, Hamad Al-Haroun was granted asylum in the United Kingdom. The tribunal justified this by recognizing that his actions were politically motivated and directly related to his political beliefs. Furthermore, the court acquitted several other defendants in the same case. These included Yousif Shamlan Al-Essa, Fawaz Abdullah Al-Sabah, Ahmed Sayyar Al-Anzi, Mohammed Abdulqader Al-Jassim, Meshari Nasser Buyabes, and Jirah Mohammed Al-Zafiri. == Name ==