Sabrine innocent of embezzlement

Published January 8th, 2006 - 12:57 GMT

 A court in Old Egypt has declared prominent resigned actress Sabrine innocent of embezzlement from the Cairo – Saudi Bank. The court also found the actress innocent of fraud.

 

The court has accused a bank employee of fraud and ordered him to undergo a handwriting exam to verify that he was the one who wrote the check in Sabrine’s name. The bank had discovered that a check for 219 thousand Egyptian pounds was written in Sabrine’s name to be taken from her account.

 

It was also revealed that the bank employee had conspired with Sabrine’s ex-husband to steal her money.

 

Sabrine had returned to the spotlight during the holy month of Ramadan in the social and religious program  ‘With Sabrine” on Abu Dhabi Satellite channel.

 

Recently Sabrine made her first public appearance since her resignation on Egyptian television. The actress was guest of honor on the popular show “Al Bait Baitak” during its special dedication to the thirty-year anniversary of the death of Egypt’s legendary singer Umm Kalthoum.


Sabrine was invited to appear on the show after the success of the drama she starred in portraying the life of Umm Kalthoum. The television drama was the highlight of Sabrine’s acting career, bringing her tremendous success and making her known throughout the Arab world.


The actress had played the role of Umm Kalthoum to perfection astonishing everyone who watched the drama. The singer had announced her resignation right after she completed the drama and had refused to appear in any public occasion.