State Department official says member of UAE royal family reportedly detained . Investigation continuing after videotape shows sheikh torturing grain merchant . As the grain dealer pleads and whimpers , he is beaten with a nailed board , burned in the genitals with a cigarette lighter , shocked with a cattle prod and led to believe he would be shot . U.S. emerged Saturday in federal civil lawsuit filed in the United States . the United States senior officials say case is holding up a U.S. nuclear deal with the Abu Dhabi .
State Department official says member of UAE royal family reportedly detained . Investigation continuing after videotape shows sheikh torturing grain merchant . U.S. emerged Saturday in federal civil lawsuit filed in the United States . the United States senior officials say case is holding up a U.S. nuclear deal with the Abu Dhabi .