Abdulaziz aive shamwari dzepedyo uye akashanda naJamal Khashoggi - mutsigiri weSaudi uye mutori wenhau we "The Washington Post" - pazvirongwa zvakasiyana mushure mekunge Khashoggi asiya humambo kuti ararame mukutapwa muna 2017. Muna 2018 nhare yaAbdulaziz yakabiwa uye hurukuro dzake naKhashoggi dzakanzwikwa. Khashoggi akazourayiwa neSaudi Arabia
. Vakoma vaviri vaAbdulaziz neshamwari dzinoverengeka vakasungwa mudzimba dzavo muSaudi Arabia nemhaka yehukama hwavo naye.