Rosanna al-Yami was due to be flogged on Saturday for her association with the Lebanese broadcaster behind a July episode of talk show 'The Bold Red Line', in which a Saudi man boasted about his sex life.
Yami worked as a part-time co-ordinator on the show, but said she had nothing to do with the now infamous broadcast. The episode caused a huge stir in the conservative Saudi kingdom, a country in which dating and pre-marital sex are prohibited.
During the show, Mazen Abdel-Jawad, a 32-year-old Saudi divorcee, bragged about how he met women using his Bluetooth mobile phone. The programme also showed him in his Jeddah bedroom with a collection of sex aids and condoms.
'The Bold Red Line' is shown on the LBC channel, which broadcasts a range of western-style entertainment shows, and has a huge following in Saudi Arabia. The channel, which is owned by Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, had to close its offices in the country as a result of the furore over the broadcast.
King Abdullah ordered the referral of Yami's case to a government committee that oversees the media. She thanked the King for intervening in the case, telling Reuters: "I had nothing to do with Mazen Abdel-Jawad's show."
Abdel-Jawad was sentenced to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes earlier this year, while two friends of his who also appeared were each sent to jail for two years and given 300 lashes.
The cameraman who recorded the show was also sentenced to five months in jail.
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