RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi lawyer says a female journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.

Rozanna al-Yami is believed to be the first Saudi woman journalist to be given such a punishment. The charges against her include involvement in the preparation of the program and advertising the segment on the Internet.

In the program, aired on a Lebanese satellite channel, Mazen Abdul-Jawad, scandalized Saudis by describing an active sex life.

His lawyer, Sulaiman al-Jumeii, told The Associated Press Saturday that not trying al-Yami before a court specialized in media matters at the Information Ministry is a violation of Saudi law.

Abdul-Jawad received five years in jail and 1,000 lashes.