Immigrant Millionaire Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Jail for Enslaving and Torturing Her Female Maids

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
June 27, 2008

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/310/immigrant-millionaire-woman-sentenced-to-11-years

Excerpt:

Sometimes justice is served.

Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Spatt, sentenced 46 year-old Varsha Sabhnani, a millionaire who enslaved and tortured two Indonesian female maids in her Muttontown, Long Island mansion, to 11 years in jail. Her husband, Mahender, will receive a lesser jail term today. One maid, Samirah, arrived in 2002, the second maid, Enung, arrived in 2005. Their passports were immediately confiscated and they became "virtual slaves."

The couple own a world wide perfume business and have both been convicted of "forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and harboring aliens." According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Lesko, "This did not happen in the 1800s. This happened in the 21st century." You may see the Sabhnanis, their children, (who claim that no abuse occurred), their lawyer–and the demonstration organized by domestic workers on video. HERE

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