I don't keep slaves - BUT - I do threaten them & make them live in the closet [View all]

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Mansion servant enslaved by uber-rich New York family for nearly six years


Annie George, 39, of Rexford, is accused of inducing a woman from India to reside in the country and confining her at the mansion for nearly three years, a federal criminal complaint alleges.

The woman — identified only as "V.M." — worked from dawn to late in the evening seven days a week, cooking and cleaning and caring for George's six children, the complaint said. She is entitled to more than $200,000, but was paid far less and was forced to live in a closet, authorities said.

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George spoke three times with the woman’s son in India. During one telephone call, George suggested that the “son tell his mother to tell authorities that she was a relative of George’s family and was only staying at George’s house as a guest.”

During the conversation, which the son recorded, George warned, “if she says anything about working, it would become a big crime. They’ll start adding up all the taxes and everything, for all the time.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/wealthy-woman-abuses-maid-658213
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/No-fairy-tale-life-within-walls-3373942.php