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N.Y. millionaire gets prison for enslaving workers
From Yahoo! News*:
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.
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The victims testified that they were beaten with brooms and umbrellas, slashed with knives, and forced to climb stairs and take freezing showers as punishment. One victim was forced to eat dozens of chili peppers against her will, and then was forced to eat her own vomit when she couldn’t keep the peppers down, prosecutors said.
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“I just want to say that I love my children very much,” the defendant [Varsha Mahender Sabhnani] told the court as two of her grown children looked on. “I was brought to this Earth to help people who are in need.”
Hot Tip: if you want to “help people in need”, and find yourself force-feeding said people their own vomit, you are probably doing something wrong.
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