Princess's lawyer indicates incident is a labor dispute over wages and hours
Her attorney points out "there was no physical abuse, no physical restraint"
Meshael Alayban faces one felony count of human trafficking
Her alleged victim is a 30-year-old Kenyan woman who worked for her, police say
Police say the servant is
a 30-year-old woman, originally from Kenya, who managed to escape
Tuesday and flag down a bus. A passenger helped her contact the Irvine
Police Department.
Investigators say the
alleged victim had contracted to work with Alayban's family in Saudi
Arabia in March 2012. Her salary was set at $1,600 a month for working
eight hours a day, five days a week. But once she arrived in Saudi
Arabia, the servant says, her passport was taken from her. She also says
she was paid only $220 a month and forced to work 16 hours a day, seven
days a week.
Armed with a search
warrant, Irvine detectives and immigration and homeland security agents
later found the four other women in the condominium, a news release from
police and the Orange County District Attorney's Office says. Police
say all five women are in good health, and at this time, there are no
indications of physical abuse.
This is the first forced
labor human trafficking case to be prosecuted in Orange County under
California's Proposition 35, which passed in November and increased the
penalty for human trafficking.
Princess's lawyer indicates incident is a labor dispute over wages and hours
Her attorney points out "there was no physical abuse, no physical restraint"
Meshael Alayban faces one felony count of human trafficking
Her alleged victim is a 30-year-old Kenyan woman who worked for her, police say
Police say the servant is
a 30-year-old woman, originally from Kenya, who managed to escape
Tuesday and flag down a bus. A passenger helped her contact the Irvine
Police Department.
Investigators say the
alleged victim had contracted to work with Alayban's family in Saudi
Arabia in March 2012. Her salary was set at $1,600 a month for working
eight hours a day, five days a week. But once she arrived in Saudi
Arabia, the servant says, her passport was taken from her. She also says
she was paid only $220 a month and forced to work 16 hours a day, seven
days a week.
Armed with a search
warrant, Irvine detectives and immigration and homeland security agents
later found the four other women in the condominium, a news release from
police and the Orange County District Attorney's Office says. Police
say all five women are in good health, and at this time, there are no
indications of physical abuse.
This is the first forced
labor human trafficking case to be prosecuted in Orange County under
California's Proposition 35, which passed in November and increased the
penalty for human trafficking.
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