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And no… It’s not Atlanta “housewife” Kim Zolciak because Sweetie Hughes has already been freed…
[WATCH: Sweetie Speaks! She's not a Slave or a Thief! VIDEO]
But I digress…
The woman in question is from New York and lives in a 34-room, 30,000-square-foot mansion. Federal criminal charges have been filed against her after she was accused of keeping an illegal alien as her domestic servant in a “forced labor situation.” She made the immigrant work in her home for 17-hour days, seven days a week, and forced her ‘servant’ to live in a closet for almost six years!
And you thought slavery was dead! Details below…
A tip received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center forwarded to federal immigration agents last year, was investigated and the servant was removed from the 12-acre estate on the Mohawk River in Rexford, a hamlet 20 miles north of Albany.
Annie George, 39, and her now-deceased husband, Mathai Kolath George, hired an illegal immigrant, identified in legal documents as “V.M.,” from the Indian state of Kerala.
The immigrant was promised about $1,000 a month in wages to live in the family’s 34-room, 30,000-square-foot home, known as Llenroc mansion, which houses a helicopter pad, 15 fireplaces, marble flooring, 24-karat gold gilded ceilings and a glass elevator.
V.M. was tasked with taking care of the Georges’ four young children, along with performing household duties in the mansion located about 20 miles north of Albany.
Working 17-hour days, seven days a week, over the 67 months she was kept inside the George residence, V.M. averaged about 85 cents an hour.
Over the course of the 5 and a half years working for the George family, V.M. received only about $29,000.
The servant told federal agents that she received no personal or sick time while employed by the Georges, nor was she afforded any dental or medical treatment. She had to sleep in a closet in a bedroom shared by the family’s three daughters, the complaint alleges, because “Annie George required that V.M. be near the children at night.”
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted its own investigation and of course V.M. is entitled way more than the pennies she was paid.
Their investigation determined that the woman was “lawfully entitled” to a minimum of “approximately $206,000 for the entire approximate six years of V.M.’s work.”
Annie George, whose husband died in a plane crash in 2009, reportedly called V.M.’s son three times, suggesting he “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.”
However, V.M.’s son recorded the calls, which included a plea from Annie George, “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.”
Annie George appeared in court on Wednesday before a federal magistrate, facing charges of encouraging and inducing an illegal alien to reside in the U.S.
According to legal documents, the George estate has been put up for sale for a reported $30 million.
Are you shocked that slavery still exists in the United States?
Read more about this case at The Smoking Gun.
umm you mean 500 years not 50..although it’s an EASY mistake to make..we’re all slaves to the b.s
Im SO NOT surprized!..:@
Rich crazy bitch!
R …U….SERIOUS….WTH.
Slavery is alive and well in america look at the 13th amendment in the constatution
@Nancy what does it matter what the ethnicity or nationality is – WRONG IS WRONG.
You assumed everyone thought it was some white woman enslaving a black woman because the word SLAVERY was mentioned?
.. shakes head
If Annie George was a 105 yr old white woman, maybe, just maybe she wouldn’t know any better, but this lady is 39, she knew darn well this was wrong.
Indian people have a caste system just as bad as our nation’s slavery and jim crow system. Its nothing for an Indian of one caste to mistreat and abuse an Indian of another caste. Some castes are based on color while others are based on income. Basically the light skinned Indians look down on the dark skinned and the rich look down on the poor. Read up on the untouchables and unseeables. Read up on Darfur. Our poor chocolate afro-asian sisters and brothers are living in squalor and filth and told that the very sight of them is criminal. SMH
Sorry I meant DALIT not Darfur but hell, its the same inhumanity in both cases.
I want every one to know that this is an Indian woman,as in India,doing this to another Indian woman from the same region.
50 years ago?…lol. what idiot wrote this article?
Thanks @2beme!
I meant 150 years not 50. Actually when I do the math it’s 149 to be exact. (2012 – 1863). But y’all know slavery BEEN over.
u don’t have to be ritch or in a big city—in Georgia there are slaves right now due to human trafficking(i won’t comment on slave mentality) but it’s not that far from ur doorstep go to marietta, valdosta and other towns throughout the south-why do u think so many are being kidnapped, during big events, slavery doesn’t just mean making someone clean..
Slavery might be a push…was she locked up? Held at gunpoint? I dont know all the details here but it seems as though she could have left whenever she wanted to
^^was just about to say. Slavery is very much alive, just hidden. Estimates are that there are more people in slavery now than at any other point in history. human trafficking is a multibillion dollar a year industry, sex trafficking included.
Slavery it is….goes on daily around the country.
There is another side to this story that the U.S. media doesn’t report. The maid’s claims are far from the truth. She approached Annie George’s family through a pastor for help and a place to stay after running away from the U.N. family who employed her. George’s family agreed to have her stay with them and pay her for their toddler’s care. There were other maids including an American lady Nicole. In her words, VM only had to care for George’s youngest child while others cooked and cleaned. Nicole says VM had a comfortable life and spent almost the whole day watching TV and on the phone with her family and hardly did any work. VM went out for daily walks and could’ve easily gotten help. Annie’s friend Sophia from India who visited Annie, observed that VM slept on a king bed. Why would they have VM sleep in a closet when they had so many rooms? Why wouldn’t they hire anyone legally and pay the same for childcare? The only crime here is that they hired an illegal worker and may have paid below min wage. But we all know that it’s a common practice. Moreover, Annie could’ve assumed she has a visa considering she worked for a U.N. family. To accuse Annie of slavery and subject her to name calling and harsh criticism is unfortunate, especially after helping VM with a place to stay and a way to earn.
The salary calculation is actually funny because V.M. worked 17-hours per day for 67-month non-stop … amazing.
New York minimum wage $7.50 per hour
Daily wage equals $127.50 per day (7.50/hour x 17 hours = $127.50/day)
Monthly wage will in $3,825 per month ($127.50/day x 30 days = $3,825/month assuming 30-day period for a month).
Total salary is $256,275 for 67 months ($3,825/month x 67 months = $256,275.00) official government calculation from the DOHC? Ooops!!!
wow!!!! This must be a world record in New York state for someone worked for $7.50/hr minimum wage 17-hours a day continually for 67-months and earn over quarter of million dollars.
The 17 hours a day is probably the whole time the lady was awake that doesn’t mean she worked the whole time and doesn’t that include her meal, shower, tv, phone times? And where was rent expense for this lady? What about rest of the expenses like water, electricity, food, clothing, phone, tv etc?
In 1998 V.M. (Valsamma) entered in USA on G5 Non Immigrant Visa and worked as a servant at U.N. family in New York City until 2005 approximately 7-years and paid approximately $400/mo.
In 2005 V.M. left the U.N. family (and violated G5 Visa terms and stayed illegally in the USA) few months V.M. stayed with someone. (No investigation conducted why she left the UN family or what she was doing during this time stayed illegally in USA. There was no complaint was filed by the U.N. family regarding missing V.M.) It appears V.M. could make more money by working somewhere other than U.N. but she has no work permit to work anywhere else.
End of the year 2005, V.M. approached George’s family through a pastor for help and a place to stay after running away from the U.N. family who employed her. George’s family agreed to have her stay with them and support for their toddler’s care.
There were other workers at house including an American lady Nicole. In her words, VM only had to care for George’s youngest child while others cooked and cleaned. Nicole says VM had a comfortable life and spent almost the whole day watching TV and on the phone with her family and hardly did any work. V.M. received cash payments and sent money to India through Western Union. They were able to build a new house in Mumbai.
In June 2009, Mr. George died in an airplane crash along with the eldest child.
As the kids grew up and started going to school, Annie didn’t need the V.M. anymore. The kids preferred American food and the food prepared by the American servant. Annie, however, kept Valsamma for one more year. Relationship between Annie and V.M. been strained and increased distrust each other.
V.M. (Valsamma) recently got mad at Annie’s youngest kid and slapped the child’s hand. Another servant in the house, an American lady, on hearing, this told Valsamma that she was not supposed to beat kids, and threatened to call police. V.M. got really scared and called her son in India.
Later they complained against Annie to the Federal authorities. There is a law in the US which says that if an illegal immigrant is abused, the whole family would get the green card.
V.M. sons in Mumbai filed a complaint after consulting with their attorneys.
On April 27, 2011, Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) at Albany NY received a lead from The National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) based out Washington DC, report that a person V.M. was being kept in a forced labor situation at the home of Annie George.
On May 3, 2011 HSI Albany agents went to Annie’s home. After 1 hour 45 minutes after arrival, agents remove V.M. with her belongings (five fully packed bags) from Annie’s home.
When the agents arrived at the home, V.M. had five bags were pre-packed and she was full dressed with make-ups seem like ready to go for a vacation. Everything was seem like pre-planned, and it was a double trap for Annie.
What Annie George did to deserve this???? because she helped V.M.?? after the death of her husband and taking caring her four kids and managing the business her husband owned by herself… Readers you decide yourself…
This is slavery??? If you call this slavery this will be an insult to the real slaves suffered under substandard living conditions without pay and no human rights as compared to a lady enjoyed watching TV making thousands of minuets phone call to her sons in India while living in a mansion.
News media spiced up the story with titles like ‘slavery’, ‘captivity’, ‘forced labor’ “Wealthy Indian Women – which is a crime” “Million Dollar Manson, gold glided ceilings, helicopter pad, swimming pool all big crimes” .
“Crucify Annie because V.M. betrayed her”.
God is watching everything. “In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen”.