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5th September 2004 Archive

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  • Sony exec handed $850,000 housekeeping bill

    Enslavement doesn't pay

    A Sony movie executive and his wife have been ordered to pay their former maid $850,000 to settle charges of enslavement and assault and battery. Nena Ruiz last week received the award from a Los Angeles jury, which decided the former housekeeper was entitled to back wages and punitive damages. The jury found that James Jackson …

    Bootnotes 5 Sep 2004, 19:03