Prosecutors: Woman brought to US as nanny treated like slave
Source: Associated Press
WOODBURY, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman is charged with beating and starving a woman she brought from China to work as a nanny, holding her in a state of "slavery or indentured servitude," a prosecutor said.
Lili Huang, 35, of Woodbury is charged in Washington County with five felony counts, including labor trafficking, false imprisonment and assault. Huang remains in jail after making her initial court appearance Friday, the Star Tribune reported.
The 58-year-old woman, who is not named in the complaint, arrived in the U.S. on a visa in late March. According to the complaint, the nanny was forced to work up to 18 hours a day doing child care, cooking and cleaning. Police calculate her pay at about $1.80 an hour, but she apparently did not receive any of it.
The woman recently was found wandering in the street, her eyes blackened. A hospital exam found she had many broken bones.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prosecutors-Woman-brought-to-US-as-nanny-treated-8382322.php