Pasidena, CA, United States
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement A Mexican housekeeper claims a married couple paid coyotes to smuggle her into the United States, then held her captive for 6 years and put her to forced labor for more than 100 hours a week in their home. She seeks damages of $125,800 in back wages, and punitive damages for slavery.
Location
United States · Pasidena, CA · 2009 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Hernandez says she was rescued in 2008 by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the Attishas' gardener reported her situation to the authorities.
legal services
She represented by Michael Stimson and Andrew Dallman with Howrey of Irvine.
Stimson said the gardener saw how the Attishas were treating Hernandez and "told her it wasn't right." But Hernandez "didn't think there was anything she could do," Stimson said.
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