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(from ABC affiliate in Texas)
Couple kept African girl as 'slave' until neighbors helped her escape
FORT WORTH -- A North Texas couple with direct ties to a political dynasty in Africa was in federal court on Thursday over allegations of forced labor, according to the family's attorney and court documents.
The affidavit filed with a federal DOJ complaint states that Mohamed Toure, 57, and Denise Cros-Toure, 57, got the victim, who could've been as young as five years old at the time and didn't speak English, to travel alone to Southlake from her home village in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa in January 2000 to work for the defendants.
Until the victim escaped in August 2016 with the help of former neighbors, she was forced to perform labor for long hours without pay, the documents state.
"The defendants required her to cook, clean, do the laundry, perform yard work, and paint, as well as care for their five children," the affidavit states. "Although the victim was close in age to the children, the defendants denied her access to schooling and the other opportunities afforded to their children."
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/l...til-neighbors-helped-her-escape/287-546139563
Slavery is still practiced, mostly in the Middle East, India, and Asia.
Couple kept African girl as 'slave' until neighbors helped her escape
FORT WORTH -- A North Texas couple with direct ties to a political dynasty in Africa was in federal court on Thursday over allegations of forced labor, according to the family's attorney and court documents.
The affidavit filed with a federal DOJ complaint states that Mohamed Toure, 57, and Denise Cros-Toure, 57, got the victim, who could've been as young as five years old at the time and didn't speak English, to travel alone to Southlake from her home village in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa in January 2000 to work for the defendants.
Until the victim escaped in August 2016 with the help of former neighbors, she was forced to perform labor for long hours without pay, the documents state.
"The defendants required her to cook, clean, do the laundry, perform yard work, and paint, as well as care for their five children," the affidavit states. "Although the victim was close in age to the children, the defendants denied her access to schooling and the other opportunities afforded to their children."
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/l...til-neighbors-helped-her-escape/287-546139563
Slavery is still practiced, mostly in the Middle East, India, and Asia.