Saudi Princess Gets Away With Keeping Slaves – California Judge Drops All Charges

[TalkingDog]

http://politicalblindspot.com/saudi-princess-gets-away-with-keeping-slaves-california-judge-drops-all-charges/


Meshael was arrested and accused of keeping a Kenyan slave as a prisoner in her California home. In addition to this Kenyan woman who Meshael enslaved, police say that when they searched Alayban’s home, they discovered four more women from the Philippines who were being kept as slaves. She argued that this wasn’t “slavery” since she paid them $220 a week, for 16 hour work days, 7 days a week. That breaks down to not even $2 an hour. In other words, that fits the legal definition of slavery. As well, her accuser says that Alayban would not allow her to leave the house. $1 or no $1, that’s slavery.

Meshael Alayban says, however, that the slavery wasn’t bad because she let them use the pool and get on Facebook. You simply can’t things this crazy up. Apparently her excuses sounded pretty good to the Santa Ana judge who set her free.

Meshael is very happy now that she is free to enslave more African women.

[Jefferson23]

1. Saudi justice is like no other. n/t

[TalkingDog]

2. Obviously neither is American Justice, since she was charged and released in California.

n/t

[Jefferson23]

4. It's the same, is what I meant...doesn't matter that it happened here. n/t

[TalkingDog]

5. Yep. Money and power talk. The rest of us can go DIAF.

n/t

[Junkdrawer]

3. I, for one, welcome our new Saudi Overlords....

[malaise]

6. Has she been deported?

I mean WTF!!

[Junkdrawer]

7. Clearly, you missed the part where she's a Saudi Princess....

excusable this time, but do be more careful in the future.



















<- Poe's Law

[malaise]

8. ROFL

[JCMach1]

9. Some judge will enjoy dropping by Geneva on holiday to visit his new numbered account

could it be more obvious?

[Autumn]

10. Someone needs to check that judges bank account.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. The question is what would have happened if they'd tried to leave.

Employing people under appalling conditions *isn't* slavery, or even morally equivalent to slavery, if you're only offering carrots, not sticks, and you won't do anything if they choose not to work under those conditions.

But if she's not letting them leave the house, that sounds like it may well be slavery.