Thread: Woman pleads guilty in Colo. slavery case

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Tuesday, May 9, 2006 · Last updated 1:07 p.m. PT

Woman pleads guilty in Colo. slavery case

By JON SARCHE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

DENVER -- A woman accused of keeping an Indonesian nanny as a virtual slave for four years pleaded guilty Tuesday to harboring an illegal immigrant.

Sarah Khonaizan, 35, faces a sentence ranging from probation to a year in prison and a fine of up to $20,000, attorneys said. In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of forced labor and document servitude.

Prosecutors and FBI agents accused Khonaizan and her husband, Homaidan Al-Turki, both citizens of Saudi Arabia, of hiding the woman's passport and forcing her to cook, clean and care for their five children in their suburban Aurora home.

She slept on a mattress on the basement floor and was paid less than $2 a day, the FBI said.

State prosecutors also alleged that Al-Turki sexually abused the woman repeatedly. He faces federal charges that include forced labor and harboring an illegal immigrant, and state charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.

Al-Turki, a linguist, worked at a Denver publishing and translating company and is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado.

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