A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the convictions of a suburban New York couple accused of enslaving two Indonesian housekeepers, finding they received a fair trial in a case that put a spotlight on domestic worker abuse in America.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected arguments by attorneys for Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani that sought to overturn their forced-labor convictions. It also ordered a recalculation of restitution requiring each of them to pay $936,546 to their victims. The appeals court found that the lower court judge erred in awarding overtime pay.
Varsha Sabhnani's lawyer had argued that prejudicial publicity …
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