• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Sony VP to pay fine for slavery

Status
Not open for further replies.
S

Shogmaster

Member
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2004Sep/gee20040907026806.htm

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2777734

posted 12:27pm EST Tue Sep 07 2004 - submitted by Joshua
NEWS


James Jackson, vice president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment, and his wife have been fined for involuntary servitude (a.k.a. slavery), false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, negligence, and fraud. A jury in a civil court in Los Angeles ordered the couple to pay their housekeeper, Nena Ruiz, US$850,000 in back wages and damages.

The Jacksons paid Ruiz, a Filipino immigrant, only $300 for a full year's work in their home, and they also took her passport away and threatened to turn her over to immigration officials. She was forced to eat leftovers and sleep in a dog's bed, and Jackson's wife allegedly slapped Ruiz repeatedly.

The couple filed for bankruptcy right before the trial began, and they have said that they will be appealing the decision. However, the U.S. Attorney's office is invesitgating possible criminal and civil rights violations, and Sony has suspended Jackson and will probably fire him.
Click to expand...
 
W

Willco

Hollywood Square
I have one thing to say to this guy (and his wife)...

spicoli.jpg
 
D

Dagless M.D.

Member
The really bad thing about this is how they seem to have done it for kicks. I wish they would have gotten jailtime, but there was zero chance of that
 
T

Tommie Hu$tle

Member
Shogmaster said:
The ironic part is that this guy is Sony Picture's legal affairs VP. @_o

You'd think he'd know better.....
Click to expand...


Better not d/l a movie on Kazza that's jail time. Slavery...meh will give you a fine. Even Rick James went to jail for false imprisonment
 
B

bionic77

Member
Slick_Advanced said:
Better not d/l a movie on Kazza that's jail time. Slavery...meh will give you a fine. Even Rick James went to jail for false imprisonment
Click to expand...

Yeah that is what upset me about this, a fucking FINE for slavery? Something is just not kosher about that.......
 
O

olimario

Banned
That's disgusting...
But what's even worse is that she had a better life eating leftovers and sleeping in a dog's bed than a lot of people in this world. How sad.
 
S

sc0la

Unconfirmed Member
DarthWufei said:
I demand some damage control.
Click to expand...

Undocumented workers are always taking advantage of our country/state/services. We are never taking advantage of them.
 
J

Joe

Member
and right after they settled a lawsuit because they made up fake critics to give their movies good reviews...GOOO SONY PICTURES!
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

  • Locked
Ex Sony exec slave master?
1
487
Hitokage replied
Top Bottom