Chilean nanny alleges NYC couple kept her a virtual slave
Source: UPI
Chilean nanny alleges NYC couple kept her a virtual slave
Published: June 16, 2013 at 10:24 PM
NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- A nanny from Chile is suing her New York employers, alleging the couple kept her locked in a room with their three children, who abused her physically.
In a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Felicitas del Carmen Villanueva Garnica, 50, claims Malu Custer Edwards and Micky Hurley brought her to the United States in December 2010 "under false pretenses and for the purpose of unlawfully compelling her to care for their young children," the New York Post reported Sunday.
She alleges she endured three months of "forced labor" that amounted to "involuntary servitude" with only one day off the entire time, the newspaper said.
The couple's children, ages 6, 8 and 10, often hit her and once nearly knocked her unconscious by slamming a refrigerator door into her head, she alleges.
Villanueva contends she was ordered never to leave the couple's home or to speak to anyone other than family members. She also says she was the victim of constant verbal denigration.
Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/06/16/Chilean-nanny-alleges-NYC-couple-kept-her-a-virtual-slave/UPI-67561371435879/
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I've heard about three of these cases so you must clearly be wrong. 
when the keep happening over and over.
The same story as the OP, with another paragraph or so at the end, and the photo:
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The paragraph the editor in the OP opted to cut:
Despite the denials from Edwards and Hurley, the New York Department of Labor ordered the couple to pay Villanueva $6,302 in back wages in 2011. A sum that the family have declined to date to pay to the nanny.
http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2013/06/chilean-nanny-to-sue-ny-socialite-family-claiming-she-was-a-virtual-slave/
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The Well-Heeled Family of Five
. Published Oct 21, 2012
Malu Custer Edwards, 29, graphic designer; Micky Hurley, 35, interior designer and antiques dealer; Rex Hurley, 9; Malu Hurley, 7; and Olympia Hurley, 5
Budget: Splurge
Duration: 3 Weeks
“This past summer, we visited Paris, Antibes, Monaco, Nice, Rome, Florence, Portofino, London, and Ireland. The ocean is big for us; we love sailing, especially with the kids.”
Go here: St. Lucia
Why now: The 238-square-mile Caribbean island has never been more welcoming for those with means, now that tax incentives have brought a fresh crop of upscale accommodations, along with better roads and come-hither tourism programs (November is Chocolate Heritage Month). Winter bonus: The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the world’s largest transatlantic sailing race, culminates at St. Lucia’s Rodney Bay Marina with events from November 25 through December 22.
What to do: Zoom past the the volcanic Pitons and into a historic village with Soufriere Hotwire Rides (from $69; 758-459-7340), the island’s newest zip line. Then make your own chocolate at Boucan by Hotel Chocolat; participants in the “Tree to Bar Experience” pick, roast, ferment, and grind cacao pods at this boutique hotel’s working cocoa plantation ($65; the Rabot Estate, Soufriere; 800-757-7132). On the rare rainy day, stay dry while experiencing extreme weather in the special-effects theater at Our Planet Centre (from $20; La Place Carenage, Jeremie St.; 758-453-0107), a new high-tech environmental-conservation attraction from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Where to stay: After a $100 million makeover by the Viceroy, the Jalousie Plantation reopens as Sugar Beach this November (from $350; 758-456-8000). Set in a rain-forested valley between the Pitons, the resort houses new two-bedroom villas, beachfront bungalows, and three- and four-bedroom residences. Kids 5 to 12 years old can take glass-bottom boat trips and volcano tours. Manatee, a 42-foot Hans Christian–designed wooden sailing sloop, is available to hotel guests for day charter (from $800). Closer to the capital of Castries, the all-inclusive Morgan Bay Beach Resort (from $275; morganbayresort.com) has 343 guest rooms, including five-person family suites. The grounds feature four pools, an expanding-this-fall mega-spa, and complimentary sailing lessons.
What to eat: Grilled dorado, baked fry bread, and boiled green banana with salt fish can be found among the twenty or so food vendors who gather on Friday evenings in the village of Anse La Raye. In the northern part of the island, restaurants Windsong, the Charthouse, and the Coal Pot all make crab back, a traditional St. Lucian dish of peppery crabmeat and garlic butter.
More:
http://nymag.com/travel/2012/winter/st-lucia/
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Thanks for adding the article swooning over these people. I nearly saw spots in front of my eyes while reading it. Unbelievable! I don't think I've ever read anything creepier! The author even babbled about his ancestry:
Conquistador worship? The monsters who slaughtered the inhabitants? Jesus H. Christ.
About the conquistador thing too. 
Their sense of self-importance really jumps off the page. Anyone/couple that self-important is capable of this behavior. Guilty as charged. 
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