In a lawsuit filed in federal court last week, a Water Mill couple is accused of effectively enslaving an Indonesian woman after promising her a 9-to-5 job, according to several published reports.
In her lawsuit, Ni Ketut Sulastri claims that Lawrence and Rose Halsey offered her a job at their children's shoe business, but then forced her to work 15 hours a day, seven days a week at the business and in their Halsey Lane home, Business Insider reports. The Halseys are also accused of taking away Sulastri's passport, not allowing her to call home, and telling her she would have to pay them $3,000 if she left, The New York Post reports.
She was paid just $350 per month and given a room the size of a closet to live in, according to the lawsuit, Business Insider reports.
The Halseys did not immediately return a phone message from Patch Tuesday afternoon requesting comment.
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The Halesy’s are among the most generous people I have ever met. I have met Ms. Sulastri on many occasions and she always appeared to be unhappy and disgruntled. When she left she had the nerve to threaten the Halsey’s by saying she would get them and apparently she is making good on that threat. It is not uncommon for illegal aliens that are under deportation orders make these frivolous claims. Lastly the illegal alien problem in this country and especially here is destroying this country. We need to enforce our immigration laws and deport all here illegally.
Halsey~~the name alone carries class and character. Any local out here knows this accusation is a pile of lies.
Respect to The Halseys and I am sorry your kind deeds towards fellow human beings leads you to this...As for living conditions..this woman lived the good life..went on holidays with her Indonesian friends,worked for other Families on the week end,,Pray tell me if life was so bad,,why didn't she take off then,ask her friends for help .The Truth will come out in court..I hope those working with her have explained the word perjury to her !!!!!!! Wait 4 years Mmmmmmmm.
Comming to America is everyones dream, but guess what. You have to work to get anywhere. Here is a person who after all this time is now ready to go the easy route.. Lets defame a local family of prominence and get enough money to live in Bali like a queen!!! Who cares about them. I don't need to repeat the good character and honesty of my friends Rose and Larry.. It speaks for them.. I just find this situation unreal. In the end it's all about the money and a quik way to live like a queen!!
accusations of this individual ! Please mandate Employee Verify Program immediately for all businesses in Suffolk County NOW!! Southampton Town should mandate E-Verify immediately!
A friend of mine hired a group of 3 fellas from the 7-Eleven to wash the exterior of the windows on his house. About 30 minutes into the project, one of the men knocked on the door, motioning to my friend to come to the front of the house. There, lying on the ground next to the bushes, was one of the three. They said that he had fallen from the laddar from the second floor. They took him home and the next day there was a knock on my friend's door. A well spoken gentleman from the same South American country, said that the man who fell needed $5000 in medical work. My friend paid...in cash "to avoid trouble", he said. Standing behind this well-spoken man was another young man ready to replace the one who fell from the laddar in addition to the two who had worked the day before. If this isn't a lesson, when will we learn?