ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former U.S. diplomat who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was found liable for the second time Monday for enslaving and sexually trafficking a woman who worked as a housekeeper. The Washington Post reported a jury in Alexandria, Virginia, agreed that Linda Howard and late husband Russell Howard forced an Ethiopian maid into sexual slavery in 2008. Linda Howard denied the allegations and argued the woman couldn't sue for civil damages under a human trafficking law that didn't pass until 2008. She alleged she was raped twice daily by Russell Howard and that Linda Howard also joined in the sexual abuse. Five years ago the couple was found liable in the same court for trafficking another Ethiopian housekeeper in 2008.

Source: Ethiopian News July 31, 2017 22:07 UTC