A former top Hollywood studio lawyer and his wife were on Monday sentenced by a Los Angeles judge after admitting to mistreating their Filipino maid in a case of “modern-day slavery,” a court heard.
US District Judge Dale Fischer ordered James Jackson, 53, a former vice-president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures to perform 200 hours of community service for admitting a charge of alien harboring.
Jackson’s wife Elizabeth, 54, was given a three-year jail term after pleading guilty to a charge of forced labor.
In passing sentence, Fischer said Elizabeth Jackson had treated the victim, former schoolteacher Nena Ruiz, worse than her dog.
Ruiz was forced to eat three-day-old food and to sleep on a dog basket after working 18 hours a day. Over the course of several months’ employment between 2001 and 2002 she was paid only 300 dollars.
Fair or not, this whole episode has left me very disillusioned with Hollywood lawyers. Is it any wonder they eat our dogs (Filipinos, I mean; well, maybe Hollywood lawyers, too)? Root causes, people.
Up until this moment, I trusted lawyers completely.
Hahaha. Love your poem, Kevin.
Um. I’ll eat three-day-old Hollywood lawyer food and like it I think.
that’s probably just the soup talking happyfeet.
Maybe, but it’s day 5 before I see the bottom of the pot. You saw that recipe right?
Oh. Hah. I didn’t register who was there.
ja, tonight we had mixed veggies and pasta. tomorrow, RTO promises beans and hot dogs! yay!
Feets:
Sorry, tonight at Cowboy Mansion was lasagna night. Lasagna and buttered corn, and salad with chunky bleu cheese dressing.
For dessert–your choice: Californian Sauvignon, or a Clamato Bloody Mary (or both, if you’re really, really sick!)
Tonight was asian night in the JD household. We got a new range, and the grates flip over and serve as a wok holder, so we cooked Miso soup and Pho, and picked up some sashimi at the market.
mmmmmm, miso soup.
…or “your” choice!!
your/you’re
…care to guess which dessert I chose tonight?
both!
Maggie – It was a regular tour de asian in my house tonight. Nothing like english truly being a second language in your own home. lol. The better half is traveling for work, and the in-laws, some of their friends, and a couple aunts and uncles have descended on Casa JD to make sure I get Kaitlin to the bus on time in the morning.
And yes, though not Vietnames, my Miso soup was a hit. If the short people go back for seconds, it is a clear sign that I did something right. Or, too much cognac.
FWIW – Huge W fans, all 12 of them. The women do not like Hillary, but despise Pelosi.
Maggie: both!
And we have a winner!!!
woo hoooooo! what do I win!? probably nothing cause you drank it all. oh well. maybe I can talk RTO into makin’ me a screwdriver.
JD:
What’s the height differential? I have a lot of Egyptian and Indonesian friends, and to them I’m a freak at 6′ 5″.
Hah! Your height has nothing to do with it! ALTITIST!!!
Cowboy – I am 6’3″. My father in law is the 2nd tallest person in the house right now, at approximately 5’2-5’3. Most are in the 4’10” – 5′ range. Family pictures are comical.
I wish you all could come visit right now. Vietnamese karaoke on my big screen in the family room, and the bottle of cognac is being passed around. My ears are bleeding and my gut is killing me, from trying to keep from laughing out loud.
Dan – all I saw was TITS in that word.
Take off the X-ray specs!
JD:
If we have a get-together in Indy this summer, you’ll be pleased to know that you will not be as freakish to your in-laws as will I.
I’ll gladly deflect some of the mutant-heat from you.
I feel your pain.
Cowboy
Cowboy – We will be getting together this summer. It is just a question of when.
I met with the contractors today, and it looks like the drying out process is almost complete. They got rid of 12 air movers today, and there are 12 left, plus a few dehumidifiers, and a couple electric furnaces. There is quite a bit of demolition left to do (yeah me!), and the repairs will take 6-7 weeks, if they are able to salvage the floor.
Cowboy – I think they are all kind of scared of me. I do not talk much, so they pretty much just leave me alone. The whole not being able to speak much English does not help much either.
JD:
I know I’ve told you this before, but if there’s anything I can do to facilitate this summer’s meeting, please let me know.
Cowboy
Just show up and have fun. But, thanks.
Your English seems pretty good to me, JD.
I have been blushing up on my Engrish, and it seems to be herping out, Dan. I tlied to say something in Vietnamese to the folks ealiel, and I said the wold for fart instead of what I was tlying to say. But, I misplonounced it, so they had no idea what I was tlying to say. I guess you had to be thele.
Damn, JD, I was going to be there this summer until you pulled out the
ASIANIST language!!!
In Muncie, we never resort to such ethnocentricism.
I am a height-ist too. And a midget/dwarf/clown/demonic all of the above – ophobe as well.
Well, Hell, in that case, count me in!!!
It was PB&J night at my place.
I need to get shopping.
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