No bail for boss guilty of torture
A federal judge in Central Islip revoked bail for a wealthy woman convicted of imprisoning and torturing two Indonesian housekeepers in what prosecutors called a case of “modern-day slavery.”
Varsha Sabhnani, 46, who fainted and was hospitalized after a jury returned guilty verdicts Monday, pleaded in vain to U.S. District Judge Arthur Spatt as the defendant’s four children sobbed in the gallery. The judge ruled that because the jury found she was the one who inflicted physical punishment on the housekeepers, she was no longer eligible to remain free.
Sabhnani’s husband, Mahender, 51, was permitted to remain free on $4.5-million bail until both are sentenced March 28.
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