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ROCKVILLE, Md. - A Venezuelan woman says she was kept "like a slave" for more than four months at a home in rural Montgomery County, Maryland.
55-year-old Janet Gonzalez, who says she is a legal resident of the United States, answered an ad for a laundress for a family that lives in the rural Dickerson area. Gonzalez says the Caron family, of Peach Tree Drive, initially promised to take her to and from the Shady Grove Metro station so she could go back to her apartment in D.C. on weekends.
The suit claims that never happened.
"I felt like a prisoner," declared Gonzalez to a crowd of reporters in Rockville.
The laundress and housekeeper also says the family paid her nothing during the whole four-month period.
One day, Janet Gonzalez saw a television show about human trafficking, wrote down a "rescue line" phone number, got access to a telephone while the family was away, and called for help.
Housekeeper Sues Maryland Family For Working in 'Slave-Like' Conditions
"Rescue line phone number"? How about 911 lady?
