The Los Angeles County Superior Court ordered James J. Jackson, vice president of legal affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment, and his wife, Elizabeth, to pay $825,000 to 60-year-old Nena Ruiz, who says she was kept as an indentured servant in the couple's home.
[Ruiz claims she was] emotionally and physically abused and forced to work 18 hours a day at virtually no pay for a year … she said that Elizabeth Jackson had frequently slapped her and pulled her hair.
During her year at the Jacksons' home, Ruiz said she slept in a sleeping bag on a "dog's bed" on the living room floor and ate days-old food, while she prepared fresh food for her employers' pets.
