Two Florida women had teen Haitian slave
Posted March 5th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.foxnews.comWhen we were going to school, we learned a little about the “Civil War” and the “Thirteenth Amendment” which ended the practice of slavery in this country. But someone forgot to tell Evelyn Theodore and her daughter, Maude Paulin, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who have been convicted of enslaving Haitian teenager Simone Celestin for SIX YEARS.
Celestin, now 22, testified Wednesday that she considered suicide after years of beatings and intimidation. She tearfully described sleeping on the floor, rummaging through cast-off clothes in the garage for something to wear, bathing from a bucket or a garden hose and scrubbing floors when she should have been in school.
She said Theodore and Maude Paulin often struck her with their hands, shoes or objects such as a curling iron or a mortar if she didn’t finish the work to their satisfaction.
Defense attorneys argued during trial the Celestin’s allegations of abuse were motivated by her desire to be a permanent legal resident of the U.S.