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Afghan girl enslaved in U.S., indictment alleges
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* Teenager forced into manual labor, marriage to man, 37, prosecutors say
* Five immigrants from Afghanistan face multiple charges
* Adults falsified girl's immigration application, indictment alleges
* Girl has taken shelter at a safe house since January, prosecutors say
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Five Afghan immigrants enslaved a teenage girl they
brought to the United States, with some forcing her to do chores and one
beating and sexually assaulting her, according to a federal indictment unsealed
this week.
The girl is from an impoverished single-parent home in Afghanistan, and she was
informally adopted by another family there that forced her to marry at age 13
in 2005, Emily Langlie, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office, said
Thursday.
The girl's 37-year-old husband is Mohammad Atahee, a friend of the adoptive
family; U.S. officials don't recognize the marriage.
Atahee and three of the family's members were already living in the south
Seattle suburbs when the girl's adoptive mother, Nasima Yousuf, 70, brought her
from Afghanistan in 2006, as part of what prosecutors say was a plot to enslave
her. Yousuf's husband, Mohammad, 84, had filed an immigration petition to bring
the girl to the U.S., claiming his wife was her biological mother.
Once in the country, the girl, identified only as JV1, was forced to live with
Atahee, who beat her and sexually assaulted her, the indictment said. She was
forced to spend at least three days a week at the Auburn, Washington, home of
Maruf Yousufi, 42, and his wife, Nahid, 29 -- caring for their children, doing
laundry, cooking and cleaning. Maruf Yousufi is Mohammad Yousuf's son.
The girl escaped after some good Samaritans helped her report Atahee to the
police in January 2008 for sexual assault, prosecutors said. Since then, she's
been at a safe house, but they won't say where.
She also called police in August 2006 to report her case, but Nahid Yousufi
threatened her and persuaded her to recant the allegations, the indictment said.
All five defendants are charged in U.S. District Court with one count of
conspiracy to engage in forced labor, and the Yousufs also face a visa fraud
charge for allegedly lying on immigration applications.
Atahee and Mohammad Yousuf pleaded not guilty, while the others did not enter
pleas during their initial court appearances Wednesday. Atahee and the Yousufis
were detained pending further hearings, while the Yousufs were released pending
trial, set for December 23.
Several of their lawyers did not return calls Thursday or said they could not
comment. Ralph Hurvitz, who represents Mohammad Yousuf, said he didn't know
anything about the case beyond what the indictment said, and that his client
doesn't speak English.
All the defendants have legal status in the U.S., Langlie said. The girl,
however, does not, because of the Yousufs' alleged lies on immigration
applications. She could stay in the country by obtaining a visa for victims of
human trafficking.
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