Upstate widow accused of violating law with ‘slave’ maid

A wealthy upstate widow allegedly turned her multimillion-dollar mansion into a “forced labor” camp where her helpless immigrant maid worked 17-hour days for years while sleeping in a closet.

Annie George, whose real-estate mogul husband, Mathai, died in a 2009 plane crash, allegedly made the woman cook meals, clean the 30,000-square-foot estate and care for the family’s six children, according to a federal criminal complaint.

The maid — who has been identified in court papers only as “V.M.” — told officials she spent her nights sleeping on the floor of a closet in the children’s bedroom.

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