Memo to CNN and Halliburton: A gang-rape should never, ever be described as a “dispute”. According to The Raw Story, Halliburton is claiming that the civil suit brought by Jamie Leigh Jones alleging that she was gang-raped while working for Halliburton in Iraq must be heard by an arbitrator of Halliburton’s choosing rather than in a court because of an employment agreement to settle disputes in this manner.
“”She signed an employment contract and there is a mandatory arbitration clause in that contract,” CNN legal analyst told Kiran Chetry on CNN’s American Morning Tuesday. “It says if there’s any dispute arising out of your employment or related to your employment, that dispute doesn’t go before a jury, doesn’t go before trial judge, goes before an arbitrator.”
“The bottom line is I am surprised that the Justice Department and that the prosecutors have not investigated this to its completion and brought charges and I have to say I think that is coming,” Hostin said. “I think after all the press that we’ve seen, that is going to come, but this is a civil action, an action that she is bringing and typically when you bring a civil action, you can bring it according to The constitution or according to your rights you can bring it in a court of law. She signed that right away with her employment contract and people do it all the time.”"
Of course, if the case had been properly investigated as a criminal matter in the first place, Jones would not be in this position in the first place. This case is about as seriously FUBAR as you can get and should immediately be subject to Congressional inquiry.
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What happended to this young lady is horrendous and every woman at every level in this country should be up in arms. As a man with three sisters I would never tolerate something like this. Either they would be dead or I would period. My only regret is that I am not eloquent enough to convey my deepest sympahty for this young woman. Who is now scarred for life.
that brings up a question, who are these guys accused of doing this? I mean as a Father, you can rest assured if this happened to my daughter they would suffer. Not that I would kill them, I believe that lets them off easy, cut their balls of is more like it.