Supreme Court won’t give Saudi Citizen accused of keeping housekeeper as slave new trial

Court won’t give Saudi citizen new trial

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a Saudi Arabian citizen who blamed anti-Muslim sentiment for his conviction for keeping his housekeeper a virtual slave.

The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Homaidan Al-Turki. He was convicted of false imprisonment, conspiracy, criminal extortion, theft and unlawful sexual contact.

Al-Turki was convicted of sexually abusing his Indonesian housekeeper and paying her less than $2 per day.

He complained that he wasn’t allowed to question a potential juror about potential anti-Muslim sentiment.

The case is Al-Turki v. Colorado, 09-700.