rosemary martel said she recovered and is building a life. translator: now i m happy. i have my six year-old baby. she is my happiness. i m happy because i m working with a group of women to let them know their rights so the them things that happened to me, don t happen to them. a few minutes ago we told you about the story of phil robertson, the duck dynasty clan being in hot water for comments he made about homosexuality. what s the news? we got word from a and e network and they said they are disappointed by what he said and all the fans, you ll note the network placed phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely this is very, very big news and i m sure we ll hear a lot about this tomorrow. one of the most popular shows in american television. still to come, my interview with the anchor man, will ferrell. farmer: hello, i m an idaho potato farmer.
he also claimed diplomatic immunity, and the case has gone nowhere. he says he s innocent and blames martel for blaming the legal system. they look at human trafficking in the u.s. and the state department is just started briefing domestic workers brought here by giving them pamphlets with information. you have rights in the united states. even if they can take your passport and lock it up back home, even if they could take your money back home, they shouldn t, but in the united states if they do that, they are committing a crime. reporter: after two years of what she describes as slavery, rosemary martel said she recovered and is building a life. translator: now i m happy.
reporter: but the paltry wages were the least of it. the treatment was abusive. do you think that they treated you like a slave? translator: yes, because i worked from 5:30 a.m. when i woke up until 11:30 or midnight every single day. they asked me to give them massages every day to both of them. even foot massages. he would touch my legs and ask to see me in a bikini. reporter: she said the diplomat confiscated her passport. rosemary thought she was trapped. you were afraid you had to do everything they told you to do? translator: they threatened me with hurting my family if i left. they also threatened to call immigration to get me deported. reporter: rosemary s story unfortunately quite common. the issue was looked into in 2008 and found in recent years, 42 domestic workers officially alleged they were abused by their former employers and they said the actual number of victims is
this house in which the diplomat no longer lives. that she would work 40 hours a week at $1,500 a month. how much did they end up paying you? translator: 300 a month. $300 a month. reporter: but the pastry wages were the least of it. the treatment was abusive. do you think that they treated you like a slave? translator: yes, because i worked from 5:30 a.m. when i woke up until 11:30 or midnight every single day. they asked me to give them massages every day to both of them. even foot massages. he would touch my legs and ask to see me in a bikini. reporter: she said the diplomat confiscated her passport. rosemary thought she was trapped. you were afraid you had to do everything they told you to do? translator: they threatened me with hurting my family if i left. they also threatened to call immigration to get me deported.
reporter: rosemary s story unfortunately quite common. the issue was looked into in 2008 and found in recent years, 42 domestic workers officially alleged they were abused by their former employers and they said rescued two women from the philippines from a multi-million dollar house owned by the saudi embassy who held their passports and forced them into lives of servitude. an investigation is underway. martina represents a victim just awarded $1 million after being abused by a tanzania diplomat here. the diplomats have total immunity, which means you cannot investigate them appropriately. you cannot arrest them. you cannot question them. it s almost impossible to do an