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Pagará $546,000 y pasará 10 años en prisión por esclavizar a un afroamericano en un restaurante

Pagará $546,000 y pasará 10 años en prisión por esclavizar a un afroamericano en un restaurante
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The Day - Court: Black man made to work without pay entitled to $546K - News from southeastern Connecticut

Published May 04. 2021 10:31PM  By DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. After a Black man with intellectual disabilities was enslaved, beaten and forced to work more than 100 hours a week without pay in a South Carolina restaurant, his manager was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $273,000 in restitution. But a federal appeals court recently ruled the man is entitled to double that amount under federal labor laws. A three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that a U.S. District Court judge erred when he failed to include an additional $273,000 as “liquidated damages” in his order of restitution. Under the April 21 ruling, the court said John Christopher Smith is entitled to total restitution of $546,000. The appeals court sent the case back to the lower court to recalculate the restitution award.

WATCH: Black Man Enslaved for 5 Years by White Boss Wins Judgment of $546K

 A white restaurant manager in Conway, South Carolina has been ordered by a court to pay back twice the restitution owed to the Black man he enslaved for five years. John Christopher Smith, a Black man with an intellectual disability, was forced to work for five years without pay at the J&J Cafeteria managed by 56-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards. A court ruled on April 21 that Edwards, who is in prison for the crime, will pay Smith double for unpaid wages and overtime. Bobby Paul Edwards (L) and John Christopher Smith According to The Washington Post, Edwards pled guilty in 2019 to forcing Smith, 43, to work at the restaurant without compensation. The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that Edwards will have to pay Smith $546,000 instead of the $273,000 originally set by a court. The increase came after the appeals court said the original ruling didn’t take into account federal labor laws that entitled Smith to double the restitution.

Court Rules South Carolina Man Convicted Of Enslaving Black Employee Must Pay Back Over $500K

Court Rules South Carolina Man Convicted Of Enslaving Black Employee Must Pay Back Over $500K Share John Christopher Smith, who is disabled, was beaten and tortured by Bobby Paul Edwards Published 20 hours ago Written by BET Staff A White restaurant manager who beat, tortured and enslaved a mentally disabled Black employee for several years has now been ordered to pay him $546,000.  In November of 2019, Bobby Paul Edwards was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the abuse and “forced labor” of John Christopher Smith, who worked extensive hours at the restaurant in Conway, South Carolina, without pay, the Justice Department said in a statement.

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