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Jones began working for KBR as an administrative assistant when she was 19 and started working in Iraq on July 24, 2005.<ref name=injuryboard>{{cite web|url=http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/halliburton-employee-finally-gets-attention-for-rape-case.aspx?googleid=28772 |title=Halliburton Employee Finally Gets Attention for Rape Case |publisher=Injuryboard.com |date=December 13, 2007 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>
Jones began working for KBR as an administrative assistant when she was 19 and started working in Iraq on July 24, 2005.<ref name=injuryboard>{{cite web|url=http://www.injuryboard.com/national-news/halliburton-employee-finally-gets-attention-for-rape-case.aspx?googleid=28772 |title=Halliburton Employee Finally Gets Attention for Rape Case |publisher=Injuryboard.com |date=December 13, 2007 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>


According to Jones, on July 28, 2005, one of her fellow KBR employees offered her a drink containing a [[date rape]] drug, of which she took two sips. Jones says that while she was unconscious, several men engaged in unprotected [[anus|anal]] and [[vagina]]l [[gang rape|gang-rape]] on her.<ref name=motherjones>{{cite web |url=http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/kbr-could-win-jamie-leigh-jones-rape-trial?page=2 |title=Why Jamie Leigh Jones Lost Her KBR Rape Case |work=Mother Jones |first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer |date=July 7, 2011 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref> Jones says that "when she awoke the next morning still affected by the drug, she found her body naked and severely bruised, with lacerations to her vagina and anus, blood running down her leg, her [[breast implant]]s ruptured, and her [[pectoral muscle]]s torn&nbsp;– which would later require [[reconstructive surgery]]. Upon walking to the rest room, she passed out again."<ref name=motherjones /> The doctor who examined Jones gave the [[rape kit]] used to gather evidence from Jones to KBR/[[Halliburton]] security forces, and three hours later they turned the kit over to the U.S. government. It was recovered two years later but missing crucial photographs and notes.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/15/defence-contractors-rape-claim-block|title=Rape case to force US defence firms into the open &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |date= October 15, 2009|accessdate=2009-10-19 | location=London | first=Chris |last=McGreal}}</ref>
According to Jones, on July 28, 2005, one of her fellow KBR employees offered her a drink containing a [[date rape]] drug, of which she took two sips. Jones says that while she was unconscious, several men engaged in unprotected [[anus|anal]] and [[vagina]]l [[gang rape|gang-rape]] on her.<ref name=motherjones>{{cite web |url=http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/kbr-could-win-jamie-leigh-jones-rape-trial?page=2 |title=Why Jamie Leigh Jones Lost Her KBR Rape Case |work=Mother Jones |first=Stephanie |last=Mencimer |date=July 7, 2011 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref> Jones says that "when she awoke the next morning still affected by the drug, she found her body naked and severely bruised, with lacerations to her vagina and anus, blood running down her leg, her [[breast implant]]s ruptured, and her [[pectoral muscle]]s torn&nbsp;– which would later require [[reconstructive surgery]]. Upon walking to the rest room, she passed out again."<ref name=motherjones /> The doctor who examined Jones gave the [[rape kit]] used to gather evidence from Jones to KBR/[[Halliburton]] security forces, and three hours later they turned the kit over to the U.S. government. It was recovered two years later but Jones claims it was missing crucial photographs and notes.<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/15/defence-contractors-rape-claim-block|title=Rape case to force US defence firms into the open &#124; World news |publisher=The Guardian |date= October 15, 2009|accessdate=2009-10-19 | location=London | first=Chris |last=McGreal}}</ref>


Jones says that KBR officials locked her in a trailer after she informed them of the rape and would not permit her to call her family.<ref name=msnbcloses /> After approximately one day, says Jones, a sympathetic guard gave her a cell phone and she called her father, Tom, who in turn contacted Representative [[Ted Poe]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Texas|TX]]) who contacted the [[U.S. State Department|State Department]]. Agents were dispatched from the [[Embassy of the United States in Baghdad|U.S. Embassy in Baghdad]] and removed Jones from KBR custody.<ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22221847/</ref> A 2006 [[EEOC]] investigation found that Jones was not locked in a trailer by KBR but placed in a "secure location" before being returned to Texas.<ref name=motherjones /> The same investigation also found that Jones had been sexually assaulted by one or more employees and that KBR's investigation had been inadequate.<ref name="Garay2" />
Jones says that KBR officials locked her in a trailer after she informed them of the rape and would not permit her to call her family.<ref name=msnbcloses /> After approximately one day, says Jones, a sympathetic guard gave her a cell phone and she called her father, Tom, who in turn contacted Representative [[Ted Poe]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Texas|TX]]) who contacted the [[U.S. State Department|State Department]]. Agents were dispatched from the [[Embassy of the United States in Baghdad|U.S. Embassy in Baghdad]] and removed Jones from KBR custody.<ref>http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22221847/</ref> A 2006 [[EEOC]] investigation found that Jones was not locked in a trailer by KBR but placed in a "secure location" before being returned to Texas.<ref name=motherjones /> The same investigation also found that Jones had been sexually assaulted by one or more employees and that KBR's investigation had been inadequate.<ref name="Garay2" />
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On May 16, 2007, Jones filed a civil lawsuit against KBR and former parent corporation [[Halliburton]], and Charles Boartz.<ref name="news.justia.com"/> In response, KBR requested that the court instead compel private [[arbitration]] based on her employment contract. On September 15, 2009, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|5th Circuit Court of Appeals]], in a 2-1 decision, ruled that Jones's lawsuit may proceed in court.<ref name="Garay">{{cite web|url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/halliburton-loses-jamie-leigh-jones |title=Court Okays Halliburton Rape Trial |last=Mencimer |first=Stephanie |date=September 16, 2009 | work=Mother Jones |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Garay2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C08/08-20380-CV0.wpd.pdf|title=Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 5th Circuit as of September 15, 2009}}</ref>
On May 16, 2007, Jones filed a civil lawsuit against KBR and former parent corporation [[Halliburton]], and Charles Boartz.<ref name="news.justia.com"/> In response, KBR requested that the court instead compel private [[arbitration]] based on her employment contract. On September 15, 2009, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit|5th Circuit Court of Appeals]], in a 2-1 decision, ruled that Jones's lawsuit may proceed in court.<ref name="Garay">{{cite web|url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/halliburton-loses-jamie-leigh-jones |title=Court Okays Halliburton Rape Trial |last=Mencimer |first=Stephanie |date=September 16, 2009 | work=Mother Jones |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Garay2">{{cite news|url=http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions%5Cpub%5C08/08-20380-CV0.wpd.pdf|title=Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 5th Circuit as of September 15, 2009}}</ref>


The trial began in the Southern District of Texas on June 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christian|first=Carol|title=Ex-KBR worker presses claim of rape in Iraq Read more:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7610959.html#ixzz1PVH1JDvS|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7610959.html|accessdate=June 16, 2011|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> Jones's attorney argued that KBR had known about widespread sexual harassment but had ignored it because the remedy was too expensive. The defense successfully argued that Jones was a liar and that she made up her story of being drugged and raped because she was embarrassed about the consensual sex and wanted to get out of her year-long contract with KBR three days after she arrived.<ref>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7645236.html</ref><ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/07/07/jurors-in-jamie-leigh-jones-rape-trial-asked-to-think-big/</ref>
The trial began in the Southern District of Texas on June 14, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Christian|first=Carol|title=Ex-KBR worker presses claim of rape in Iraq Read more:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7610959.html#ixzz1PVH1JDvS|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7610959.html|accessdate=June 16, 2011|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=June 14, 2011}}</ref> Jones's attorney argued that KBR had known about widespread sexual harassment but had ignored it because the remedy was too expensive. The defense successfully argued that Jones was a liar and that she made up her story of being drugged and raped because she was embarrassed about the consensual sex and wanted to get out of her year-long contract with KBR three days after she arrived.<ref>http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7645236.html</ref><ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/07/07/jurors-in-jamie-leigh-jones-rape-trial-asked-to-think-big/</ref>

Among the revelations that came out in the trial were testimony from the first attending physician that Jones had not suffered damage to her breast implants or chest during the alleged attack and that Jones had reported being raped twice in the past and had taken drugs used to treat [[anxiety]], [[depression]], and [[bipolar disorder]] all of which degraded her credibility. <ref>[ http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=how_women_won_the_kbr_rape_case How Women Won the KBR Rape Case]</ref>


On July 8, the jury found that the sex was consensual and also denied her fraud claim against KBR.<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jury-deliberating-lawsuit-that-alleges-woman-was-drugged-raped-by-kbr-co-workers-in-iraq/2011/07/08/gIQAi7gH3H_story.html |title=Jury rejects claims against KBR of woman who says she was drugged, raped while working in Iraq |publisher=The Washington Post |agency=API |date=July 8, 2011 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>
On July 8, the jury found that the sex was consensual and also denied her fraud claim against KBR.<ref name="The Washington Post">{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/jury-deliberating-lawsuit-that-alleges-woman-was-drugged-raped-by-kbr-co-workers-in-iraq/2011/07/08/gIQAi7gH3H_story.html |title=Jury rejects claims against KBR of woman who says she was drugged, raped while working in Iraq |publisher=The Washington Post |agency=API |date=July 8, 2011 |accessdate=July 10, 2011}}</ref>

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Jamie Leigh Jones (born 1984)[1] is a former KBR employee notable for accusing fellow KBR employees of drugging and gang-raping her on July 28, 2005, at Camp Hope, Baghdad, Iraq.[2][3] The accusations were investigated but no criminal charges were filed.[4] Jones filed a civil suit against the company and the employees seeking actual and punitive damages of over 114 million dollars. The jury rejected her sexual assault claim, finding that the sex was consensual and that no rape occurred. The jury also rejected her fraud claim against KBR.[5][6] Jones is also the founder of the Jamie Leigh Foundation, an advocacy agency for victims of sexual assault.


Jones's accusations

Jones began working for KBR as an administrative assistant when she was 19 and started working in Iraq on July 24, 2005.[7]

According to Jones, on July 28, 2005, one of her fellow KBR employees offered her a drink containing a date rape drug, of which she took two sips. Jones says that while she was unconscious, several men engaged in unprotected anal and vaginal gang-rape on her.[8] Jones says that "when she awoke the next morning still affected by the drug, she found her body naked and severely bruised, with lacerations to her vagina and anus, blood running down her leg, her breast implants ruptured, and her pectoral muscles torn – which would later require reconstructive surgery. Upon walking to the rest room, she passed out again."[8] The doctor who examined Jones gave the rape kit used to gather evidence from Jones to KBR/Halliburton security forces, and three hours later they turned the kit over to the U.S. government. It was recovered two years later but Jones claims it was missing crucial photographs and notes.[9]

Jones says that KBR officials locked her in a trailer after she informed them of the rape and would not permit her to call her family.[5] After approximately one day, says Jones, a sympathetic guard gave her a cell phone and she called her father, Tom, who in turn contacted Representative Ted Poe (R-TX) who contacted the State Department. Agents were dispatched from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and removed Jones from KBR custody.[10] A 2006 EEOC investigation found that Jones was not locked in a trailer by KBR but placed in a "secure location" before being returned to Texas.[8] The same investigation also found that Jones had been sexually assaulted by one or more employees and that KBR's investigation had been inadequate.[11]

In May 2007, a State Department diplomat recovered the rape kit from Halliburton and KBR. However, notes and photographs taken by Schultz (of Jones the morning following her allegation) were missing, undermining any chances of bringing the case through the criminal courts.[12]

Congressional testimony

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought no criminal charges against the individuals Jones accused of assaulting her. CPA Order 17 limits the power of the Iraqi government to pursue legal action against foreign contractors working in Iraq.

On December 19, 2007, Jones testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Robert Scott (D-VA) stated that the DOJ "seems to be taking action with respect to enforcement of criminal laws in Iraq only when it is forced to do something by embarrassing media coverage."[13][14] In a 2007 interview, Ted Poe, a former Texas judge, stated that the United States has jurisdiction over U.S. contractors when they are accused of committing a crime against a U.S. national in a federal enclave.[3]

Jones testified again before the Judiciary Committee on October 7, 2009, concerning Senator Al Franken's amendment to the FY 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill, to restrict contracts with companies that use mandatory arbitration in their employment contracts.[15] This measure was passed by the Senate, prompted by her case.[9][16]

Civil lawsuit

On May 16, 2007, Jones filed a civil lawsuit against KBR and former parent corporation Halliburton, and Charles Boartz.[2] In response, KBR requested that the court instead compel private arbitration based on her employment contract. On September 15, 2009, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, ruled that Jones's lawsuit may proceed in court.[17][11]

The trial began in the Southern District of Texas on June 14, 2011.[18] Jones's attorney argued that KBR had known about widespread sexual harassment but had ignored it because the remedy was too expensive. The defense successfully argued that Jones was a liar and that she made up her story of being drugged and raped because she was embarrassed about the consensual sex and wanted to get out of her year-long contract with KBR three days after she arrived.[19][20]

Among the revelations that came out in the trial were testimony from the first attending physician that Jones had not suffered damage to her breast implants or chest during the alleged attack and that Jones had reported being raped twice in the past and had taken drugs used to treat anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder all of which degraded her credibility. [21]

On July 8, the jury found that the sex was consensual and also denied her fraud claim against KBR.[22]

Jones said, "I just thought that the physical evidence would help. I guess the fact that my entire life was on display and (his) wasn’t made a difference."[22]

Bolen, a KBR spokeswoman, said, "The outcome of this jury trial as judged by her peers is the same result that the State Department got in 2005; that the Justice Department found in 2008. We are deeply gratified that the justice system has worked."[22]

Personal life

After returning to the United States in 2005, Jones has worked with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Justice, several attorneys, and State of Texas Workmen's Compensation and the Assistant United States Attorney.[citation needed]

Jones met a member of the U.S. Navy, an aviation mechanic, Joseph Kallan Daigle in 2005, and the two married in September 2006.[7]

She obtained an Associates of Art degree from North Harris College in 2007. Later, Jones was pursuing a Bachelors of Criminal Justice at the American Military University and expected to graduate from the program in March 2008.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Jamie Leigh Foundation". Jamiesfoundation.org. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  2. ^ a b et al. v. Halliburton Company et al.Justia
  3. ^ a b "Live with Dan Abrams for Dec. 10 transscript]". msnbc.com. December 10, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/09/us/09brfs-Kbr.html?scp=1&sq=Jamie%20Jones&st=cse
  5. ^ a b "Woman loses Iraq rape case against contractor". msnbc.com. API. July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  6. ^ http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/08/3001244/jury-deliberating-womans-claims.html
  7. ^ a b "Halliburton Employee Finally Gets Attention for Rape Case". Injuryboard.com. December 13, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  8. ^ a b c Mencimer, Stephanie (July 7, 2011). "Why Jamie Leigh Jones Lost Her KBR Rape Case". Mother Jones. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  9. ^ a b McGreal, Chris (October 15, 2009). "Rape case to force US defence firms into the open | World news". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  10. ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22221847/
  11. ^ a b "Opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals of the 5th Circuit as of September 15, 2009" (PDF).
  12. ^ then locked in van, Iraq worker says The Age
  13. ^ "Woman testifies she was raped by US contractors in Iraq". AFP. December 19, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  14. ^ http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-110hhrg39709/html/CHRG-110hhrg39709.htm
  15. ^ "Franken Gets His First Amendment Passed By Roll Call Vote". Huffingtonpost.com. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  16. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/16/frankens-anti-rape-amendm_n_394171.html
  17. ^ Mencimer, Stephanie (September 16, 2009). "Court Okays Halliburton Rape Trial". Mother Jones. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
  18. ^ Christian, Carol (June 14, 2011). "Ex-KBR worker presses claim of rape in Iraq Read more:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7610959.html#ixzz1PVH1JDvS". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  19. ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7645236.html
  20. ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/07/07/jurors-in-jamie-leigh-jones-rape-trial-asked-to-think-big/
  21. ^ [ http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=how_women_won_the_kbr_rape_case How Women Won the KBR Rape Case]
  22. ^ a b c "Jury rejects claims against KBR of woman who says she was drugged, raped while working in Iraq". The Washington Post. API. July 8, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2011.

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