Khobragade defense submits case, diplomat speaks to press
Devyani Khobragade’s lawyer submitted a four-page motion in a U.S. court on Monday, seeking dismissal of the case against the diplomat for allegedly underpaying her domestic worker, now that Khobragade has acquired immunity (NDTV). In its indictment before a grand jury on Thursday, the prosecution alleged that the diplomat had Sangeeta Richard enter into two contracts — one which was used in her visa application, and in which the diplomat said she would pay Richard $9.75 per hour for 40 hours work per week, and another which set out the “true” terms of her employment, in which Richard was paid roughly $573 per month regardless of overtime hours. Khobragade’s lawyer argued that the second contract did not replace the first one. “It simply guaranteed that a portion of the funds discussed and promised to be paid during the signing of the first contract would be paid in India,” he wrote in an email to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).