NEW YORK, NY December 17, 2007 —A federal jury in Long Island found a millionaire couple from Muttonville guilty of enslaving their two Indonesian housekeepers. The jury convicted Mahender Sabhnani and his wife, Varsha of all 12 charges in an indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude and harboring aliens.

Court proceedings were suspended when one of the couple's daughters fainted. Varsha Sabhnani fainted, too, trying to comfort her. The judge postponed the court until tomorrow. The victims said the couple took their passports and travel documents, and abused them, beating them with brooms, and making them eat hot chili peppers, and take cold showers as punishment for various misdeeds.

Defense attorneys say the women practiced witchcraft and may have abused themselves as part of a ritual. They vow to appeal.