Opening Statements Will Start Monday in Remy Jimenez' Sexual Battery Trial against Retired Dole Asia Senior VP Felipe Dabdoub

Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP:

WHAT: Opening statements in Remy Jimenez' civil suit for sexual battery against retired Dole Asia Senior Vice President for Manufacturing and Logistics, Felipe Dabdoub, will start on Monday, October 15, 2007 at 9:30 AM in Los Angeles Superior Court. The case is being heard before the Hon. Gregory Alarcon in Department 36. Browne Greene will give the opening statements on behalf of the plaintiff, Remy Jimenez. Remy Jimenez vs. Felipe Dabdoub and Evelyn Dabdoub, Case No. BC340236.

The trial began on October 9, 2007 and is expected to last two weeks. Ms. Jimenez is represented by Browne Greene with the Santa Monica, CA. law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP and Douglas N. Silverstein and Brian Kesluk with the Los Angeles, CA. law firm of Kesluk & Silverstein, P.C.

WHO: In 1992, Remy Jimenez, then age 22, was hired by the Dabdoubs as a nanny for their newborn child to work in the Dabdoub home, which at that time was in the Philippines where Felipe Dabdoub was employed as a Senior Vice President for Dole Foods. She was the live-in nanny and housekeeper for the Dabdoubs over the approximately 13 years of her employment with them, and was the primary care-giver for the Dabdoubs' three children.

In 2001, Ms. Jimenez moved with the Dabdoubs to Westlake Village, CA when Felipe Dabdoub was transferred to Dole's corporate headquarters which are based there. Ms. Jimenez alleges that throughout her employment, Felipe Dabdoub repeatedly raped, sexually assaulted and molested her, and threatened that if she told anyone about what happened, something bad would happen to her, she would be arrested, and he would see to it that she would never see her family again. He also used Remy's love and sense of duty to his children to compel her not to report his alleged unlawful conduct.

In September 2005, Remy Jimenez filed suit against Felipe Dabdoub for sexual battery and sexual harassment, alleging that she was the victim of a continuing series of rapes, sexual assaults and physical abuse by Felipe Dabdoub that lasted for approximately 13 years. She also alleges that the Defendant failed to pay her wages or to pay her minimum wage, among other claims, and she seeks punitive damages.

WHEN:	Â	Â	Â	Monday, October 15, 2007 at 9:30 AM
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WHERE:				The Hon. Gregory Alarcon, Department 36
				Stanley Mosk Courthouse
				111 North Hill Street
				Los Angeles, CA. 90012
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EDITOR'S NOTE:

Plaintiff Remy Jimenez is represented by Browne Greene with the Santa Monica, CA. law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP (www.greene-broillet.com): Tel: [phone]; and Douglas N. Silverstein and Brian Kesluk with the Los Angeles, CA. law firm of Kesluk & Silverstein, P.C. (www.californialaborlawattorney.com): Tel: [phone].

Defendant Felipe Dabdoub is represented by John L. Barber with the Los Angeles, CA. office of Lewis Brisbois; Tel: [phone].