A House panel has begun looking into a former Halliburton/KBR employeeâs allegations of rape and forced detention. In a âhearing next Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony relating to allegations made by Jamie Leigh Jones that in 2005, a group of Halliburton/KBR employees in Baghdad drugged her and gang-raped her less than a week into her time in the country.â Meanwhile, the head of KBR, Bill Utt, has sent a memo to employees stating that press reports have mischaracterized the sexual assault and his companyâs response. Utt will certainly have time to defend his company in front of Congress or in federal court, as Congress has also begun âasking questions about another ex-employee of government contracting firm KBR who claims she was raped in Iraq.â (ABCâs, âThe Blotterâ)
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