Filipina housemaid in Cyprus speaks out in abuse case

The woman seen in a shared video being abused by her employer, a retired police officer, says she endured physical abuse and serious threats many times before recording the incident.

Following a complaint to police filed by an advocate for domestic workers, a 68-year-old Greek Cypriot man was arrested this week after a video showed him abusing and tormenting a foreign woman in his employ.

The suspect, a retired police officer living in Nicosia, is accused of aggravated assault, use of threats, and verbal abuse against 31-year-old Filipina known as Arlene, who was seen and heard in a secretly-recorded video crying while being assaulted.

Speaking in a television interview on Thursday, Arlene gave details over the abuse she says she had to endure for three and a half years in Cyprus in the hands of her employer.

"He would slap me all the time, pull my hair,...

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