Southlake couple accused of forced labor called her 'dog,' 'slave,' woman testifies

FORT WORTH -- A young African woman on Tuesday morning told a federal jury in detail about beatings by a Southlake couple when she didn’t complete chores at times or burned food.

The woman identified as Jenna also told the jury of eight women and four men the couple called her a “dog,” “slave,” “worthless” and an “idiot.”

The testimony came on the third day of the trial for Mohamed Toure and his wife, Denise Cros-Toure, both 57, who are accused of forcing the young African girl to be a domestic servant for almost 16 years.

With the help of former neighbors of the Toures, Jenna left the Southlake home in 2016. She was a girl when she arrived in Southlake in 2000, and she’s now a young adult living near Houston.

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