KBR responds to ex-worker's gang rape allegations

12:40 AM CDT on Thursday, October 22, 2009 By Len Cannon/ 11 News HOUSTON—One woman claimed she was gang-raped in 2005 while working in Iraq for the Houston-based company KBR, but the company said those allegations are not true. Jamie Leigh Jones said she has been waiting for years for her attackers to be punished. “I know I was drugged, I know I was raped,” she said. “And I have suffered for four years trying to get my day in court to be able to face the corporation that allowed it to happen, and my perpetrators.” KBR is disputing Jones’ claims, they said she was a willing participant in the sex act they said only involved only one man. The company referred to the testimony of a KBR firefighter who said he had sex with Jones the night of the alleged assault. In an e-mail sent to 11 News, KBR said, “The firefighter admits... [read full story]                    

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