For the past three years, Labib Chammas, the husband of U.S. diplomat Judith Chammas, was sexually abusing the cook who worked in their household in Morocco.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced, in an official communiqué released Wednesday, that Labib Chammas of McLean, Virginia has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison. Chammas, who pleaded guilty to a single count of abusive sexual conduct, will have to register as a sex offender for 15 years and pay a $15,000 fine.

 
Labib Chammas’ confession revealed that,he sexually abused a household staff member in U.S. Department-owned housing in Morocco from 2010 to 2013, while his wife Judith Chammas was serving as deputy chief of mission in Morocco.

The 53-year old victim was a female cook who had worked in the Rabat household for 16 years.

Source:Morocco World News