- HOUSTON: A Houston jury is set to hear opening statements in a federal lawsuit filed by a former military contractor who says co-workers raped her in 2005 while she was working in Iraq.
Jamie Leigh Jones filed the suit against KBR Inc., its former parent company, Halliburton, and one of her alleged rapists, a former KBR worker. All deny Jones’ allegations.
Jones says she was raped while working for KBR at Camp Hope, Baghdad, in 2005. She’s asking for unspecified damages from the Houston-based companies, which split in 2007. She says she was held in a shipping container for hours after reporting the attack.

