Janet Jackson's Husband Fires Employee Six Weeks After She Is Raped

Janet Jackson's husband, Wissam Al Mana, is under fire after a former worker claims she was fired six weeks after she reported a rape.

Marte Deborah Dalelv, a Norwegian woman, was an interior designer for Al Mana Interiors. She was on a business trip in Dubai in March when she reported that she had been raped by a co-worker.

According to BBC, when she reported her rape to the Dubai police, they arrested her and her rapist for engaging in extramarital sex, which goes against Sharia law. The court sentenced her to 16 months in prison.

The Norwegian Embassy was reportedly able to get her out of prison and into an aid compound in Dubai. She was pardoned by the Dubai ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum on Monday, July 22.

However, before she was released, the victim says she received a letter of termination signed by Al Mana himself for "misconduct and breach of your employment duties, effective immediately."

The company released a statement saying that they had been "sympathetic" through her tough time.

"We are sympathetic to Marte Dalelv during this very difficult situation. Al Mana interiors has repeatedly offered Marte support and company representatives were by her side throughout the initial investigation and police interviews, and spent days at both the police station and the prosecutor's office to help win her release."

The statement continues on to say, "Company representatives have been supportive and in communication with Marte throughout her ordeal. Only when Ms. Dalelv declined to have positive and constructive discussions about her employment status, and ceased communication with her employer, was the company forced to end our relationship with her."

 "The decision had nothing to do with the rape allegation, and unfortunately neither Ms. Dalelv nor her attorneys have chosen to contact the company to discuss her employment status."


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