56 H3VOGIU1 ih using drugs now that may affect her memory, or if she's 2 inappropriately used drugs in the meantime, all of that would 3 go to whether or not she truly has the emotional distress that 4 she claims. 5 Motion in limine 9, plaintiff's criminal history. If 6 TI understand plaintiff's argument, they do not want her to be 7 cross examined either under 608(b) or 405(b) with regard to a 8 specific instance of dishonesty; that is, her theft from her 9 employer. 10 There are legions of cases, your Honor, that find 1a theft to be a crime of dishonesty and admissible for proof of 12 character of dishonesty. 13 Not only, your Honor, did she get charged by the 14 authorities in Florida with this crime of theft from her 15 employer, an arrest warrant was issued for her, that arrest 16 warrant was outstanding at the time she, quote/unquote, fled to de Thailand. That arrest warrant remained outstanding until the 18 year, I think 2009 or 2010, when it was quashed. Plaintiff 19 failed to come back to this country during that entire time. 20 It got quashed because it had been such a long passage of time. 21 THE COURT: Who was the employer? 22 MS. MENNINGER: It was the Roadhouse Grill, your 23 Honor. It was a burger joint. And she was working at that 24 Roadhouse Grill in March of 2002 during the period of time she 29 claims that she was a sex slave. She claimed that she was a SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011359