Massachusetts girl allegedly raped and forced to work by aunt

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By The Associated Press

WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman has been charged with raping and beating her teenage niece and forcing her to work for the rest of the household in a "Cinderella-type situation."

Mara Escobar was ordered held on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty at her arraignment Monday to multiple charges, including assault and battery on a child and rape of a child with force.

Police Sgt. Kerry Hazelhurst said the 16-year-old girl was forced to do housework and live in a sparsely furnished room while Escobar's two daughters had TVs, DVD players, video games and toys in their rooms.

According to court records, the rapes and assaults happened between June 2007 and Sept. 1.