Mariah Carey & Nick Cannon’s former live-in nanny is alleging she worked too hard and got too close to the children, so she feels entitled to getting $100,000 for the $7,000 a month she back during her days on the job.
Via NYDailyNews:
A former live-in nanny for the superstar says the “Hero” singer forced her to work grueling 100-hour weeks — and then refused to pay her overtime.
In papers filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, Simonette DaCosta says she went to work for Carey and her now-estranged husband Nick Cannon in October 2013.
“As such, she attended to their needs not only at home, but also during Ms. Carey’s travels for her global concerts and appearances,” the suit states.
“She was on call 24 hours a day. She was always at their beck and call,” said DaCosta’s lawyer, Eli Freedberg.
The suit says DaCosta “was always behind the scenes and often by Ms. Carey’s side,” either at the couple’s multimillion-dollar homes in Tribeca and California or while jetting off around the world.
DaCosta was paid between $6,000 and $7,200 a month for taking care of fraternal twins Moroccan and Monroe but didn’t get overtime — and there was plenty of it.
“Plaintiff was on duty during all hours of each 24-hour day with no entitlement for breaks, for meals, and even for sleep. Indeed, Ms. Carey would often call plaintiff at hours in the middle of the night and demand to be taken to her children or to be updated on the status of her children,” the suit says.
“Ms. Carey would not tolerate any delay when she called and plaintiff had to attend to her every demand, spontaneous or otherwise.”
A rep for Carey simply said, “We don’t comment on frivolous lawsuits.” There it is.
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