Former Nanny sues Rob Lowe for exposing himself and inappropriate touching

On April 7, Rob Lowe blogged that “a former employee is demanding my wife, Sheryl, and I pay her $1.5 million dollars by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles.”

Later that day, Lowe preemptively filed a lawsuit against the threatening employee, along with two other former employees, for breach of confidentiality agreements and spreading lies about the couple.

Now the employee has countered and filed a lawsuit Monday claiming the actor repeatedly exposed himself and inappropriately touched her. According to the 18-page document filed Monday in a Santa Barbara, Calif. court, Jessica Gibson, 24, worked for Lowe and his wife, Sheryl, off and on for seven years.

The lawsuit further accuses Lowe of, “placed his hand inside Gibson’s pants” several times from about Sept. 2005 to around Jan. 2008. Lowe also allegedly grabbed her buttocks without her consent around Dec. 2007, according to the filing.
In her legal papers, Gibson also made harassment claims against Sheryl, 46, claiming Lowe’s wife would walk around the house naked, make vulgar comments, and would discuss her sex life with Lowe to the nanny.

In a statement read on Tuesday’s Today show — while Gibson was being interviewed with her attorney Gloria Allred — the Lowes’ attorney, Stanton “Larry” Stein, said: “Ms. Gibson’s older sister worked for the Lowes for 7 years. Ms. Gibson worked for the Lowes on and off for 7 years. She left at least 2 times, to pursue other jobs, and returned each time asking for more hours. She sent 2 emails the day after she left, both saying she loved the Lowes and her leaving had nothing to do with them but her heart wasn’t into being a nanny anymore.

“This is totally inconsistent with her latest allegations,” Stein added. “An investigation of dozens of present and former employees has failed to find one single person to verify her allegations. The allegations in the complain are simply untrue.”

Allred then replied: “We don’t think so.”

Asked why she returned to work in the household, Gibson answered, “I love the children. I needed the job. I thought it would get better, and I was scared.” Gibson said she never blackmailed the family for $1.5 million even though Rob claimed that Jessica demanding the cash or she would release a bunch of scandalous things about the family to the public.

This is your classic he said/she said dispute, with both sides likely to be dragged through the mud. Actually the mud slinging is well under way. A hearing date has yet to be set.

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