On the surface, this looked like a story about a vulnerable family being held hostage by a terrible person, a "vexatious litigant" with mental issues. But then the details began coming out:
The "Nanny From Hell" Is an American HeroSo it goes for the Bracamonte family of Upland, California. The Bracamontes decided they needed a live-in servant to
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"I always told myself that I would fight if anyone ever tried to victimize me. And this lady has tried to victimize not just me, but my whole family. And I will fight. And you're not going to take us down," she said."
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""She gave the kids three cans of dog food and told them to put it outside my room for my food,” Stretton told KTLA."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/vilified-nanny-employer-feed-dog-food/story?id=24397284
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Life just isn't fair.
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In this case, she was working under illegal conditions (the value of room and board is capped under minimum wage) and also, she had established tenancy, which comes with its own rules. The only way she had to recover wages she hadn't been paid was by staying.
It's not a squatting situation until the family has made good on what they owe Ms. Stretton. By locking her out of the house with her possessions still inside, they are the ones who broke laws.
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Sucks to be her.
You could not demand your business to keep paying you while you decided not to work because you did not like the agreement.
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A delightfully American sentiment but one cannot be bound to illegal work terms, even if agreed to. Locking her out of the house is a violation of tenancy, which had been established.
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