All posts containing the tag: "Laura Boyce"
Posted May 14th 2009 12:43PM by TMZ Staff
The feud between Rob Lowe and his two scorned nannies is over -- the second and final nanny suit against Rob has been settled.
Sides for both Lowe and Laura Boyce -- who alleged she was a victim of sexual harassment by Rob's wife Sheryl -- have asked for the whole case to be dismissed.
No coincidence, we hear, that the dismissal comes after the judge ruled the Lowe's could go after Boyce for violating the confidentiality clause in her contract.
As for how much money changed hands ... we can't tell you exactly, but here's what we hear -- Laura won't be planning any expensive vacations any time soon.
The other suit -- involving former nanny Jessica Gibson -- will also be dismissed.
Filed under: Rob Lowe
Tags: Laura Boyce, LauraBoyce, lawsuit, nanny, Robe Lowe, RobeLowe
Posted Apr 8th 2009 4:45PM by TMZ Staff
So the Gloria Allred just fired off an email to us, saying our story about Rob Lowe was wrong -- you know, the case where Lowe is suing his former nanny, Laura Boyce, for allegedly violating the confidentiality agreement and defaming him.
The judge in the case just shot down Boyce's claim that the confidentiality agreement was not enforceable -- at least, that's what we said. Gloria, who reps the nanny, claims the judge merely denied her motion to throw out Lowe's lawsuit, and didn't rule on the confidentiality agreement.
But Lowe's lawyer, Larry Stein, tells us Gloria is full of it -- that her whole argument was that the case should be 86'd because the confidentiality agreement violated Boyce's First Amendment rights and was unenforceable. Stein says the judge squarely rejected Allred's challenge to the confidentiality agreement.
One thing's for sure -- someone's gonna end up cryin'....
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
Tags: 86d, boyces first amendment rights, BoycesFirstAmendmentRights, confidentiality agreement, ConfidentialityAgreement, gloria allred, GloriaAllred, larry stein, LarryStein, laura boyce, LauraBoyce, lawsuit, nanny, rob lowe, RobLowe
Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:00AM by TMZ Staff
Rob Lowe just won a huge victory in his bitter lawsuit against his former nanny -- and it's a decision that will have a big impact behind closed doors in Hollywood.
Lowe sued Laura Boyce for allegedly violating the confidentiality agreement she signed, by blabbing all over town that the Lowes did horrible things around her. Lowe claims Boyce was telling people his wife, Sheryl, did things like walk around naked in front of the nanny and comment about the penis size of the nanny's boyfriend -- claims the Lowes deny.
In a stunning decision yesterday, the judge in the case rejected Boyce's claim that the confidentiality agreement was invalid, on grounds it violated her freedom of speech rights.
The judge has effectively told a bunch of celebrities it's still safe to hire help and make them sign agreements that they won't spill secrets for fun or financial gain.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
Tags: allegedly violating confidentiality agreement, AllegedlyViolatingConfidentialityAgreement, bitter lawsuit, BitterLawsuit, case rejected, CaseRejected, court, former nanny, FormerNanny, gloria allred, GloriaAllred, hollywood, huge victory, HugeVictory, judge, laura boyce, LauraBoyce, lawsuit, Lowe sued Boyce, LoweSuedBoyce, nanny, rob lowe, Rob Lowe spanks nanny in court, RobLowe, RobLoweSpanksNannyInCourt, sheryl
Posted Jul 1st 2008 1:30PM by TMZ Staff
Mrs. Lowe is nasty -- allegedly. A former Lowe nanny has filed new legal papers, reiterating her most shocking claim -- that when she tried to call in sick to work one day, Sheryl Lowe yelled the reason for her illness was "she got strep throat from sucking n****r d**k. I mean black d**k."
In new documents, filed yesterday in L.A County Superior Court, Laura Boyce claims on November 16, 2007 she called in sick. She says she "heard Sheryl Lowe in the background yelling and laughing into the phone." Then she allegedly made the racist comments. "At the time," Boyce says, "I was dating an African-American man."
After hearing what Sheryl said, Boyce quit -- then and there. She said she had no contact with the Lowes, except one voice mail she says Sheryl left her, until April 7, 2008 when she was "shocked to learn from a television report that I had been sued by Rob and Sheryl Lowe."
It is unclear why Laura has made the same allegations in two separate legal filings.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
Tags: Laura Boyce, LauraBoyce, Rob Lowe, RobLowe, Sheryl Lowe, SherylLowe
Posted May 30th 2008 9:45PM by TMZ Staff
Rob Lowe has filed an answer to the legal claim lodged by former nanny Laura Boyce. His response: Deny, deny deny.
Lowe claims neither he nor his wife did anything sexually untoward as alleged by Boyce. In legal papers filed today in L.A. County Superior court and obtained by TMZ, they deny every one of her claims. They also say her claims are barred by the statute of limitations, that she sat on her hands (i.e., waited too long) before filing her claim.
And the Lowes say she should be thrown out of court because she has "unclean hands." That means even if the Lowes did something dirty, so did she -- so she doesn't have a righteous case.
We love the law.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
Tags: celebrity justice, CelebrityJustice, gloria allred, GloriaAllred, laura boyce, LauraBoyce, nanny, rob lowe, RobLowe
