How Lowe Can You Go?
Posted on Tue Apr 15th, 2008 10:56am PDT By X17 Staff
Rob Lowe's former nanny, Jessica Gibson filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming that Lowe exposed himself to her on numerous occasions and touched her inappropriately.
Lowe and his wife Sheryl filed papers last week against their former nanny, suing her for violating their confidentiality agreement, defamation, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Today, Gibson and her attorney, Glora Allred appeared on The Today Show and spoke with Meredith Vieira. When asked why she continued to work for the Lowes, Gibson replied, "I love the children, and I needed the job. I thought it would get better, and I was scared." Additionally, she said that she never had tried to blackmail the family, and that the family still owed her money. Allred said that the Lowes tried to "hide behind" their confidentiality agreement with Gibson, and they were using that as a reason not to pay her.
Lowe's lawyer Larry Stein issued a statement to The Today Show which said "An investigation of dozens of present and former employees has failed to find one single person to verify her allegations. The allegations in the complaint are simply untrue."