06:37 AM EDT 05/15/2009
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Rob Lowe's Feud with Second Nanny Also Ends
Originally posted 05/14/2009 01:30PM
On the heels of a truce with his former nanny, Rob Lowe's legal battle with a second nanny, Laura Boyce, is also over.
Los Angeles Superior Court records show that attorneys for both sides have requested the entire case be dismissed. It's unclear if a financial settlement was involved. Lawyers for both sides had no comment.
Lowe, 45, had sued Boyce in April 2008 for defamation and violating her confidentiality agreement, while Boyce alleged sexual harassment by his wife, Sheryl, accusing the actor's wife of using racial and sexual epithets during her seven-month employment with the Lowes.
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Rob Lowe's Legal Battle with One Nanny Is Over
Originally posted 05/13/2009 07:55PM
The war between Rob Lowe and one of his former nannies, Jessica Gibson, has ended, with both sides requesting their lawsuits be dismissed, court records show.
It's unknown if a financial settlement was involved. Lawyers for both sides had no comment.
Lowe, 45, preemptively sued Gibson in Santa Barbara County Superior Court in April 2008, alleging she was trying to blackmail him and his family unless he paid her $1.5 million. Within days, Gibson filed a sexual harassment suit against Lowe and his wife, Sheryl, claiming he groped and exposed himself to her over her seven-year employment with the Lowes.
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Rob Lowe Describes Dramatic Evacuation from Wildfire
Originally posted 11/15/2008 02:40PM
The wildfire raging near Santa Barbara, Calif., has sent thousands of people fleeing their homes, among them Brothers & Sisters star Rob Lowe.
"It was just like Armageddon," the actor tells KABC-TV.
Lowe, 44, was at home and initially thought wife Sheryl was joking when she informed him of the blaze in the upscale Montecito community where Oscar-winner Michael Douglas and talk-show maven Oprah Winfrey also have homes
"My son and I were watching the football game," the father of sons Edward, 15, and John, 13, said in an interview with the L.A. station. "And my wife, who was out running errands, called and said, 'Get out. The mountain's on fire.' And I thought she was kidding. There was no indication that anything was going wrong, that anything was up."
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Rob Lowe Lawsuit Against Nanny on Hold
Originally posted 09/30/2008 08:45PM
Rob Lowe's legal battle against his former nanny, Jessica Gibson, is on hold, pending her appeal to a higher court to throw out his million-dollar lawsuit against her.
"Everything in the case comes to a halt for now," Gibson's lawyer Gloria Allred tells PEOPLE. "Although we were successful in getting parts of his lawsuit thrown out in an earlier decision, we feel most of it is still without merit."
The actor has accused Gibson, 25, of breaking her confidentiality agreement and spreading lies about him. At the time he filed his preemptive lawsuit, Lowe said a "former employee" – later identified as Gibson – "is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles."
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Both Sides Claim Victory in Rob Lowe Nanny Hearing
Originally posted 07/31/2008 06:00PM
Rob Lowe and his ex-nanny both claimed victory Thursday after a California judge threw out four of the actor's claims against Jessica Gibson but also one of Gibson's allegations.
Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille issued the technical legal rulings in the emotionally charged litigation, in which both sides are suing each other, in a courtroom in Santa Barbara.
For Gibson, the judge ruled that Lowe could not pursue his defamation claims against her because the 24-year-old former nanny is protected under laws allowing people to protest alleged workplace conditions. Three other claims also were tossed.
"This is a huge victory for us today," said Gibson's lawyer, Gloria Allred. "We look forward to continuing with our sexual harassment suit against the Lowes."
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Rob Lowe Filing Details Nanny's Alleged Promiscuity
Originally posted 06/27/2008 08:20PM
A former nanny who is accusing Rob Lowe of sexual harassment allegedly offered sex to the family's tennis instructor, according to court documents released Friday.
In a sworn declaration, instructor Nigel Armstrong stated that Jessica Gibson "told me shortly after we first met [in mid-2005] that she was interested in me ... She was very forward and did not seem concerned with being discreet."
Armstrong, then 48, described an incident in the kitchen of the Lowe family home in London in which Gibson, then 22, was nude from the waist down and "invited me to have sex even though [the Lowes' children] were in the general area. I was shocked by her audacity."
Armstrong, who had a girlfriend at the time, says Gibson "would sneak me into the Lowe house to spend the night there ... on three or four occasions."
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Judge Dismisses Two Claims Against Rob Lowe
Originally posted 06/19/2008 01:55PM
Rob Lowe won a small victory Thursday in the first courtroom showdown against a former nanny.
Santa Barbara, Calif., Superior Court Judge Denise de Bellefeuille threw out two of the 12 allegations made by 24-year-old Jessica Gibson.
Gibson's sexual harassment claims remain intact, however. The two allegations thrown out – on the grounds that there was no legal basis – were related to labor-code violations.
"We're very pleased with today's outcome," said Lowe's attorney Larry Stein. "The Lowes have consistently denied any wrongdoing and will be vindicated. The entire family is holding up the best they can."
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Attorney: Rob Lowe Can't Find Confidentiality Agreement
Originally posted 06/06/2008 03:25PM
Rob Lowe, who is suing a former nanny for allegedly violating a confidentiality agreement, now can't find the document, the nanny's lawyer says.
Jessica Gibson, 24, who denies ever signing such an agreement, asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit after a Lowe attorney revealed the document is "missing," according to court papers.
"In effect, Ms. Gibson has been sued for breach of a nonexistent contract," says her dismissal motion, filed Thursday in Superior Court in Santa Barbara, Calif. "The Lowes set out to punish Ms. Gibson ... and intimidate any and all who might want to assert (their rights)," the papers add.
Lowe's attorney Larry Stein would only say, "We'll be responding to this in court, which is the appropriate way."
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Rob Lowe Drops Lawsuit Against Former Chef
Originally posted 05/27/2008 04:20PM
Rob and Sheryl Lowe have dismissed their defamation lawsuit against their former chef, Peter Clements, after Clements provided the couple with "accurate information," court papers say.
The Lowes sued Clements on April 7, alleging emotional distress, defamation, breach of contract and trespass. The lawsuit claimed that, when the Lowes were out of town, their former chef threw parties at their home, had sex with strangers in their bed, stole from their medicine cabinet and stole their food.
"Once Peter Clements provided Rob and Sheryl Lowe with accurate information, the Lowes willingly dismissed their claims against him without cost to either side," the papers say.
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Rob Lowe Seeks Dismissal of Some of Nanny's Claims
Originally posted 05/15/2008 05:35PM
Rob Lowe is asking a Santa Barbara, Calif., court to dismiss portions of a countersuit against him by first nanny Jessica Gibson, according to documents released Thursday.
"Each of Gibson's [accusations] is completely unfounded ... but nine of those ... are subject to immediate dismissal because she has failed ... to even allege the essential elements of a claim of relief," writes Lowe's attorney, Larry Stein.
Stein targets a number of alleged labor/wage violations for which Gibson countersued Lowe on April 14. Among them: unpaid overtime, meals and rest periods. Stein argues that Gibson admitted to receiving a check from the Lowes for those unpaid wages around April 7.
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