Singer Halsey scored a small victory in her court docket battle with the previous nanny she accused of being “intoxicated” round her son.
In accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, a Los Angeles Superior Court docket decide granted a movement introduced by Halsey demanding her ex-employee Ashley Funches present up for a deposition.
The decide dominated that Ashley could be grilled below oath this month however declined to award Halsey her requested sanctions.
As we first reported, Halsey claimed Ashley was deposed for in the future, however they didn’t end. She stated they agreed the ex-employee would come again for one more day. Nevertheless, the singer stated Ashley and her authorized group stored making “empty guarantees” and failed to supply Ashely’s availability.
Halsey stated she notified Ashley of a deposition on Might 8 however the ex-nanny canceled final minute.
“[Ashley] continues to be noncommittal or outright ignore [Halsey’s] requests to finish [Ashley] deposition,” the singer’s lawyer wrote.
Halsey stated she has made “good religion efforts to coordinate [Ashley’s] deposition for months, and it’s nonetheless not full. Protection counsel has tried on numerous events to safe and make sure the deposition of [Ashley] however has been met with silence or empty guarantees.”
The authorized drama began in 2022 when Ashley sued Halsey for wrongful termination and incapacity discrimination. In her swimsuit, she claimed she labored as Halsey’s live-in nanny and was chargeable for caring for her new child son, Ender.
Throughout her employment, Ashely claimed she seen she didn’t obtain the additional time she was owed. She raised the problem.
The ex-nanny stated issues obtained worse when she requested for break day for a medical process. Ashley stated she was fired.
Her lawyer stated Halsey “illegally and wrongfully terminated [Ashley] in retaliation for complaining about” the singer’s “unlawful and illegal apply of failing to pay her additional time wages and on the idea of her incapacity and/or perceived incapacity.”
In response, Halsey got here out swinging in opposition to Ashley.
Her rep stated, “These allegations are baseless. This particular person’s employment was lately terminated in response to particular incidents wherein Halsey’s toddler was left unsupervised in an unsafe location whereas below the nanny’s care, and it was found the nanny was intoxicated whereas the kid was in her care.”
“Moreover, at no time throughout this particular person’s time period of employment with Halsey had been any complaints even raised. Consequently, whereas Halsey is each saddened and disenchanted by this flip of occasions, they really feel you will need to refute these allegations publicly, as they take ableism and moral working circumstances very severely,” the rep added.