Jul. 14 2023, Revealed 11:15 a.m. ET
Poppy Montgomery has been accused of blowing off a lawsuit filed by her ex-housekeeper and now the With no Hint actress is dealing with being hit with an enormous 6-figure default judgment, RadarOnline.com has realized.
In line with courtroom paperwork obtained by RadarOnline.com, Montgomery and her husband Shawn Sanford’s ex-employee, Miriam Trejo, requested the courtroom to award her $117k.
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The ex-housekeeper had struggled to serve the couple claiming a course of server she employed could not discover them.
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The method server drove out to addresses beforehand linked to Montgomery however she now not lived at both of the properties. Trejo requested for permission to serve the couple by way of an alternate technique. The decide signed off on the ex-housekeeper posting a discover concerning the lawsuit in a neighborhood paper.
Regardless of the discover, Trejo mentioned the actress and her husband have nonetheless not responded. In consequence, she now needs the default judgment entered.
On Instagram, Montgomery has been energetic. Prior to now couple of months, she has posted photographs of her household hanging out in Malibu on social media.
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As we first reported, Trejo sued the 50-year-old ex-With no Hint star for failure to offer meal breaks, failure to pay all wages upon termination, and failure to pay all wages earned. The worker mentioned labored for the couple from 2014 till she was terminated on Might 11, 2022.
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In courtroom paperwork, Trejo mentioned she labored on the couple’s dwelling in Pacific Palisades, California. Her day by day obligations included cleansing, cooking, and taking good care of the couple’s kids.
In her swimsuit, Trejo mentioned she was paid $25 per hour and labored, on common, 5 days per week. On the time, she claimed the couple had her working 13 hours per day. Nonetheless, she mentioned they by no means paid her time beyond regulation.
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Additional, Trejo mentioned she was by no means offered uninterrupted, 30-minute meal breaks throughout her employment. “She was unable to take her relaxation breaks as a result of she was continuously wanted to carry out her duties,” her lawyer claimed
The ex-housekeeper’s lawyer alleged, “[Trejo] has been disadvantaged of her rightfully earned compensation for meal and relaxation break violations as a direct and proximate results of Defendants’ failure and refusal to pay mentioned compensation.
Poppy and her husband, a Microsoft govt, have been collectively since 2011 and obtained married at Disneyland in 2014. The Australian-born actress starred within the hit CBS drama With no Hint from 2002 to 2009 and in a while Unforgettable on the identical community.