Mariah Carey sued by former assistant
Mariah Carey is facing a lawsuit from a former assistant who alleges the pop superstar owes her overtime payments.
Ylser Oliver, 49, claims she began working for Carey in March, 2007 and undertook jobs such as tidying the singer's New York home, answering phones, grocery shopping and packing suitcases, often working 16-hour days.
Oliver, who quit in June (14), alleges she often worked seven days
a week without meal breaks or proper overtime pay, and she is now
suing the star over claims she is owed time-and-a-half pay when
working more than 40 hours a week, according to the New York
Post.
Oliver's lawyer Matthew Blit tells the publication, "My client put
her family's life on hold while tending to Mariah Carey's family,
and Mariah repaid her by underpaying her... My client is a very
hardworking woman who treated Mariah and her family like her own,
working all hours of the day and night. Even celebrities are
required to abide by the law."
Blit adds that his client is demanding a "significant amount of
money".
Carey's spokeswoman Cindi Berger says, "I can't comment on anything
that I'm not aware of and we haven't heard anything about this
lawsuit."