Rob Lowe accuses babysitter of extortion attempt

**Sasha** · April 8th, 2008, 09:07 AM

Read those two text messages carefully. Something was going on.

**penname** · April 8th, 2008, 09:20 AM

This woman put up with the alleged abuse without protest for a bafflingly long time. And then she says she loves them?!?! If the threesome story is what this relates to, she must have been a willing participant. But if she participated only in order to exploit it later, she's contemptible. So far, my sympathies are with Rob Lowe and family on this one. And I like what he wrote.

**KristiB** · April 8th, 2008, 09:32 AM

Anyone figure out which blind it is?

***too pressed for time to search***

**Sibyl** · April 8th, 2008, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by aabbcc

He's not exactly a prize either.

I find him attractive, he'd be way hotter if he didn't have that damn surgery job, but still he's one handsome man...
Hope this story about the babysitter is not true.

**sluce** · April 8th, 2008, 12:16 PM

I have to side with Rob and Sheryl based on what has been shown so far. The text messages bury the nanny.

**AgentOrange** · April 8th, 2008, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by WhateverLolaWants

Whoa, what happened to his chin?

He's growing a mighty chin!

Maybe this is some sort of Pinocchio thing, where it grows longer the more he lies.

**SummerSwelter** · April 8th, 2008, 08:29 PM

"or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles."

So she's a member of Gossip Rocks too?

**crawdad** · April 8th, 2008, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by SummerSwelter

So she's a member of Gossip Rocks too?

Maybe the laundry list is true. Those in question aren't exactly innocent.

**baked_tater** · April 8th, 2008, 10:10 PM

Making such a preemptive and humongous strike makes him look guilty of something. He just made DAMN surre America is gonna pick apart this story to the bitter end, and it leaves me wondering just how bad the nanny's secrets are? Are they worth more than a mill five to some tabloid? Cuz if I were a tabloid and the story was juicy enough, I would pay her damages for the moolah a juicy story would bring my publication.

Anyway the question is, Is it worth that much to any magazine for Rob Lowe news? What scandal would draw over a million dollars in revenue via Lowe, anyway?

All I know is he is really trying to get us to focus on what a low life back stabber this nanny is, which automatically makes me scrutinize the one directing the accusations!!

**Trixie** · April 8th, 2008, 10:20 PM

Oh, I'd say something is going on alright. Triple pre-emptive strike! Not only are they suing this nanny, but a former chef AND another nanny. WTF??

Rob Lowe, wife sue former nannies, chef

Tue Apr 8, 2008

By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Rob Lowe and his wife have sued two former nannies and an ex-chef, claiming they violated confidentiality agreements and in one case lied about having sex with the star of television show "Brothers and Sisters."

The lawsuits were filed on Monday, the same day Lowe said on the Huffington Post Web site that one of his ex-nannies was demanding $1.5 million or she would "accuse us of a vicious laundry list of false terribles."

In his blog post, the 44-year-old actor said the former nanny abruptly left the Lowe family in February after seven years of employment and was now making "false claims of harassment" for financial gain.

The couple's lawsuit against Jessica Gibson, which was filed in Santa Barbara County where they live and posted on the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, claims Gibson "made false statements to others to suggest that she had a personal and intimate relationship with Rob Lowe."

In the breach of contract and defamation suit, which seeks unspecified damages, they also claim Gibson falsely portrayed Lowe's wife, Sheryl, as an overly demanding and abusive employer and "violated their personal space for her own sexual trysts."
"The Lowes are informed and believe ... that (Gibson) would bring men with whom she was sexually involved into the Lowes' home after hours without their knowledge, permission or approval," the couple says in the lawsuit.

"Such behavior is absolutely unacceptable and, had the Lowes been aware of it at the time, it would have been cause for immediate termination."

The Lowes filed a pair of separate lawsuits against another former nanny and their ex-chef, claiming that both divulged personal information about the couple.

The couple accused ex-nanny Laura Boyce, in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, of "conspiring" with others to damage the reputation of the actor and his wife, who is a film and television make-up artist.

Lowe, who first gained fame as a member of the so-called Brat Pack, starred in such hit 1980s films as "The Outsiders" and "St. Elmo's Fire." He was nominated for an Emmy for his role as a presidential speech writer in "The West Wing."

Rob Lowe, wife sue former nannies, chef | Reuters