Kylie Jenner is being sued by her former housekeeper, who claims she was subjected to “severe and pervasive harassment” while working at the beauty mogul’s home.
The 28-year-old reality star is being sued by Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, who has filed a lawsuit against Kylie Jenner Inc., Tri Star Services and La Maison Family Services, according to court documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times, People and E! News.
Vasquez worked for Jenner from September 2024 to August 2025, and claims that from her first day on staff at Jenner’s residence in Hidden Hills, Calif., she was treated with “hostility and exclusion” by the head housekeeper, identified as Patsy, and another supervisor, identified as Elsi, according to court documents.
The lawsuit does not specifically attribute any alleged discrimination to Jenner specifically, but she’s listed as a defendant alongside Tri Star Services and La Maison Family Services and 25 individuals who have yet to be identified, according to E! News.
Jenner has not publicly commented on the allegations. Global News has reached out to Jenner’s representatives for comment but has not heard back.
Vasquez, who is described as a “Salvadoran woman and practicing Catholic” in the legal docs, alleged that she was “routinely assigned the most difficult and undesirable tasks; excluded from the housekeeping team; publicly belittled and humiliated in front of coworkers due to her race, national origin and religion; and subjected to intimidation and demeaning treatment” during her employment.
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“This conduct was continuous and created a toxic and abusive work environment,” the legal filing read. “No remedial action was taken by any supervisors who witnessed this.”
When she spoke out about the treatment, Vasquez experienced “increased workload; reduction of scheduled hours; false accusations and disciplinary warnings; continued public humiliation; and hostile verbal and physical conduct,” the lawsuit claims.
Vasquez also alleges that when she complained in March 2025, a supervisor “threw hangers at [her] feet while reprimanding her.”
The former housekeeper said she developed “anxiety, severe stress and symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder” during her time of employment that required her to take a medical leave in July 2025.
“Upon her return, the hostile conditions continued,” Vasquez’s complaint alleged, adding that the “working conditions had become intolerable.” By August 2025, Vasquez claims she “had no choice but to resign.”
Vasquez alleges that the defendants failed to pay her in full, paid her late, failed to pay overtime wages and failed to reimburse business expenses, according to the Times.
She’s requesting a jury trial and seeking damages “in the form of unpaid wages, meal and rest period premium pay, unreimbursed business expenses, unpaid sick leave, and all other compensation unlawfully withheld.”
This isn’t the first time a member of the Kardashian-Jenner family has been sued by former staff.
In 2021, Kim Kardashian was sued by seven members of her domestic staff who claimed that the reality star neglected to pay them properly or give them appropriate breaks.
According to the civil action, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, “Plaintiffs never received any paystubs, were not paid on regular pay periods, were not given their required meal and rest breaks, were not provided a means to record all their hours, were not paid all their hours, were not reimbursed for employment expenses, were not paid all their overtime wages, and were not paid their wages upon termination of employment.”
NBC News, which first reported the lawsuit, said the workers claimed Kardashian withheld 10 per cent of their pay for taxes, but didn’t actually report their employment to tax authorities.
The seven workers who filed the lawsuit didn’t specify the exact amount they were seeking in damages, but said it was in excess of US$25,000, not including interest.
A representative for The Kardashians star said in a statement that Kardashian can’t be held responsible because the workers were provided through an unidentified “third-party vendor.”
“These workers were hired and paid through a third-party vendor hired by Kim to provide ongoing services. Kim is not party to the agreement made between the vendor and their workers, therefore she is not responsible for how the vendor manages their business and the agreements they have made directly with their staff,” read the statement.
“Kim has never not paid a vendor for their services and hopes that the issue between these workers and the vendor who hired them can be amicably resolved soon.”
By November 2023, Kardashian agreed to a legal settlement with the former employees after a scheduled trial for November 2023 to January 2024 was called off.
Kardashian and the defendants told the court they had “reached an agreement in principle to resolve this action.” The terms of the deal were kept private.
— With files from Global News’ Chris Jancelewicz
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