NEWSKobe Plays Defense
March 25 2009, Published 10:52 a.m. ET
Kobe Bryant and his wife are being sued by their former maid.
Furious cleaner Maria Jimenez says that not only was she treated like crap -- but she was forced to put her hands in it as well!
According to TMZ, Maria claims that Vanessa Bryant was "incredibly abusive" to her, and even demanded that she put her had in a bag of dog feces to find a price tag.
The site reports that Maria also says Vanessa called her "lazy, slow, dumb, a f***ing liar, and f***ing sh*t" and accused her of stealing (of all things belonging to a multi-millionaire!) her mouth retainer.
The lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Orange County, also alleges that Vanessa "badgered, harassed and humiliated Maria by yelling and screaming at Maria and criticizing her in front of Kobe, the Bryants' children, employees and other people in the household".
Apparently she threatened to quit but Kobe talked her out of it.
But according to the suit, Maria finally decided she couldn't take it any more after Vanessa punished her for putting an expensive blouse in the washer by making her fish its price tag out of a bag of dog poop.
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After that Maria said she was out of there, but Vanessa allegedly made her work until she'd paid off $690 for the blouse.
Now Maria is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages.
