Rob Lowe and Wife Face On-Cam Depositions
April 18 2008, Published 10:19 a.m. ET
Rob Lowe's "nanny-gate" saga continues to get uglier and uglier.
On Friday, the actor's former nanny, Jessica Gibson, announced through her attorney, Gloria Allred, that she is demanding video-taped depositions from both Lowe and his wife, Sheryl.
Allred told E! News she is going to "turn the screws" during the depositions.
"I'm sure some of the questions will make him and his wife uncomfortable, but our job is to get to the truth," she said. "They are going to have to sit down, and we are going to have a lot of tough questions for them."
Depositions are set for May19-20 in Santa Barbara, where the Lowes live. Rob and his wife have repeatedly denied sexual harassment allegations made by Gibson and has, in turn, accused her of extortion.
"They are going to have to answer questions under oath," Allred continues, "I'm looking forward to sitting eye to eye with the Lowes, because Jessica has nothing to hide."
Gibson maintains she quit working for the actor and his wife three times after having been their nanny for more than seven years, but went back each time because she loved the kids, but ultimately could not "take it anymore."
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"She went back because she hoped things would get better, she needed the job, and she loved the children," said Allred.
The couple's suit, filed April 7, claimed Gibson demanded $1.5 million in exchange for not going public with "a vicious laundry list of false terribles."
As for Gibson, Allred says her 24-year-old client is at home and dealing with the public scrutiny as best as she can.
"This a very painful time for her, a difficult and challenging time, but she is trying to hold up as best as she can," Allred tells E! "This a shocking turn of events for her. But she is not going to be intimidated."