Posted on 09/29/2010 4:04:35 PM PDT by dragnet2
A former housekeeper for Meg Whitman was "emotionally and financially abused'' during her nine years of employment, an attorney alleged today, adding that the Republican gubernatorial candidate knew the woman was an illegal immigrant.
"In short it was a nightmare,'' said attorney Gloria Allred, who said Nikki Diaz Santillan worked as a housekeeper for Whitman for nine years before she was fired last year.
Allred said that during the woman's years of employment, Whitman caused her "to feel exploited, disrespected, humiliated and emotionally and financially abused.''
"The relationship was terminated last year by Ms. Whitman for what appeared to be political reasons involving Ms. Whitman's decision to run for governor,'' Allred said.
Allred contended that Whitman knew her client was an illegal immigrant, but kept her employed until she decided to run for governor.
Tom Hiltachk, Whitman's attorney, denied the allegation.
"This person was initially hired by Meg Whitman in November 2000,'' Hiltachk said in remarks reported on the Los Angeles Times website. "She filled out standard (Internal Revenue Service) forms and Department of Justice forms and presented her Social Security card and California driver's license. She filled out immigration forms that stated under penalty of perjury that she was a lawful resident.''
Hiltachk said the woman admitted in June 2009 that she was not a legal resident.
"She was immediately suspended and terminated on June 29, 2009,'' he said.
Whitman spokeswoman Andrea Jones Rivera said Allred's news conference was politically motivated. She called Allred "a shameful manipulator'' who is a supporter of Jerry Brown -- Whitman's Democratic opponent in the hotly contested governor's race.
"With the polls tied, it comes as no surprise that the morning after a successful debate for Meg that the sleaze machine of the political left is now focused on the politics of personal destruction.''
I pretty damn sick of these super weathy, fat corps and big biz having the convenient built in excuse, "Oh were innocent, they were 1099 employees....Oh, they were sent here by an employment agency" "Not my employee" "I have no idea".
That being said, they are nos reporting Brown might have come kind of connection with this pathetic illegal housekeeper scum.
Surprise huh?
I’ll try that again....sheesh
That being said, they are now reporting Brown might have some kind of connection with this pathetic illegal housekeeper scum.
FYI,
They got Whitmans husband’s handwriting on the letter from 2003, the husband actually wrote a note on the letter telling the illegal to take care of it...
Does not look good for Whitman
The legal immigrants I know don’t feel that way at all.
Do you have a source you can post for that contention?
Knowing you I am certain you do. Sock it to me, baby. ;-]
No source as in link 101. There might be, but I’m too worn out to look....Only coming from experience. They, like anyone else, groups/races/clubs/family, they tend stick together. In fact, more so than white people much of the time. They tend to stick together. I’ll never hold that against them.
BTW, did you ever notice a moniker looks better when it does not begin with an uppercase capital letters?.
I tend to agree.
Yes, they do. I like yours very much. The only exception being cognomen that start with numbers. Those are the most handsome of all.
Mine starts with One.
Whitman wasn’t going to be picking up much of the Illegal Alien vote to start with.
Why do ya think Whitman puts out millions of dollars in Spanish speaking commercials?
Lets not kid each other.
As I said earlier, many Hispanics in or legal Mexicans in the U.S., totally support their illegal aliens friends, families and relatives. This is nothing new and should not be a surprise to anyone.
In addition, illegal aliens are voting by the tens of thousands and have all but compromised and undermined our entire system, including our electoral process. Again, this is nothing new or a surprise.
Whitman loses the Hispanic vote, she punts...
Well if this is her Achille’s heel, then so be it. I don’t recall if it was you or another FReeper, but we’re better off not capturing CA.
It is a real fiscal mess, same with IL. Let it be a Democrat problem. Their legislatures made it. Now live with it.
All these politicians know whats up regarding illegals and the Hispanic vote...That's why like Bush, they all give speeches and pay millions in commercials all done in Spanish...Ya notice Bush was totally pro-amnesty?
lol....
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