Kylie Jenner Faces a Fourth Former-Staff Lawsuit in Seven Months, and Her Lawyer Calls the Cases Meritless
A former housekeeper alleges she was locked in a closet for over an hour, bitten by a dog and exposed to pepper spray on the job. The suit, filed Nov. 5 in Los Angeles, is the fourth from Jenner's former household staff this year — all allegations, none tested in court.
LOS ANGELES — Kylie Jenner has been sued by another former housekeeper — the fourth lawsuit from a former member of her household staff in seven months, and the No. 1 trending search in the United States on the Google Trends snapshot read this cycle — PEOPLE reported.
In the lawsuit, obtained by PEOPLE and filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Nov. 5, Dinora Cabria Amaya — who began working for Jenner, 29, around March 2025 — alleged numerous workplace violations and claimed she was wrongfully terminated for speaking up. Amaya alleged her schedule grew from six eight-hour days a week to more than eight hours a day while she was paid the same $40 hourly rate without overtime from March to May 2025, and that she was not paid for mileage or travel time between Jenner's properties.
The complaint's most striking allegations are injuries. Amaya alleged that on Sept. 4, 2025, an unsecured canister of pepper spray discharged into her eyes and face while she was cleaning a laundry-room drawer, leaving her with continued eye symptoms she reported to managers. She claimed she later had a panic attack after becoming locked in one of Jenner's closets for over an hour — an experience the suit says caused her "substantial fear, anxiety, humiliation, and emotional distress" — and that on Oct. 28, 2025, she was bitten by Jenner's dog while cleaning the animal's doghouse. She was terminated on Feb. 6, 2026, and is seeking unpaid wages, past and future lost earnings, and compensatory and punitive damages to be determined at trial. The allegations have not been tested in court.
Jenner's attorney, Michael Rhodes, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE: "These latest cases are being brought by the same lawyer who previously filed claims on behalf of Kylie's former household staff. It's clear that this lawyer wants to use publicity to try and extract an unwarranted payday. We're not going to be intimidated into doing that. As such, we'll defend these meritless cases vigorously and look forward to telling our side of the story." An attorney for the former employees answered: "Let me be unequivocally clear: We do not need publicity. We have evidence," adding that four lawsuits have been filed to date, with additional matters being prepared.
The earlier cases, PEOPLE reported, were filed by former housekeeper Angelica Vazquez, who alleged discrimination and a "toxic and abusive" work environment; a second housekeeper, Juana Delgado Soto; and a former chef who alleged her workload led to a miscarriage. Attorneys in the Vazquez and Soto cases held mediation sessions in October, and the chef's case — in which Jenner's legal team has asked that she reveal her identity — has hearings scheduled in January 2027.
