Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis score big win in legal battle with former nanny
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis have scored a big win in their legal battle with their former nanny.
A Los Angeles judge dismissed Ericka Genaro’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the exes on Wednesday.
“The lawsuit has been fully dismissed. Both Olivia and Jason are hopeful they can finally close this chapter after what has not only been a selfish grab for financial gain, but a shameless exploitation of their trust played out in the media,” the actors’ rep told Page Six in a statement.
However, Genaro’s attorney, Ron Zambrano, told us the case will be moved to arbitration, meaning the parties will resolve their issues outside the court of law via a private arbitrator.
“We don’t agree with the decision, but it is what it is,” Zambrano said in a statement. “And now we’ll litigate it in arbitration, and the case goes on.”
Zambrano made sure to note that the decision “does not terminate the lawsuit; it merely changes the venue.”
He went on, “As to the underlying facts, we’ve got text messages and testimony that [Genaro] was driven to quit, then was summarily fired anyway. We feel extremely confident in the case, so instead of taking this to trial, we’ll handle it in arbitration, and we’re ready to move forward.”
Wilde and Sudeikis — who co-parent son Otis, 9, and daughter Daisy, 6 — had sought in May to get the case moved to arbitration.
“It is unfortunate that this private matter continues to play out in the press,” the pair said in a statement at the time.
“Our focus has been and will continue to be to steadfastly protect our family in the face of harassment of any kind. We are confident that the evidence brought forward will affirm our position to summarily dismiss this case and bring our family peace.”
Genaro — who worked for the duo from 2018 to 2021 — alleged in her February filing that they fired her after she requested a three-day “stress leave” due to their crumbling relationship.
They announced their split in November 2020.
Genaro claimed that once Wilde moved out of the family home, she suffered increased anxiety due to how much more time she had to spend with the kids.
“The pressure of [Genaro] not only being the primary caretaker of the children, but also filling in Wilde’s absence for the children, became debilitating,” her suit stated.
Following the filing, Wilde, 39, and Sudeikis, 47, claimed Genaro was never actually fired. In fact, they alleged she resigned and even offered to help them out for an extra five months.
They claimed Genaro was paid generously and that they even doubled her salary at the end of 2020, which they alleged led to her continuously asking for more money.
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It wasn’t until they refused to pay her salary “tax free” that the former nanny allegedly started to get upset.
Wilde and Sudeikis claimed Genaro threatened to “dish” to the media about her time as their employee, which she ultimately ended up doing via a multi-part interview with DailyMail.com.
Genaro claimed to the outlet that the “Don’t Worry Darling” director tricked then-boyfriend Harry Styles into thinking she and Sudeikis were over before they had actually broken up.
Genaro also detailed the former couple’s allegedly nasty fallout, claiming the “Ted Lasso” star once threw himself in front of Wilde’s car to stop her from seeing the musician, 29.
Wilde and Sudeikis have claimed that it was a breach of contract for Genaro to offer up interviews and discuss their personal lives publicly.
