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Kylie Jenner sued by former employee alleging discrimination and harassment
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Kylie Jenner sued by former employee alleging discrimination and harassment

From La Naciรณn · (10m ago) Spanish Critical tone

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

TLDR

  • A former domestic employee has filed a lawsuit against Kylie Jenner, her company, and associated agencies, alleging discrimination and harassment.
  • The lawsuit claims the employee, Juana Delgado Soto, experienced racial discrimination, wage theft, and a hostile work environment between 2019 and 2025.
  • Specific accusations include being denied breaks, enduring verbal abuse related to her accent and origin, and being pressured to work extra hours.

Kylie Jenner finds herself embroiled in a new legal controversy as a former domestic worker, Juana Delgado Soto, levels serious accusations of discrimination and harassment. The lawsuit, filed against Jenner, her company, and staffing agencies, paints a grim picture of Soto's employment from 2019 to 2025. Allegations range from racial discrimination and wage theft to a pervasive lack of basic workplace protections. Soto claims she was denied necessary breaks, subjected to demeaning comments about her accent and background, and even pressured to forgo personal events, like her birthday celebration, for work. The situation reportedly escalated after a new supervisor, Itzel Sibrian, took over, intensifying the alleged mistreatment. Soto's attempt to report these issues internally, including a handwritten note to Jenner herself detailing psychological abuse, highlights her desperation. This case brings to light the challenging realities that some domestic workers face, even in the employ of high-profile individuals, raising questions about labor practices and accountability within affluent households.

I need to express how terribly psychologically abused I am

โ€” Juana Delgado SotoA quote from a handwritten note allegedly left by the former employee for Kylie Jenner detailing her alleged mistreatment.
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Originally published by La Naciรณn in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.