Nanny for Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis sues for wrongful termination

The former nanny taking care of Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis‘ children has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming she was fired when she requested medical leave.

Ericka Genaro claims in the suit, filed Tuesday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, that her doctor had prescribed her a three-day medical leave in 2021 to deal with the stress of the couple’s public split.

But when she told Sudeikis, the suit claims, he ‘fired her on the spot.’

Genaro has previously told DailyMail.com how the Horrible Bosses star would text her about his concerns as Olivia Wilde started to see Harry Styles more often, before bringing Genaro on a trip to London.

But the former celebrity couple quickly hit back at Genaro’s claims, calling them ‘false and scurrilous.’ 

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Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde are being sued by their former nanny for wrongful termination. They are pictured together in 2013

Genaro’s lawsuit details how she allegedly got put in the middle of the celebrity couple’s divorce after ‘Wilde abruptly left the home where she lived with Sudeikis, her two kids and Plaintiff as [a] live-in nanny,.

‘Wilde’s sudden absence from the home had an adverse consequence on its emotional state, including Sudeikis leaning on the presence of Plaintiff for support,’ the suit claims.

‘Although this shared trauma created a bond between Plaintiff and Sudeikis, Plaintiff became increasingly anxious and stressed with Sudeikis’ tendency to seemingly require Plaintiff to stay up at night after the kids were put to bed to talk, whereas that dynamic did not occur before Wilde’s absence.

‘The subject matter of these late night conversations with Sudeikis naturally evolved into speaking about Wilde, which Plaintiff felt compelled to engage in despite creating extreme anxiety to her as she ostensibly felt she had to “pick sides” between the parents of the children she was ostensibly the primary caretaker [of.]’ 

Eventually, the suit says, Genaro reached out to Wilde to talk about the situation, which she said she thought went well.

‘Plaintiff felt a genuine sense of relief and comradery with Wilde, who reacted sympathetically from Plaintiff’s point of view — Plaintiff thought she got enough off her chest to be able to function without anxiety as the live-in nanny for Wilde’s and Sudeikis’ children, with Wilde as a reliable ear,’ it says.

But when she, Sudeikis and the children were traveling to the airport in December 2020 to catch a flight to London, Genaro alleges, Sudeikis informed her that Wilde told him about their entire conversation.

‘Plaintiff was stunned at the abrupt announcement, and her heart sank because of its significance —there was no peace when confiding in Wilde,’ the suit says.

It continues to allege that Sudeikis then asked her ‘”Do you trust me?” as part “gotcha,” part threat and part confirmation Plaintiff was on Sudeikis’ side. 

Genaro was hired in 2018 to take care of Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’ two children, the lawsuit says

In a joint statement to DailyMail.com, Wilde and Sudeikis denied these claims, saying: ‘As parents, it is incredibly upsetting to learn that a former nanny of our two young children would choose to make such false and scurrilous accusations about us publicly. 

‘Her now 18-month long campaign of harassing us, as well as loved ones, close friends and colleagues, has reached its unfortunate apex. We will continue to focus on raising and protecting our children with the sincere hope that she will now choose to leave our family alone.’