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Rob Lowe was sued for sexual harassment this spring by a nanny who worked for his family for seven years, returning once on her own volition. The nanny, Jessica Gibson, 24, is being represented by aggressive press-hungry celebrity attorney Gloria Allred. In a less than credible appearance on The Today Show, Gibson grinned guiltily and laughed inappropriately while Allred answered most of the questions, holding her hand and controlling the interview.
Allred managed to rustle up another nanny to file suit against the Lowes for sexual harassment, and in the press conference she held with the shaking, sobbing nanny Allred spoke the entire time, holding the poor woman by the shoulders. Allred actually covered the woman’s mouth when she tried to speak.
While Jessica Gibson says Lowe exposed himself to her and groped her, the other nanny accuses his wife of creating a hostile work environment by openly discussing her sex life and occasionally walking around naked. Neither Gibson or the other nanny mentioned the supposed harassment to any of their superiors or lodged a complaint prior to filing these lawsuits.
Now Lowe’s legal team has submitted three declarations to the court from various people who worked for his family which make it clear that Gibson is a less than credible witness. The most damning statement comes from her own sister.
Jessica Gibson’s sister: She was doing it because the Lowes owed her money
Jamie Gibson Sprovieri worked as estate manager for the Lowes for four years, and indicated that her sister was hoping to settle the case for a hefty sum. Her statement claims that not only did her sister never tell her about the alleged harassment or even complain about Lowe prior to filing suit, but that she also told her that she wouldn’t have sued if the Lowes would have paid her $200 they owed her.
In or about March, 2008, Jessica told me that she had sent the Lowes a demand with a complaint because she was alleging that Rob Lowe had been sexually harassing her. Jessica told me that she had made the demand through an attorney named John Richards and that she was asking for $1.5 million. Jessica said that she decided on $1.5 million because she had heard that another well-known actor had paid that amount to a woman who threatened to bring a sexual harassment claim against him.
During the conversation described above, Jessica also told me that if the Lowes had just paid her the $200 that she said they owed her, none of this would have happened. I understood her comment to mean that she would not have made a demand against the Lowes for $1.5 million or accused Rob Lowe of sexual harassment if they would have just paid the $200.
This conversation was the first time that Jessica had ever said anything to me about Rob Lowe doing anything that she thought was inappropriate. In fact, she had never complained to him to me before this conversation.
[From PDF of Jamie Gibson’s declaration available on TMZ.com]
Chef says Jessica Gibson hit on him relentlessly, was a sex predator
In another recently 
filed declaration, a chef who worked for the Lowes in London says that Jessica was sexually inappropriate and acted like a “predator.” The chef says he resisted her advances and told her multiple times that he had a girlfriend, but she wouldn’t let up and even sang that stupid “Dontcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me” song right to his girlfriend’s face.
I observed from the first day that Jessica arrived in London… that she had an overly flirtatious manner and appeared to be somewhat of a sexual predator. Within hours of her arrival, she had changed into hot pants and was laying on the kitchen floor with her legs open in a very suggestive manner. Her conduct made me feel uncomfortable because I felt it crossed personal boundaries especially considering that we had only known each other for a few hours…
When my girlfriend was around, Jessica would be flirtatious with me and create the impression that something was going on between the two of us. On John Owen’s birthday at Pizza in the Park she sang the lyrics to the Pussy Cat Doll’s “Don’t cha…” to my girlfriend across the table while looking at her and then me.
[From PDF of James Maclear’s declaration, available on TMZ.com]
48 year-old tennis instructor: I got some of that but she was crazy
And the most entertaining declaration comes from a 48 year-old tennis instructor who worked with the Lowe children when they lived in England. 
He admitted he was having an affair with Jessica, but said he made it clear that he had a longterm girlfriend and wasn’t about to leave her. The needy girl also sang “Dont cha” by the Pussycat Dolls in an unoriginal and desperate bid for his affection. He described another incident in which she took off her pants in the kitchen and wanted him to have sex with her when the boys she was supposed to be watching were in the house and apt to walk in.
Jessica told me shortly after we first met that she was interested in me. I was flattered that a twenty-two year old woman would have such an interest in me. I was forty-eight at the time. I made it clear to Jessica that I was in a serious relationship and I would not break up with my girlfriend.
During the following few months that I knew Jessica, she was very forward with me and did not seem concerned with being discreet. For example, on one occasion in the evening when Matthew and John Owen and [sic] were running around in my employer’s home, I walked into the kitchenette area. Jessica was standing in the kitchenette and had taken off her pants and underwear and invited me to have sex even though the boys were in the general area. I was shocked by her audacity. I told her that we could not do that and walked out of the room…
It had become apparent that Jessica was struggling with the fact that I would not end the relationship with my girlfriend. Jessica was taking the relationship with me more seriously. For example, on one occasion, she started singing “don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me,” the lyrics to a popular song at the time, when I was around. She would also tell me that she loved me on a number of occasions.
[From PDF of Nigel Armstrong’s declaration available on TMZ.com]
Of course the tennis instructor says that Gibson never gave him any indication that Rob Lowe was inappropriate with her in any way.
There are more semi-salacious legal documents related to the case on TMZ, including a declaration by Rob Lowe’s wife Sheryl in which she says Jessica came to see her husband while wearing just a towel and tried twice to get him to put sunblock on her. There are also dumb text messages between Jessica and her boyfriend from earlier this year. She calls her employer Sheryl crazy and the boyfriend jokes that they should beat up the Lowes, steal their jewelry and escape to Mexico.
The Lowes are also suing Gibson, and say she is in violation of a confidentiality agreement and is lying. Their case just got a hell of a lot stronger.
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Rob Lowe
TMZ.com: TMZ has learned that Rob Lowe just threw ex-nanny Jessica Gibson's complaint back in her face -- and is telling her to shove it.Just yesterday, a notice of demurrer -- aka a motion to dismiss -- was filed by the Lowes in Santa Barbara Superior Court....
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Rob Lowe and his boys at the “Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire” premiere, thanks to WENN
Gibson declined to be interviewed for People, but she did pose for a picture
I read the People Magazine article about Rob Lowe’s nanny accuser hoping to find out more about her allegations and what motivated her to come forward at this time. All they have is that photo of her standing in front of a tree with poorly-blended eye makeup that was shown on the People website earlier in the week. The nanny “declined to be interviewed.”
She practically declined to be interviewed on The Today Show too, letting vampire lawyer Gloria Allred hold her hand and do all the talking for her. When she did open her mouth she didn’t say much and managed to undermine her credibility even more.
Nanny Jessica Gibson’s parents and sister talked to People on her behalf, and they said that they were shocked that this was happening and that she’s an honest and good person. The content of all of their comments makes it clear that she never talked to any of them about any potentially difficult situation at the Lowes beyond working long hours.
People believe Lowe, not Gibson
People had a poll on their website about this case, in which they asked “Who’s Telling The Truth in the Rob Lowe Nanny Case?”
The current results are:
Rob Lowe: 67%
Jessica Gibson: 7%
Both have credibility issues: 26%
Gibson’s lawyer demands videotaped depositions
Gloria Allred sure isn’t doing her client any favors. She practically salivates at a chance to grill Rob Lowe and his wife on camera, saying she’s sure she’ll make them uncomfortable and that she wants videotaped depositions.
“I’m sure some of the questions will make him and wife uncomfortable, but our job is to get to the truth,” Allred says in an exclusive interview. “They are going to have to sit down, and we are going to have a lot of tough questions for them…”
In any event, Allred said her office has also sent more than 100 requests for the Lowes to produce documents to support his case.
“They are going to have to answer questions under oath,” Allred says. “I’m looking forward to sitting eye to eye with the Lowes, because Jessica has nothing to hide.”
[From E! Online]
Let me get this right - Allred says she’s going to make them uncomfortable and that she really wants to get in their faces, and she admits to sending over 100 requests for documents. From my vast knowledge of lawyers’ tactics gained from reading John Grisham novels, it sounds like Gibson’s team is trying to bog down Lowe’s attorneys in paperwork, and is trying to intimidate them into settling the case for a large amount of money. I hope it goes to trial and that the truth comes out.
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Rob Lowe’s nanny Jessica Gibson is really making a case that he traumatized and sexually harassed her for the seven years she worked for his family, returning twice on her own volition to go back into his employ. First she goes on The Today Show with her aggressive attorney, famewhore Gloria Allred, literally holding her hand. Gibson looked like she was trying hard not to bust out laughing, and was grinning triumphantly throughout the interview. Whenever she gave an answer she sounded rehearsed, but not well enough, and she let Allred do most of the talking.
Now Gibson has done a photoshoot with People Magazine, which promises to have exclusive interviews with her and her family in their upcoming issue.
Gibson never told police, her supervisor or parents
Gibson never went to the police with her accusations of sexual harassment by her employer, and she never told her supervisor on the job, nor did she tell her parents. The woman who managed Rob Lowe’s estate and his employees gave a declaration that “Jessica never told me … that Rob ever said or did anything that she found inappropriate or offensive or that made her feel uncomfortable … or made sexual advances toward her.” In fact the estate manager confirms that Gibson left twice and came back, each time saying she was leaving due to burnout. Other employees also gave declarations on behalf of the Lowes attesting to their positive experiences there.
Jessica’s mother and father were interviewed by People, and each expressed surprise that anything happened to her there. Her father said “I was shocked when I heard about everything,” and her mother said “we did not discuss that.”
Lowe is suing Gibson, and two other employees alleging that they’re spreading false stories about him. In his lawsuit against Gibson, Lowe states that she brought men back to his house to have sex and that she was under the influence of drugs while she was working there. He also claims she lied to other people about having a relationship with him. One of the other employees Lowe is suing, a cook who was fired in December for stealing food, has a history of bankruptcy and failing to pay child support.
Gibson never mentioned harassment from Lowe to coworkers at her other job
TMZ claims to have spoken to at least one of Jessica’s coworkers at the doctor’s office where she worked while on hiatus from the Lowe’s employ, only to return on her own accord. The say that sources claim she bragged that Lowe was flirty with her, but never said that anything happened between them or that he harassed her.
It seemed that Gibson talked more about the money she felt that Lowe and his wife owed her for overtime.
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Jessica Gibson a/k/a Rob Lowe’s former nanny is cashing by selling out to People magazine. The first professional photo shoot of Jessica will be the magazines big story this week. Did you know that she’s already hired Gloria “ball-buster” Allred to represent her. Ponyboy might be in trouble.
“Jessica has nothing to hide, and we wonder if Mr. Lowe will take that position as well,” attorney Gloria Allred, who has a May 19 date to depose the former Brat Packer, said of her client – who on April 14 filed suit accusing both Rob, 41, and Sheryl Lowe, 46, of sexual harassment and behavior that was “offensive, insulting, unwelcome, mean, perverted, crude and lascivious.”
Pony’s attorney pretty much called Jessica a liar in a statement he issued to the Today show. “An investigation of dozens of present and former employees has failed to find one single person to verify her allegations,” Buckle up kids, this is gonna be a long, ugly ride.
