Alanis Morissette and husband Mario Treadway are being sued by their former nanny, Bianca Cambeiro, for alleged 12-hour work shifts that Cambeiro compares to being "held hostage" with no breaks in between, according to court documents released by Radar Online.
Cambeiro claims that the couple employed her from August 2011 to March 2013 to care for their newborn son overnight, where she was allegedly told to stay in the baby's room and not leave under any circumstances from 9:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., not even to eat or use the bathroom. In addition, Cambeiro accompanied Morissette on tour and worked seven days a week "on several different occasions." She claims that she was only allowed a break during her $25 an hour shifts if one or more parent was present or if the day nanny arrived to relieve her.
Cambeiro is also seeking $30,000 in unpaid overtime, among other wages, and $100,000 in damages for the couple causing her "emotional distress."
Radar Online reports that the lawsuit was filed Thursday in Los Angeles, and Cambeiro did not specify whether or not she quit or was fired from the job when she ended work for them in March 2013.
While Morissette and her husband have yet to comment on these allegations, back in January 2012, her nannies asked her accountant why they were not being paid overtime for their work, and they were told, "We don't do that."
Morissette and Treadway's son, Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway, was born in 2010, and Morissette has opened up before about her struggles with post-partum depression on "Chelsea Lately," admitting she waited about "a year and four months" before seeking help and treatment.
"There's a song [on my album 'Havoc and Bright Lights' called 'Numb,' where I write about recovery," the singer said in 2012 during her interview.
