LOS ANGELES – A judge suggested Wednesday she plans to throw out key portions of a lawsuit by a nanny who claims she was fired by Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife because she became pregnant.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Amy Hogue, who planned to issue her decision Thursday, rebuffed hours of arguments by the attorney for nanny Claudia Leite, saying she didn’t believe much of the nanny’s testimony.
“I can’t remember a case with so much impeaching testimony and things that didn’t make sense,” Hogue told Leite’s attorney, Joseph Davis. “It’s astounding.”
She said she also doubted the testimony of a chauffeur who joined in the lawsuit.
The case offered insight into the lifestyle of a super-rich family with several homes and private jet. Simon, and his wife, Bui, a former Miss Universe, have homes in California and Indiana and travel with a staff that includes nannies for their four children. His family founded the Indiana-based Simon Property Group. According to Forbes, his net worth is $1.4 billion.
“It’s hard to infer an anti-family, anti-pregnancy animus from Mrs. Simon when her whole history has been pro-child,” said the judge. She noted that Bui Simon runs a foundation for orphans and she
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