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Rob Lowe Extorted in Real AND Fake Life
Jossip — ... in everyday life who are paying the price of a climate where anyone can accuse anybody of anything, anytime, and hope for a big cash pay-off at the end. “Hush money” to just go away. Well I won’t go away. No one intimidates my family. My wife and I have many former and long term employees, all of whom know this woman, who can and will refute any claims of anything inappropriate in our home, or anywhere else. We will defend ourselves with vigor and without fear. [HuffPo] ...

Rob Lowe refuses to give in to blackmail
USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live — ... Rob Lowe's getting out ahead of a story that looks like it could be nasty. Here's an excerpt of what he has just blogged at Huffington Post : "A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her 1.5 million dollars by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles. It is an attempt to damage and humiliate not only my wife and me, but our two young sons as well. My family is devastated at this betrayal; this woman worked in our home and traveled with us off and on for seven years, without complaint. In fact, she left other ...

Rob Lowe’s former employee trying to extort him
Cele|bitchy — ... paying the price of a climate where anyone can accuse anybody of anything, anytime, and hope for a big cash pay-off at the end. “Hush money” to just go away. Well I won’t go away. No one intimidates my family. My wife and I have many former and long term employees, all of whom know this woman, who can and will refute any claims of anything inappropriate in our home, or anywhere else. We will defend ourselves with vigor and without fear. [From the Huffington Post] Lowe goes on to share some text messages the nanny sent to Lowe’s wife ...

Speaking Of Lifetime....
Dlisted - Be Very Afraid — This story right here would make an awesome Lifetime original movie starring Rob Lowe as himself, Tori Spelling and Tracey Gould . The premise? Rob has accused a former babysitter of trying to extort money from him and his wife, Sheryl . Is it just me or does Sheryl sort of look like Gwyneth Paltrow in a fat suit in Shallow Hal ? Anuway, Rob wrote a blog post for The Huffington Post called " Household Betrayal. " And there's our title! In the post, Rob said this woman wants $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will spread a bunch of vicious lies about them. ...

Rob Lowe Fights Back On Blog & In Court
Deadline.com — Readers know that this is a Hollywood industry website which ignores celebrity news unless it's business-oriented. So the reason I'm writing about Rob Lowe right now is because he struck a blow for showbiz stars trying to protect their personal lives that should profoundly impact the commercial trafficking in celebrity. Not only did Lowe expose what he termed a "household betrayal" today blogging on The Huffington Post, but the actor and his wife Sheryl also filed individual lawsuits today against three former household employees who'd all signed confidentiality agreements. ...

Back Stabbing
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton — ... Rob Lowe revealed Monday that - after quitting suddenly and without reason - a former employee is demanding $1.5 million from him… and if he doesn't pay up she'll supposedly disclose some of his fam's dirty laundry. ...

Rob Lowe blogs of Babysitter Extortion Attempt
Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog — ... Rob wrote a blog post for The Huffington Post called “Household Betrayal.” Movie title? In the post, Rob said this woman wants $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will spread a bunch of vicious lies about them. ...

Rob Lowe Extorted by Lovesick Babysitter!
StarMagazine.com — News and Gossips Rob Lowe Extorted by Lovesick Babysitter! Rob Lowe says a former employee is trying to pinch him for cash and he's not going to take it laying down. The former Brat Packer, who's now on Brothers & Sisters , is responding to a blackmailer's threats by making them public and blogging about the situation on Huffington Post. "A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles," blogged Rob, who employed the woman on and off for seven ...

Rob Lowe Blogs About Babysitter's Alleged Extortion
Socialite Life — ... Instead he got to the media first, by writing a blog for The Huffington Post, entitled 'Household Betrayal,' which includes examples of how the sitter quickly changed her tune a few weeks after quitting. She worked for the family for seven years. ...

Rob Lowe Sues Betraying Ex-Nannies and Ex-Chef
Zap2it.com - Zap 2 News & Buzz — ... isn't getting respect from his former employees. The actor filed three lawsuits Monday, April 7 against two of his former nannies and a former chef, reports People , claiming breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. In the case of one nanny, Lowe actually aired his grievances on The Huffington Post . She is reportedly demanding $1.5 million from the actor and his wife Sheryl "or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles," which would "damage and humiliate" his family. Apparently, the nanny had worked with ...

Brand New Links
Ayyyy! — ... Like shooting fish in a barrel: Rob Lowe blackmailed! (HuffPo) ...

Breakfast Links
YesButNoButYes Stories — - Pitchfork TV just launched. More music on the web. - Two more stars sign on for the Oliver Stone Bush flick. - It's just impossible to blackmail Rob Lowe these days. - Hey you, with the boring desktop. You need a change. - And the great Patrick Ewing makes the Hall of Fame. ...

Rob Lowe Claims Babysitter Blackmailed Him
Celebrity Smack! Gossip & Entertainment Blog — ... Lowe posted a blog on Monday’s Huffington Post saying that the woman is asking for $1.5M in exchange for her silence. ...

Rob Lowe: When Household Help Attacks
Hollywood Offender — ... Well, this is juicy.  Rob Lowe is claiming he and his wife are being extorted for $1.5 million by a former household employee.   According to Rob, if they don't pay up by the end of the week, the woman is going to go to the media with "a laundry list of false terribles."  False terribles actually sounds like a great name for a punk rock band from England, circa 1982.  But I digress. ...

Rob Lowe sues blackmailing nanny and others
The Superficial - Because You're Ugly — Rob Lowe is allegedly being blackmailed by a former nanny who is asking for $1.5 million in hush money. Rob claims the woman will spread "a vicious laundry list of false terribles," according to his pre-emptive strike via open letter on The Huffington Post. Today Rob and his wife Sheryl not only filed suit against the nanny but two other former employees as well. ...

Rob Lowe Accuses Babysitter of Extortion
Gone Hollywood — ... Rob Lowe wrote in a blog on The Huffington Post, about a former employee, who is demanding Rob and his wife Sheryl pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week. ...

Sugar Bits — Rob Lowe Suing 3 Former Household Employees
PopSugar — ... After penning a piece for The Huffington Post about an alleged extortion attempt by a former nanny for $1.5 million, Rob Lowe is suing three of his family's former employees for various offenses. The claims include stealing prescription medications and violating confidentiality agreements. — ...

Rob Lowe Accused Of Sexual Harrassment, Takes To The Blogosphere To Fight Nanny's Extortion Attempt [False Terribles]
Gawker: defamer — ... or simply the fact that he's always flashing the peace sign, but we never figured Lowe as the type to air his dirty laundry online. Especially when the laundry in question involves an alleged "close and intimate relationship" with a former nanny. According to a HuffPo post by Lowe yesterday, a longtime nanny is trying to extort money from him and his wife after claiming Rob pulled a Jude Law: ...

Sheryl Berkoff is Rob Lowe’s Wife
Right Celebrity — ... Sheryl and Rob are currently involved in an alleged extortion case with a former employee. The couple sued Laura Boyce for defamation and breach of contract. ...

How to Handle Extortion, by Rob Lowe
Snarky Gossip — ... It doesn’t sound like this young lady has a leg to stand on; she was there with the Lowe family for over seven years, in fact, she turned down other jobs to stay with them. And her text messages (you can read them here) don’t sound like she’s mad. She probably just got greedy. I really think that Rob Lowe is handling the situation with a lot of grace; here’s his response: ...

Rob Lowe's $1M Nanny Suit
RadarOnline.com — ... with young girls, claims that Laura Boyce is trying to blackmail the Lowes for $1.5 million with "a vicious laundry list of false terribles." So Lowe is suing her for $1 million, his point clearly being that these chicks need to learn what a confidentiality agreement means and that there will be absolutely no dishing about any Lowes, no matter how many different ways they sleaze up on her. [ ...

Rob Lowe is suing
The Blemish — ... One of Rob Lowe’s former nannies is trying to extort him out of $1.5 million. She told him to pay up by the end of the week or she’ll accuse Rob of sexual harassment, infidelity and accuse his wife Sheryl of abuse. Yesterday, Rob went public with her threat and revealed two SMS messages that refute her claims. ...

Spot Inspection: Kathie Lee Gifford on 'Today'
PopWatch — ... about Rob Lowe's claim that he's being shaken down by his nanny, she said, "I've always said that people who really long for fame and fortune have never had it. There's a whole other side to it that is not wonderful, is not glamorous, and is not fun." Not that she had to remind us of her own tabloid history, but she sure sounded like she knew what she was talking about. ...

Nanny Pulls Lowe Blow
World of Wonder Productions — ... Laura Boyce, who took care of the couple's two young sons for most of 2007, charging her with violating a confidentiality agreement, defamation, and infliction of emotional distress. Court papers say Boyce "betrayed their trust and engaged in a scheme to hurt the Lowes by spreading malicious lies" both during and after she served as a nanny. OK, now we're really curious. But Lowe, writing about "Household Betrayal" in one of those celebrity blogs on the Huffington Post, doesn't let anything slip. (See also ...

Rob Suing Nanny For Lowe Blow
X17 Online — ... distress to the tune of $1,000,000. In the papers that the couple filed on Monday at the Los Angeles Superior Court, they claim that the woman, who worked for the family for seven years, "made statements in violation of her promise not to and has made false statements about Rob Lowe and his wife, Sheryl Lowe." Though the court papers do not go into the specifics of what the nanny might have revealed about the Lowes' personal lives, Rob did write an article yesterday for the Huffington Post in which he shares some more personal thoughts. In the article, titled Household ...

You Just Know He Effed Her.... At Least Once
Haute Gossip — ... "My family is devastated at this betrayal," he writes on the Huffington Post. "This woman worked in our home and traveled with us off and on for seven years, without complaint." ...

Rob Lowe’s nanny says he sexually assaulted her, includes video
Cele|bitchy — ... former nanny, Jessica Gibson, and her celebrity lawyer, Gloria Allred, were on the Today show this morning to give the nanny’s side of the story. 24 year-old Gibson worked for Lowe and his wife as a nanny for their two boys for 7 years, and even returned to work for the family twice. She left the job abruptly in February, and sent two text messages afterwards saying that it was just time for her to leave and that the Lowes didn’t do anything to prompt her departure. Lowe wrote last week that Gibson demanded $1.5 million in extortion money or “she will accuse ...

Rob Lowe, wife embroiled in litigation with former nanny
Celebrity Baby Blog - People.com — ... In a commentary written for the Huffington Post on April 7th, Rob Lowe alleged that a "former employee" was attempting to extort $1.5 million from he and wife Sheryl.  That employee, whom we now know to be 24-year-old Jessica Gibson, acted as a nanny to the couple's two children -- Edward Matthew, 14 and John Owen, 13 -- off-and-on for seven years.  ...

SIZZLER: Meet Rob Lowe’s Nanny, The Luckiest Ungrateful Bitch in Town
Best Week Ever — Check it: Last week, Rob Lowe wrote a strange, guilty-sounding rant over at The Huffington Post, claiming that his former nanny of many years was out to sue him -- Robe Lowe, Innocent Man -- for $1.5 million dollars. He never specifies what the lawsuit is about exactly, but anyone who has seen his infamous 1980's sex tape (i.e. people over 35) could only assume Lowe was up to his old dirty tricks. The lawsuit remained a mystery... until today. Because today, ...

- ROB LOWE - NANNY SEX SCANDAL IS “VERY SAD”
Blog Media News — ... “You poverty to indorse your family!” the person said, ringing sentiments he publicised on the Huffington Post before the allegations were known. “Now it’s in the suite grouping and potentially a malefactor investigation.” ...

Is Candy Spelling HuffPo's Most Useless Celebrity Columnist? [Huffington Post]
Gawker: defamer — ... Back when Arianna Huffington founded the Huffington Post, she promised a blogging free-for-all where Washington D.C.'s best and brightest would rub virtual shoulders with megawatt Hollywood movie stars. Three years later, the site's political promise has been fulfilled, but HuffPo can boast little in the way of celebrities aside from ponderings written by the other brother on Wings, pre-emptive ...