Twin California Employment Lawsuits Target Kylie Jenner, Employers and Supervisors

The second lawsuit, filed by former housekeeper Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, follows closely behind an earlier complaint filed by Juana Delgado Soto. While the women worked during different periods, both lawsuits contain strikingly similar allegations involving workplace mistreatment, discrimination and retaliation by supervisors responsible for overseeing household staff.

According to court filings, Vasquez worked for Jenner from September 2024 through August 2025. She alleges that shortly after being assigned to Jenner’s Hidden Hills residence, she was subjected to ongoing hostility from supervisors identified in the lawsuit as Patsy and Elsi. Vasquez, a Salvadoran woman and practicing Catholic, claims she was repeatedly humiliated and treated differently because of her race, national origin, religion and immigration status.

“Defendants and their agents subjected plaintiff to severe and pervasive harassment on the basis of her race, including but not limited to repeated public humiliation, belittling comments targeting her racial identity as a Salvadoran woman, assignment of the most onerous tasks, exclusion from workers, and mockery directed at her before other employees,” Vasquez said in the complaint, and reported by Law360. “This conduct was sufficiently severe and pervasive to alter the conditions of plaintiff’s employment and create a hostile work environment.”

Vasquez also alleges labor law violations. She claims she was required to work through meal and rest breaks, perform off-the-clock work and clean additional homes without receiving proper compensation. The lawsuit asserts more than 25 causes of action, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate a disability, wage-and-hour violations and emotional distress claims.

One of the most serious allegations involves an incident in March 2025 in which a supervisor allegedly threw hangers at Vasquez’s feet during a reprimand. Vasquez claims the ongoing mistreatment caused severe anxiety, stress and symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder. After taking medical leave in July 2025, she alleges the defendants failed to engage in the interactive process required under California law and failed to provide reasonable accommodations. She ultimately resigned the following month, claiming working conditions had become intolerable.

First Lawsuit Against Jenner

Vasquez’ allegations were also raised in the lawsuit filed by former housekeeper Juana Delgado Soto, who alleges she worked for Jenner beginning in 2019. Soto claims that meal and rest breaks were withheld during portions of her employment and that conditions worsened significantly after supervisor Itzel Sibrian became her manager in late 2023.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Sibrian mocked Soto’s accent, immigration status and race, and referred to her as stupid. Soto alleges she filed a complaint with human resources in 2024. Although Sibrian was temporarily removed, Soto claims he was later reinstated and retaliated against her by reducing her pay, assigning unreasonable workloads and changing her work schedule.
According to the lawsuit, Soto’s supervisors Patsy and Elsi denied her adequate time to grieve the death of her brother and pressured her to return to work immediately, and co-workers questioned whether she was telling the truth about her brother’s death and allegedly harassed her after she requested leave to attend his funeral Mass.

Soto attempted to bring her concerns directly to Jenner. In April 2025, she allegedly left a letter describing the harassment, discrimination and retaliation she had experienced. In the letter, Soto wrote that she was being mentally abused and expressed her belief that Jenner would not allow such conduct if she knew about it.

According to Soto, the response was swift. The day after leaving the letter, she was threatened with termination and instructed never to contact Jenner again. The complaint further claims she was told not to look at Jenner, smile at Jenner or interact with her in any way. Soto alleges that supervisors subsequently required her to leave the property whenever Jenner was present, restricted her access to restrooms, prohibited her from drinking water at the residence and assigned degrading cleaning tasks.

Neither lawsuit accuses Jenner personally of making discriminatory remarks or engaging directly in the alleged harassment. Instead, both complaints focus primarily on supervisors and the defendants’ alleged failure to prevent, investigate or correct workplace misconduct. However, California employment laws can impose liability on employers, staffing companies and supervisory personnel when discrimination, harassment, retaliation or wage violations occur in the workplace.

These lawsuits add to the increased scrutiny of labor practices affecting domestic workers, many of whom perform demanding work behind closed doors and may be particularly vulnerable to workplace abuse. And these cases are likely to draw attention not only because of Jenner’s celebrity status, but also because they highlight broader issues involving household employment, staffing agencies and the treatment of domestic workers under California law.

The second case is Angelica Hernandez Vasquez v. Kylie Jenner et al., case number unknown, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.

According to Forbes, Jenner is worth $670 million, placing her at No. 52 on Forbes’ 2025 list of the richest self-made women in America.