From yesterday’s Daily News and Barbara Ross, this interesting story about a very rich guy who left his wife for a yoga instructor (who had his kid before he left his wife?), and a babysitter who got violently ill. And is suing. The rich guy and his yoga wife. And, as ever, a brilliantly punny Daily News headline:<\/p>\n
Gutless sacking spurs suit<\/strong><\/p>\n A former baby-sitter’s stomach distress is now her multimillionaire former employer’s headache.<\/em><\/p>\n Former sitter Donna Dillon, 49, is suing Henry Silverman, who made headlines earlier this year when he dumped his wife to marry a yoga instructor.<\/em><\/p>\n In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Dillon says Silverman and and his wife, Karen, fired her from her $40-an-hour job after she struggled to recover from gastroenteritis she claims was caused by food prepared by the Silvermans’ chef.<\/em><\/p>\n Dillon says doctors diagnosed gastroenteritis on March 7 after she ate a fish lunch in the Silverman townhouse on W.76th St., where she cared for the couple’s 2-year-old son.<\/em><\/p>\n She returned to work March 19 and got so sick that the Silvermans called an ambulance and she was hospitalized.<\/em><\/p>\n On March 23, according to court papers, the family’s bodyguard sent Dillon a text firing her because “the Silverman family doesn’t need you anymore.”<\/em><\/p>\n Last night, Marcia Horowitz, a spokeswoman for the Silvermans, said the couple has “acted fairly and appropriately at all times. There is absolutely no merit to her complaint.”<\/em><\/p>\n Silverman, 72, married the former Karen Hager, 41, earlier this year after divorcing his wife of 30 years, Nancy.<\/em><\/p>\n Several questions. First, aren’t rich guys smart enough to understand how not to fire people? Second, am I making a reference to Mitt Romney? Third, do you think the Silvermans will be voting for Romney?<\/p>\n Gee, I think the worst of this story is having a bodyguard \u2014 does Silverman hire his bodyguards for executive literacy? \u2014 text<\/em> a termination to a baby sitter. Tacky, mean and dumb. Boo hiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From yesterday’s Daily News and Barbara Ross, this interesting story about a very rich guy who left his wife for a yoga instructor (who had his kid before he left his wife?), and a babysitter who got violently ill. And … Continue reading