Reality star Kylie Jenner has been sued by a former housekeeper in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the fourth lawsuit from a member of her household staff in seven months. Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya alleges she was trapped in a closet, bitten by a dog and accidentally sprayed in the face with pepper spray from an unsecured canister, and that she was denied fair pay for overtime and travel before being fired. Jenner, 29, who founded Kylie Cosmetics and appears in The Kardashians, faces claims that remain allegations in a court filing, and her attorney has pushed back against them.
The lawsuit names Jenner, her company and two staff members over pay, injuries and her firing
According to USA Today, the complaint was filed on 5 November against Jenner, her company and staff members Laura Dooley and Itzel Sibrian. It alleges workplace violations, disability discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination. It says that while Amaya worked at Jenner's properties, from March 2025 until February 2026, she did not receive proper pay, was injured on the job, was discriminated against over those injuries and was fired for raising concerns. The case follows suits filed in April by former housekeepers Angelica Hernandez Vasquez and Juana Delgado Soto, and a June case by a former private chef, all alleging discrimination, harassment and retaliation, among other claims.
Amaya was fired after asking about mileage, following a stretch of unpaid overtime, she alleges
Amaya says she began in March 2025 on a six-day schedule of eight-hour shifts, reporting to managers Dooley and Sibrian. Almost immediately, she alleges, the defendants' demands pushed her beyond eight hours a day, yet she was paid the same $40 hourly rate without overtime or double time until May 2025. She raised the issue in a meeting with human resources and says nothing was done to remedy it, though she was then added to payroll and given some overtime and meal break violation pay. She also alleges she was never paid for mileage, vehicle expenses or travel time, despite learning that another housekeeper was compensated. After she asked for mileage in late January, she says she was fired on February 6, less than two weeks later. She alleges the conduct caused lost earnings, lost employment benefits, emotional distress, humiliation and anxiety.
A manager allegedly laughed at her while she was locked inside Jenner's closet and unable to leave
NBC News reports that, on an unspecified date, Dooley told Amaya to enter the closet and gave her the passcode, but she became locked in and was confined against her will for more than an hour. The complaint alleges that when she told Dooley she was trapped and having a panic attack, Dooley laughed and mocked her. Dooley allegedly said that no one was at the house who could let her out, that the password could not be given to anyone else, and that she would simply have to wait.
A pepper spray canister and a dog bite left her with injuries, but she says little help followed
In September 2025, Amaya alleges, a canister of pepper spray discharged into her face, leaving ongoing physical impairments that affected her ability to perform certain job duties. On 28 October 2025, she was assigned to clean a doghouse, where a dog allegedly bit her. NBC News notes that the lawsuit does not say whose dog it was. She says she reported the bite to Dooley but received no meaningful help. According to the complaint, the defendants knew she had suffered several injuries and sought medical treatment.
It alleges they then removed the housekeeper who had been helping her, made her work alone, assigned heavier and more physically demanding tasks and abruptly changed her schedule and work locations, in what the filing describes as an effort to make her quit.
Jenner's attorney calls the claims meritless while the staff's lawyer urges workers to speak out
Jenner's attorney, Michael Rhodes, told USA Today that the latest cases are being brought by the same lawyer who previously filed claims for her former household staff. He said the lawyer wants to use publicity to extract an unwarranted payday, that Jenner's team will not be intimidated and that it will defend the meritless cases vigorously. Della Shaker of Shaker Law Group, who represents all four former employees, said in a statement to the same publication that domestic workers do not lose their legal protections by working inside a private home or for a wealthy family. She encouraged anyone who has experienced unpaid wages, discrimination, retaliation or mistreatment to seek confidential legal advice.
