Imagine hiring a live-in nanny via Craig’s List, hiring one, and finding out that she isn’t a nanny at all. Well, that’s what happened to Marcella and Ralph Bracamonte of Upland, California. They hired 64-year-old Diane Stretton and according to the couple by way of ABC News, the terms of Stretton’s employment were that Stretton was to nanny for the family and help around the house in exchange for room and board. “The first few weeks she was awesome,” Marcella Bracamonte said. “She would come places with us, help out the kids. She was really great.”
Then things changed.
“All of a sudden she stopped working, she would stay in her room all day and only come out when food was ready,” she said.
After numerous attempts to get the woman out — using letters in hopes that the woman would sign them — the woman still refused, saying it wasn’t “legal.”
“Once she said the word legal, I knew it wasn’t going to be fun.”
But, check this out. Via ABC:
Bracamonte called the police, but the cops declined to do anything, saying it was a civil matter. Lt. John Moore of the Upland Police Department confirmed to ABC News that there is no immediate action that can be taken against Stretton, saying “generally, once somebody has established residency, you have to go through a formal eviction process.”
Bracamonte soon realized that this was not Stretton’s first time with legal matters. Stretton reportedly has been involved in 36 lawsuits, landing herself on California’s Vexatious Litigant Lists for repeatedly abusing the legal system.
“Anyone who looks at her crooked, she sues,” said Bracamonte.
She claims that Stretton is now threatening to sue for wrongful firing and elder abuse.
Stretton is still living in the family’s home, eating the family’s food and Bracamonte said Stretton told her she wanted the family out of the house from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
I guess you’re never too old for the Thug Life…
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