Kylie Jenner is facing a third workplace lawsuit, this time from a former private chef who says grueling hours and a lack of pregnancy accommodations triggered a miscarriage after a Palm Springs assignment tied to the reality star’s household. The new complaint, filed this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court, names Jenner, several household supervisors and multiple staffing agencies, and traces a timeline that stretches from a New Year’s Eve workload to a medical crisis in February 2025.
According to the filing, the chef regularly pulled 11- to 12-hour shifts, five days a week, and was still given physically demanding work even after she told supervisors in early December 2024 that she was three months pregnant. The suit claims that on New Year’s Eve 2024, supervisors directed her to lift and move heavy food items without any help, leaving her dizzy enough that security staff had to step in. As reported by the Los Angeles Times.
“Celebrity status does not exempt anyone from California’s employment laws,” attorney Della Shaker, who represents the chef and has also represented staffers in the earlier housekeeper cases, told the outlet. Shaker added that her team “looks forward to presenting the evidence in court and allowing the facts to speak for themselves.” As reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Allegations and timeline
The lawsuit says the chef came on board around Thanksgiving 2024 and was five months pregnant when she worked a birthday party for Jenner’s child in Palm Springs around February 1, 2025. After that long shift, the filing alleges, she woke up bleeding and learned at the hospital that there was no detectable fetal heartbeat. The complaint further claims that she later experienced severe hemorrhaging and collapsed at home on February 8, 2025. As reported by Parade.
This follows earlier suits
This latest case lands on top of two separate lawsuits filed in April by former housekeepers who also worked in Jenner’s household. Those earlier plaintiffs accuse Jenner’s operation of discrimination, harassment and wage violations, and, like the chef’s complaint, they target not just Jenner but supervisors and staffing agencies involved in running the home. The prior filings were detailed by outlets including Realtor.com.
Legal context
If a court ultimately finds the chef’s allegations credible, the case would touch multiple areas of California employment law. State rules require employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions, to avoid pregnancy discrimination and to offer pregnancy-disability leave in qualifying circumstances. Those protections are outlined by the California Civil Rights Department.
The chef also raises misclassification and unpaid-wage claims. Under California’s worker-classification rules and the AB5 statute, many employers must meet the strict “ABC” test before labeling workers as independent contractors instead of employees. Violations can trigger penalties and back-pay obligations, according to Labor.CA.gov.
What happens next
The complaint seeks an unspecified amount of damages and was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, though no trial date is listed at this stage. A representative for Jenner did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to reporting by Parade.
The case will now move through the civil court process, where Jenner and the other defendants are expected to file responses. Discovery, depositions and potential pretrial motions will likely shape how sharply the competing versions of events clash if the lawsuit eventually reaches a jury.
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