Chef wins lawsuit against Sting and wife Trudie Styler!
May 10, 2007 by Wendy Boswell
Well, chalk one up for the little guy! Or girl. Lady. Woman. That person right there.
For the celebrity couple formally known as Mr and Mrs Sumner face having to pay record damages to their former chef for unfair dismissal after a tribunal found them guilty of "shameful conduct".
The husband and wife in question - better known as Sting and Trudie Styler - broke employment law by sacking Jane Martin, 41, after she became pregnant, the panel has ruled.
In a devastating judgment obtained by the Daily Mail - due to made public today - Miss Styler is accused of using "subterfuge" to get rid of Miss Martin, and of using "minions" to do her "dirty work".
The employment tribunal had been told that staff at the couple’s country estate lived in a climate of fear because Miss Styler subjected them to abuse to make her "feel royal".
In a unanimous verdict, the tribunal members have found that Miss Martin was unfairly dismissed on the grounds of her pregnancy and had been the victim of unlawful sexual discrimination.
Wow, Trudie sounds like a real peach to work for.
Tags: jane martin, sting, trudie styler
Trudie Styler needs to live on earth like the rest of us. She obviously doesn’t think her staff deserve a life. She like most people with more money than sense think the world revolves around her and her family. Wake up Trudie and smell the hypocrisy.
I guess all that yoga and humanitarian work she is involved in clearly hasn’t affected her ego in a positive way.