Another one: A former assistant to
Mariah Carey filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking 'a significant
amount of money', pictured performing in New York on Monday
The PA also alleges that she was not given meal breaks during her over seven years of service to the pop star.
Her duties included cleaning Mariah's Tribeca New York home, packing her suitcases and taking care of 'personal needs'.
Overworked: Ylser Oliver claims she
was forced to work seven days a week and 16 hour days for Mariah without
receiving any overtime pay
Her suit claims she traveled with the singer and took care of both her personal and private correspondence.
After years of service starting in May 2007 she eventually quit in June 2014.
'My
client put her family's life on hold while tending to Mariah Carey's
family, and Mariah repaid her by underpaying her,' Oliver's attorney
Matthew Blit stated, according to Page Six.
'My
client is a very hardworking woman who treated Mariah and her family
like her own, working all hours of the day and night,' Blit said. 'Even
celebrities are required to abide by the law.'
He would not, however, say exactly how much his client was suing for, other than her being entitled to overtime pay.
Carey has developed a reputation as something of a diva over the course of her 25 year career.
Another
recent lawsuit brought by a photographer against the singer's record
label shed some light on the enormous amount of expense required to get
her ready for a photoshoot.
According
to a report in TMZ, the singer needs a whopping $85,000 worth of
glamming up before she even starts to strike a pose in front of the
camera.
The
lawsuit has been brought by a photographer who claims he prepared a
photoshoot for the singer's album cover only for it to be cancelled for
'no reason'.
The
photographer is suing for his $150,000 fee, but Mariah's record label
is claiming 'they never fully agreed on the terms of the contract... so
there's no breach,' according to TMZ.
Meanwhile,
the star has not escaped controversy during her Australian tour, with
recent reports suggesting one of her local support acts was axed from
her Perth show allegedly for being female.
Singer
Natalia claimed she was told at the last minute that she would no
longer be required to perform as her support act, with some reports
suggesting that the pop star felt threatened by the upstart.
But a spokesman for Mariah Carey denied the singer was involved in the decision to axe Natalia.