Nanny scandals: Rob Lowe, Posh and Becks, and more

Rob and Sheryl Lowe’s alleged nanny abuse

Rob Lowe‘s former nanny, 24-year-old Jessica Gibson, has filed a lawsuit against her A-list employer. The claim? That the actor exposed himself to her and inappropriately touched her over the course of her 7-year tenure.

Gibson also accuses Lowe’s wife, pictured, of walking around the house naked and making “vulgar comments” about her sex life.  (Nancy Ostertag / Getty Images)

Rob Lowe’s other nanny speaks out

And as if one angry nanny wasn’t enough, Rob Lowe’s other nanny, Laura Boyce, also has come out with a set of allegations. Boyce claims that Sheryl Lowe referred to her boyfriend – an NBA player – with an offensive racial slur. She also alleges that Sheryl Lowe created an “extremely sexually offensive and hostile work environment ... behaving in a ... perverted, disgusting and crude manner.”  (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

Britney Spears’ baby takes a tumble

At just 7 months old, Britney Spears’ son, Sean Preston, took a tumble and landed on his head. To the surprise of many, however, BritBrit wasn’t to blame; Sean Preston’s nanny dropped the infant while lifting him out of his high chair. A doctor checked Sean Preston’s bruised noggin and determined the baby safe. The nanny, however, wasn’t so lucky; Spears promptly gave her the boot.  (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)

Ethan Hawke leaves Uma Thurman for new baby mama

Ethan Hawke met and romanced his current girlfriend and soon-to-be baby mama Ryan Shawhughes while he was still married to Uma Thurman. Shawhughes was in charge of the couple’s two children, Maya and Levon. Hawke’s third child, his first with Shawhughes, is due in early fall.  (Peter Foley / EPA)

Madonna’s nanny shops a tell-all

Madonna’s nanny, Melissa Dumas, knew enough about her employer to write a book… and so she proposed one. It would be called “Live to Tell: My Life as Madonna’s Nanny,” and it would be chock-full of intimate details about Madge’s religion, marriage and children. The effort was squashed when Madonna’s attorneys intervened.  (Karel Prinsloo / Associated Press)

Robin Williams’ nanny lasts longer than first wife

Williams married baby sitter Marsha Garces, who looked after his son with first wife, Valerie Velardi, less than a year after he and Velardi divorced. Garces and Williams called it quits after 19 years - nine longer than his marriage to Velardi - in March. They have two children, Zelda Rae and Cody Alan.  (Stephen Chernin / Associated Press)

David and Victoria Beckham’s nanny gets chatty

David and Victoria Beckham’s nanny, Abbie Gibson, was feeling chatty, so she went straight to News of the World to dish the dirt on her employers. Gibson incensed the Beckhams by alleging that they argued constantly and that their marriage was on the verge of collapse.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

Suzanne Hansen divulges truth about celebrity kid-rearing

Star nannies for star babies? They do exist, and apparently word got around town that Suzanne Hansen was among the best. She took care of the kids of Debra Winger, Danny DeVito and Michael Ovitz as well as the adopted children of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman and lived to tell all in the book “You’ll Never Nanny in This Town Again.” (Guess which of her former bosses threatened her with those very words when she left?)  (Michael Crabtree / Associated Press)

Just try to get past Michael Jackson‘s nanny

Michael Jackson tried to marry his assistant-turned-nanny of several years, Rwanda-native Grace Rwaramba - too bad she was already married! No matter. The couple’s still together and she’s still his last and only line of defense when anyone, including family members and ex-wife Debbie Rowe, come calling. Rwaramba alone escorted his kids Prince and Paris to visit mom Rowe one year, and in January, she reportedly prohibited MJ’s dad Joseph from visiting the Las Vegas home the couple was visiting.  (Justin Sullivan / AFP / Getty Images)