The employee violated a confidentiality agreement and she will have to return the 36,000 euros that she received when signing it and the costs of the trial
Actor and comedian Adam Sandler has emerged victorious from the legal dispute he had with his daughters' former nanny. The latter had accused the interpreter's company of enslaving her. As reported on Thursday by arbitration sources in charge of this dispute, nanny Deanne McDonald was hired in 2009 to take care of Sandler's daughters but a year later she received 60,600 euros from HP Productions, the comedian's company, in an employment agreement that stated end their disputes out of court.
The same agreement, signed by both parties, included a confidentiality clause whereby McDonald could not give details about the case or disseminate damaging information about Sandler or her brother Scott. It also noted that any subsequent dispute regarding this same case would be resolved through arbitration.
According to this mediating body, the agreement was violated when McDonald changed her mind a year ago and threatened to file a complaint against Sandler and her company through legal channels, accusing them of criminal activities and enslaving her.
According to the extrajudicial arbitration decision, reported in the American press, McDonald has been ordered to return the nearly 36,000 euros it received from Sandler in the now violated agreement and cover the other 24,600 euros that the HP company paid in lawyers as a result of the agreement. extrajudicial.
Deanne McDonald broke the pact a year ago and again threatened to file a complaint against Adam Sandler for criminal activities
The money is a moral victory for a performer that Forbes magazine described last December as the most overrated actor in the industry when it comes to his salary. The publication that annually makes a list of the stars' salaries justified its comment by ensuring that Sandler receives salaries above 11 million euros plus a share in the profits despite the fact that his latest releases, such as Jack & Jill or Desmadre de Father, they were a complete failure.
Other more successful jobs in his career as an Aggressive Executive could have provided him with up to 18.7 million euros in admission, a figure to which he added another 28 million euros as a percentage of box office profits. According to other sources, Sandler's fortune may be around 225 million euros.
Sandler, 47, is married to actress Jackie Samantha Titone and has two daughters, eight-year-old Sadie Madison and five-year-old Sunny Madeline. The actor resides in Los Angeles, although he has homes in Florida and New York. The performer received the news of his victory while promoting his next film, Pixels, in Toronto (Canada).
