Filipina Erlinda Elemen, who used to work as a nanny for Basic Instinct star Sharon Stone, is suing the actress for "wrongful dismissal and harassment," Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.

According to the lawsuit, Elemen allegedly received a barrage of derogatory remarks from Stone about her Filipino heritage, including "comments about Filipino food and comments which equated being Filipino with being stupid."

Stone even apparently told Elemen not to say anything in front of her children so that they would "not talk like you." The Pinay was also supposedly disallowed from reading the Bible inside the house.

Elemen, who started working in Stone's home in 2006 and was promoted to head live-in nanny in 2008, was dismissed in February 2011 after Stone apparently learned she was receiving overtime pay during holidays and trips with the children. The lawsuit said Stone allegedly accused Elemen of stealing, claiming overtime pay was "illegal" and demanding that Elemen return the money she got.

Stone's publicist has already released a statement, calling the lawsuit "frivolous" and the claims "fabricated." "This is an absurd lawsuit that has been filed by a disgruntled ex-employee who is obviously looking to get money any way she can," it said.

According to AFP, courts ordered Stone to pay a worker who got a knee injury after slipping in her backyard $232,000 in compensation in 2011.


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