‘Ted Lasso’ Star Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde Win Arbitration Against Former Nanny

Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde have spent years in a legal fight with a former employee. Their former nanny, Ericka Genaro, worked for the couple from 2018 to 2021, caring for their 2 children during the period when Sudeikis and Wilde split up. The couple first met in 2011, got engaged in 2013, and separated in 2020 after nearly a decade together.

The dispute became public in February 2023. Genaro filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that Wilde’s departure from the home had sharply increased her childcare duties and that the strain had taken a toll on her mental health. She claimed Sudeikis fired her after she requested a 3-day medical leave.

Now that fight appears to be nearing its end. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Genaro lost all of her claims in a lengthy arbitration. Sudeikis and Wilde have filed a petition asking a New York judge to confirm the ruling, which denied all of her requests for damages and dismissed all 8 of her claims.

The couple fought to keep the case out of court. They argued that Genaro had signed a confidentiality agreement requiring employment disputes to be resolved privately through binding arbitration in New York, not in a California courtroom.

They won that argument. In August 2023, about 6 months after the lawsuit was filed, a Los Angeles judge ordered the dispute into arbitration. At the time, Genaro’s lawyer said they were confident in her case and believed there would be grounds for appeal.

The arbitration went strongly in the actors’ favor. The arbitrator also found that Genaro had willfully breached her confidentiality agreement and awarded Sudeikis and Wilde more than $1.27 million in damages, legal fees and costs. The arbitration itself is over. The couple is now asking a New York judge to make the key rulings official, which could bring the long legal battle closer to an end.

Genaro’s complaint described a difficult home environment after the breakup. She alleged that Sudeikis often talked to her about Wilde after Wilde left the family home in November 2020, which made her feel pressured to take sides. She also claimed he seemed to expect her to stay up late to talk after the children were in bed.

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The complaint also described how the job ended. Genaro said a therapist referred her to an osteopath, who recommended a 3-day break from communicating with Sudeikis and Wilde. She alleged that when she told Sudeikis she was under orders not to speak with anyone because of her anxiety, he fired her on the spot.

Sudeikis and Wilde strongly rejected the accusations from the start. In a rare joint statement, they called Genaro’s claims “false and scurrilous” and accused her of subjecting their family to a long campaign of harassment.

The case was also linked to earlier headlines. In October 2022, the Daily Mail published alleged details of the couple’s breakup, using an unnamed nanny as its source. Wilde separately denied claims that she had left Sudeikis to pursue Harry Styles.

The former couple appears to be on better terms these days. An insider has said Sudeikis and Wilde just want what’s best for their children, and that tension between them has eased.

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