Kelly Andrade, a Colombian immigrant who worked as a live-in nanny for his family is to receive 2.78 million from her boss, Michael Esposito, a millionaire from Staten Island and owner of three LaRosa Grill franchises, a New York court ruled.
The millionaire boss has secretly put a hidden camera in her bedroom’s smoke detector, ecretly recording her for weeks.
But Andrea expressed dissatisfaction over the jury’s financial award intended to compensate her for emotional distress and impose punitive damages on Esposito, because according to her, the amount insufficient for the trauma she endured.
Andrade arrived in the U.S. from Colombia in 2021, after being placed with the Esposito family through the Cultural Care Au Pair agency.
She pushed for and got the job of catering for Esposito and his wife and their four children, while living with Danielle’s parents in Staten Island while their mansion was being renovated.
Initially hopeful about the position, Andrade quickly grew suspicious of Esposito’s behavior. She noticed that Esposito frequently entered her room to adjust the smoke detector, often appearing anxious and uneasy.
It was not until three weeks on the job, that she got curious to inspect the smoke detector, that she made a shocking discovery: a small hidden camera inside.
On the memory card in the device were "hundreds of recordings," showing her in vulnerable states, such as undressing. Horrified, Andrade immediately understood that she had been secretly recorded by Esposito without her consent.
Her fear intensified when Esposito arrived at the house shortly after her discovery. Andrade, terrified that Esposito might harm her, pretended to be asleep as he banged on her bedroom door. Fearing for her safety, she jumped out of her first-floor window, injuring her knees in her escape.
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