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Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya, a former housekeeper for Kylie Jenner, has filed a lawsuit against Jenner and her company, alleging mistreatment including being locked in a closet, pepper sprayed, and bitten by a dog while at work. The suit also claims disability discrimination, wrongful termination, and labor violations. Amaya worked for Jenner from March 2025 to February 2026, earning $40 an hour, and faced increasing hostility after reporting her injuries. This is the fourth lawsuit filed against Jenner by household staff within seven months.
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Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya filed a lawsuit against Kylie Jenner and two of her staff members on November 5 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging mistreatment while working as a housekeeper. According to the complaint, Amaya was locked inside Jenner's closet for over an hour without help, experienced a panic attack, and was bitten by a dog during her employment from March 2025 to February 2026. She also claims she was accidentally pepper sprayed in the face while organizing a drawer and that she was not adequately compensated for overtime work despite earning $40 an hour. Amaya worked at several of Jenner’s properties, including multimillion-dollar homes in Los Angeles and a mansion outside Palm Springs in La Quinta. This lawsuit is the fourth filed against Jenner by household staff members within seven months.

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Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Nov. 5, accusing Jenner, her company and two members of her staff — Laura Dooley and Itzel Sibrian — of disability discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and numerous labor violations.
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Topics

California La Quinta Los Angeles Los Angeles Superior Court Palm Springs

Subjects

Jenner PERSON · 14× Amaya PERSON · 9× Dooley PERSON · 3× Vasquez PERSON · 3× California GPE · 1× Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya PERSON · 1× Itzel Sibrian PERSON · 1× Kylie Jenner’s PERSON · 1× Laura Dooley PERSON · 1× Los Angeles Superior Court ORG · 1×

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Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Nov. 5, accusing Jenner, her company and two members of her staff — Laura Dooley and Itzel Sibrian — of disability discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and numerous labor violations.
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Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Nov. 5, accusing Jenner, her company and two members of her staff — Laura Dooley and Itzel Sibrian — of disability discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and numerous labor violations.

Claims (35 extracted, 6 hedged)

Kylie Jenner’s former housekeeper is suing the reality star, alleging that she was trapped inside Jenner’s closet, bitten by a dog and accidentally pepper sprayed in the face. asserted
she → sue → face
The new lawsuit marks the fourth time the 29-year-old reality star has been sued by members of her household staff within the last seven months. asserted
star → mark → months
Dinora Carolina Cabria Amaya filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Nov. 5, accusing Jenner, her company and two members of her staff — Laura Dooley and Itzel Sibrian — of disability discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and numerous labor violations. asserted
Amaya → file → discrimination
Amaya worked at several of Jenner’s California residences from March 2025 until she was fired in February 2026, according to the complaint. uncertain
she → work → complaint
She earned $40 an hour — roughly $23 above the state’s minimum wage — and worked six days a week. asserted
She → earn → wage
Jenner owns several multimillion-dollar properties in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in addition to a La Quinta mansion outside of Palm Springs. asserted
Jenner → own → Springs
The former housekeeper alleges that on an unspecified date she became locked inside Jenner’s closet and “confined against her will.” asserted
she → allege → will
The complaint states that Dooley instructed her to enter the closet and gave her the passcode, but that Amaya became locked inside. asserted
Amaya → state → passcode
When she became trapped, Amaya called Dooley, who “laughed and mocked her,” and “refused to disclose the access information necessary to obtain her release,” according to the lawsuit. uncertain
who → become → lawsuit
Amaya alleged she had a panic attack and was trapped inside the closet for more than an hour. asserted
she → allege → hour
On Sept. 4, 2025, while cleaning and organizing a drawer in one of Jenner’s laundry rooms, an unsecured canister of pepper spray discharged directly into Amaya’s eyes and face, the lawsuit alleges. asserted
lawsuit → clean → eyes
The more Amaya “complained that she was hurt, the harder Defendants made her job,” removing other staffers who had been helping Amaya and requiring her to complete work alone, according to the complaint. uncertain
who → complain → complaint
On Oct. 28, 2025, Amaya was assigned to clean a doghouse, according to the complaint. uncertain
Amaya → assign → complaint
While performing the assigned work, a dog bit her, according to the suit. uncertain
dog → perform → suit
The lawsuit does not state who the dog belonged to. asserted
dog → state → who
Jenner has owned several dogs since she was a teenager, with some of them being prominently featured on her family’s former reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” asserted
some → own → Kardashians
Amaya alleged that after she complained about her injuries, Jenner’s staff “increased her workload, assigned heavier tasks, and abruptly changed her schedule and work locations.” asserted
staff → allege → schedule
“Defendants were making her life miserable so she would quit,” the lawsuit states. asserted
lawsuit → make → ?
Michael Rhodes, a lawyer for Jenner, noted in a statement to NBC News that the four cases brought against his client were being represented by the same attorney. asserted
cases → note → attorney
“It’s clear that this lawyer wants to use publicity to try and extract an unwarranted payday. asserted
lawyer → ’ → payday
We’re not going to be intimidated into doing that,” Rhodes said. asserted
Rhodes → go → that
“As such, we’ll defend these meritless cases vigorously and look forward to telling our side of the story.” asserted
we → defend → story
Sibrian declined to comment. asserted
Sibrian → decline → ?
A woman who answered a phone number associated with Dooley hung when asked about her employment. asserted
who → answer → employment
Jenner was first sued by former members of her staff in April, when another former housekeeper, Angelica Hernandez Vasquez, alleged she was discriminated against. asserted
she → sue → April
Vasquez alleged that she was “mocked for accent and treated as inferior because of her Salvadoran background” and discriminated against for being Catholic. asserted
she → allege → background
Vasquez additionally accused one of her supervisors of throwing a clothing hanger at Vasquez’s feet while reprimanding her. asserted
Vasquez → accuse → her
Later that month, Juana Delgado Soto sued Jenner alleging that she endured years of discrimination, humiliation and wage violations while working as a housekeeper for Jenner for more than six years. asserted
she → sue → years
And in June, a private chef who worked for Jenner alleged that she suffered a miscarriage in February 2025 while working for Jenner. asserted
she → work → Jenner
The chef, who is only identified as Jane Doe, was under “overwhelming physical strain” while working at a birthday party for Jenner’s child’s in Palm Springs on February 1, 2025, according to the lawsuit. uncertain
who → identify → lawsuit
Her “requests for assistance were dismissed” and met with “hostility,” the lawsuit alleges. asserted
lawsuit → dismiss → hostility
The next day, the chef woke up to severe hemorrhaging and lost her unborn child, the lawsuit states. asserted
lawsuit → wake → child
The chef alleged that she was fired in late March, weeks after returning from medical leave for the miscarriage. asserted
she → allege → miscarriage
Della Shaker, the lawyer representing all four of the people suing Jenner, said in a statement on Tuesday that “no one should fear speaking the truth.” asserted
one → represent → truth
“Fame should never be used to overshadow an employee’s suffering due to employment violations, and wealth should never determine whose voice matters,” she said. asserted
she → use → violations
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