According to the details, Andrew Ramirez; his brother, Christopher Ramirez, and son Andrew Ramirez Jr.; Aron Cabrera; Rene Ernesto Flores; Jesse Fernandez and Robert Araiza, who worked on the property as gardeners and maintenance staff, claim Kardashian withheld taxes from their wages without furnishing those amounts to the government.
The American reality TV star, 40, has denied violating California labor laws. A spokesperson for Kardashian told Page Six, “These workers were hired and paid through a third-party vendor hired by Kim to provide ongoing services.”
“Kim is not a party to the agreement made between the vendor and their workers, therefore she is not responsible for how the vendor manages their business and the agreements they have made directly with their staff.”
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He added: “Kim has not paid a vendor for their services and hopes that the issue between these workers and the vendor who hired them can be amicably resolved soon.”
Moreover, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians (KUWTK) star said in a statement: “Wage theft and other workplace violations are a widespread problem in Los Angeles. My firm is currently investigating other potential violations against these defendants, as well as other powerful families and businesses on behalf of everyday workers.”
Victor Narro of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Labor Center said more facts would be necessary to determine liability in this case, but stressed: “Low-wage workers in Los Angeles lose $26.2 million per week due to wage-theft violations.
“A common form of wage theft takes place with subcontracting or third-party hiring of workers to perform a service for the entity (or person) that created this arrangement,” he wrote in an email to The Times.
“The judge, in this case, will decide on the liability of the parties involved, but the facts are not uncommon to what many workers experience when they perform maintenance, gardening, and other services in residential homes,” Narro added.