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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-539209e2cfd55ee4db867edb7919d60b wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Au Pair awarded £2,000,000 in damages against a Staten Island family, after boss filmed her with camera hidden in smoke alarm </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d6724d71a18f0afd1f0e4a9aff718840 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Kelly Andrade, 25, sued Michael Esposito, 35, for illegally filming her while she lived with him and his family in New York’s Staten Island </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55df76ecd1c219b14c5a336ea6ff3783 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Suspicious of her boss frequently tinkering with the smoke detector in her bedroom, Andrade investigated the gadget and discovered a hidden camera inside, containing a memory card filled with hundreds of recordings</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e3a4cd533512f63ed07a1fab41efaaa wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Many of the videos captured the nanny in vulnerable, intimate moments, often when she was undressing or in the nude. </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c18af8a7bd4632c244ab37616bfaa75f wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Esposito, a father-of-four was arrested after Andrade claimed he tried to break her door down when he realized she had discovered the device and the memory card inside crammed with ‘hundreds’ of clips</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9306c33ffae7f1b4f020173338787ee2 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Esposito was charged with illegal surveillance but avoided jail time in the criminal proceedings by agreeing to two years of probation and mandatory counseling </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3d68c68e63b8594f4cdb7fbbf7e23dbf wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Dissatisfied with the &#8216;slap on the wrist,&#8217; Andrade now married and living in NJ, filed a civil lawsuit in Manhattan, seeking damages</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-25154b207cab4e2c0c4341c1820b1ebd wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#352c2c;font-size:14px"><strong>Jury in civil suit awarded Andrade $780,000 in emotional distress against Esposito and his wife Danielle, plus $2,000,000 in punitive damages</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/kelly-Andrade-4.png" alt="" class="wp-image-468812" style="width:743px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>25-year-old au pair has been awarded $2.78million after her fast food mogul boss secretly recorded nude videos of her by hiding a camera inside a smoke detector</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A live-in nanny has been awarded $2.78million after her fast food mogul boss secretly recorded nude videos of her by hiding a camera inside a smoke detector.<br>25-year-old Colombian Au Pair Kelly Andrade, sued fast food chain owner ,Michael Esposito, 35, for allegedly filming her while she lived with him and his family in New York’s Staten Island.<br>The dad-of-four was arrested after the au pair claimed he tried to break her door down when he realized she had discovered the device and the memory card inside crammed with ‘hundreds’ of clips.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/kelly-Andrade-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-468814" style="width:840px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Kelly Andrade sued her former employer Michael Esposito when she discovered that he planted a hidden camera in her room, secretly filming her while she was working as a live in nanny with his family in Staten Island, NY</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A Manhattan jury has now awarded the Andrade $780,000 in emotional distress damages against Esposito and his wife Danielle, plus $2,000,000 in punitive damages against him.<br>Esposito, who owns three LaRosa Grill franchises, was taken into custody on suspicion of illegal surveillance, which carries a maximum sentence of four years.<br>He was later released on the condition that he completes two years of probation and counseling.<br>A sentence which Andrade’s attorney previously described as a ‘slap on the wrist’.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Danielle-and-Michael-Esposito-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-468816" style="width:833px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Andrade was awarded $780,000 in emotional distress damages against Esposito and his wife Danielle, plus $2,000,000, [photo], in punitive damages. In the earlier criminal trial, the voyeur avoided jail time by agreeing to two years of probation and mandatory counseling </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After sentencing Andrade maintains: ‘It’s not enough for the whole situation I’ve been through these three years. It’s not enough.<br>‘I was angry because the damage that he caused me is irreversible.’<br>In her lawsuit, the Colombian national described spending hundreds of hours training after being hired by Cultural Care Au Pair and sent to work in the US in 2021<br>Initially she was thrilled at the opportunity to learn English while working in America, the nanny said.<br>She became increasingly suspicious several weeks into the job after frequently seeing Esposito tinkering with the smoke detector in the bedroom they had given her, saying it ‘was constantly being re-positioned’.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/kelly-Andrade-4.png" alt="" class="wp-image-468812" style="width:807px;height:auto"/></figure>



<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Following Andrade’s escape, Esposito was arrested for illegal surveillance, facing a four-year prison sentence. Instead in the criminal proceedings he escaped with a ‘slap on the wrist’. She filed a civil suit and was awarded a multi-million settlement </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She investigated the detector and discovered a hidden camera inside, containing a memory card filled with hundreds of recordings. Many of the videos captured the nanny in vulnerable, intimate moments, often when she was undressing or in the nude. <br>Once she found the device, Esposito arrived at the house within minutes, heightening her fear: &#8220;He seemed very nervous and he seemed very worried when he arrived at the house,&#8221; Andrade recalls.<br>He started banging on her bedroom door. Concerned for her safety, she quickly escaped through a window as Esposito continued banging on the door.<br>Following her escape, Esposito was arrested on charges of illegal surveillance, a crime that could have led to a four-year prison sentence. <br>However, he ultimately avoided jail time by agreeing to two years of probation and mandatory counseling. Despite this leniency in the criminal proceedings, the legal battle did not end there. It prompted the victim to file a civil suit.<br>Despite the huge compensatory ruling, Andrade now living in New Jersey with her husband, believes the compensation does not adequately address her pains.<br>The trial, she says, forced her to confront painful memories she had long sought to suppress, adding that by sharing her story, she hopes to raise awareness about the issue of surveillance and to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable.<br></p>

NY court awards Au Pair $2.78Million in punitive damages after boss filmed her with camera hidden in smoke alarm
