Actors Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis earned a legal victory Wednesday in an ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a former nanny.
A Los Angeles judge moved the filing made by Ericka Genaro to arbitration, an out-of-court alternative resolution method. Once an arbitration agreement is signed, a right to trial by jury is waived.
"We don’t agree with the decision, but it is what it is and now we’ll litigate it in arbitration and the case goes on," Ron Zambrano, a partner and Employment Litigation Chair at West Coast Employment Lawyers, said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "This does not terminate the lawsuit. It merely changes the venue."
Genaro filed the suit earlier this year claiming she worked for the former couple for three years, and was employed by the pair when they split in 2020.
Following their break-up, Genaro claimed she began suffering from anxiety and depression after Wilde "abruptly" left the home and the "Ted Lasso" star began "leaning" on her for emotional support.
Wilde and Sudeikis' representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
"As to the underlying facts, we’ve got text messages and testimony that she was driven to quit, then was summarily fired anyway," Zambrano added. "We feel extremely confident in the case so instead of taking this to trial, we’ll handle it in arbitration and we’re ready to move forward."
In documents obtained by Fox News Digital, Genaro argued that working in the household during the beginning of the couple's split led to "unbearable" anxiety. After the couple broke up, Wilde began dating musician Harry Styles.
"Wilde's sudden absence from the home had an adverse consequence on its emotional state, including Sudeikis leaning on the presence of Plaintiff for support," the lawsuit stated.
Genaro also claimed her role as the kids' caretaker "increased exponentially" as she was expected to take on duties typically done by Wilde now that the actress was not living in the home. She then claimed Sudeikis would "seemingly require" her to stay up late to have conversations about his relationship with Wilde.
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She claimed to agree to participate in group therapy with Wilde and Sudeikis after news of their split hit the media, and was instructed to observe three days of "radio silence" from the pair as part of treatment for physical pain due to stress and anxiety, according to docs.
After being informed of the three days of silence by the therapist, Sudeikis requested to speak to the nanny immediately. In an attempt to follow the osteopath's recommendation, Genaro told the "Ted Lasso" star she couldn't speak to him.
Genaro claimed in the court documents that Sudeikis "terminated her on the spot." She sought "loss of earnings, deferred compensation, and other employment benefits," in addition to "prejudgment interest on lost wages and benefits" and compensation for "reasonable medical expenses."
