Kylie Jenner is facing another workplace lawsuit, this time from a former private chef who alleges that long shifts and physically demanding work during a high-risk pregnancy contributed to her miscarriage.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court and names Jenner and business management firm Tri Star as defendants. The chef, whose name has not been identified in the public reports used for this article, is seeking unspecified damages.
The claims have not been proven in court. A representative for Jenner did not immediately respond to requests for comment from outlets covering the case.
The Chef Says She Asked for Pregnancy Accommodations
The former chef says she began working for Jenner around Thanksgiving 2024. A few weeks later, she told supervisors she was three months pregnant and needed reasonable accommodations because the pregnancy was high-risk.
The complaint says she routinely worked 11- to 12-hour shifts, five days a week, while handling physically strenuous tasks. On New Year’s Eve, she claims she was told to lift and carry heavy food items across the street and uphill without help.
After that task, she allegedly became dizzy, struggled to breathe and needed assistance from security personnel, who gave her water and aid.
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A Palm Springs Birthday Event Is Central to the Case
The lawsuit says the chef was five months pregnant when she was assigned to work a Jenner family birthday event in Palm Springs around Feb. 1, 2025.
She claims the party required more support than she received. When she asked for help and raised concerns about the workload, supervisors allegedly ignored her.
By the end of the event, the complaint says, she had broken down emotionally in a bathroom and felt extreme exhaustion and heaviness throughout her body from the prolonged work.
She Claims She Miscarried the Next Morning
The chef says she woke up the next morning with severe hemorrhaging and drove herself to the emergency room.
At the hospital, she allegedly learned there was no detectable heartbeat and that she had lost her unborn child.
The complaint says she suffered depression and emotional distress after the miscarriage. It also claims a supervisor later reprimanded her, saying, “Stop it, just stop it. You are upsetting Kylie. You are making her depressed.”
The Lawsuit Includes Wage and Workplace Claims
The former chef’s lawsuit includes claims for failure to accommodate pregnancy, pregnancy discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage issues and alleged misclassification as an independent contractor.
Her attorney, Della Shaker, told the Los Angeles Times that “celebrity status does not exempt anyone from California’s employment laws.”
The case now turns on what the plaintiff can prove in court and how Jenner and the other defendants respond through filings or public statements.
Jenner Has Faced Other Workplace Lawsuits This Year
The filing follows two separate lawsuits from former housekeepers who worked in Jenner’s household operation.
Those earlier cases included allegations of discrimination, harassment, missed breaks, unpaid wages and poor treatment by supervisors or other staff. One lawsuit said Jenner was listed as a defendant but was not personally accused of the alleged bullying behavior.