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Rob Lowe: Second Nanny Terrified My Kids, Used "N-Word"
Friday September 12, 2008

Sheryl Berkoff and Rob Lowe
Sheryl Berkoff and Rob Lowe attend the grand opening of the Cole Haan boutique at The Shoppes at The Palazzo February 22, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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The battle between Rob Lowe and his wife Sheryl and their second former nanny Laura Boyce is heating up.

In a response to Boyce's claims against the Lowes, he has filed papers, claiming she terrified their children by discussing gang activity in her neighborhood “in graphic” detail and sharing stories about people having their eyes and limbs cut off, Fox News reports.

The Lowes also claim that Boyce repeatedly used “racially inappropriate” words and told the kids sordid details about her sex life.

In the papers, Boyce's former friend also states that Boyce would often use the “n-word” when referring to her African-American friends and make inappropriate comparisons to her boyfriend’s genitals and household objects.

Lowe and his wife go on to claim that Boyce would “self-medicate on Xanax and alcohol.” She also would often come to their house with strangulation marks and facial bruising and talk of her physically abusive boyfriend, they claim. (In November 2007, the Lowes say, Boyce did not show up for work, so they filed a missing person’s report and "feared for the worst.")

Boyce sued the Lowes in April, alleging that Sheryl Lowe created a "sexually offensive and hostile work environment" by using the "n-word" to describe Boyce's boyfriend.

Boyce also claimed Sheryl often walked around "naked, completely exposing herself."

While she did not accuse Lowe of sexual harassment, she is holding him jointly responsible.

Lowe faces a separate legal battle with another former nanny, Jessica Gibson, who filed a lawsuit against the Lowes April 14.

He preemptively filed lawsuits against both women April 7, claiming they violated their confidentiality agreements and spread lies about his family.

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