A housekeeper has settled her claim against her wealthy former employers, after alleging she was forced out for whistleblowing about child safety

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A wealthy businessman’s wife was accused of forcing her housekeeper out of her job for blowing the whistle on alleged drug-taking, extra-marital sex, and neglect of her children.

The housekeeper said she found lines of class A drugs in the bathroom of the family home, as she accused the mother of drinking heavily and erratic drug-fuelled behaviour on a family day out.

She said she reported concerns about the mother’s behaviour in a bid to protect the children, and claimed that was the motive behind her subsequent sacking.

In an explosive tribunal claim - which has now been settled out of court - she also alleged the tycoon’s wife had videos on an iPad of her having sex with other men and the footage had been seen by the children. And she accused the wealthy family of paying part of her wages in cash to dodge tax.

The wife, together with a company managing the family affairs, denied the allegations, and said the housekeeper had been sacked for improperly taking money from the family accounts to pay her bills.

Last summer, a London tribunal judge decided at a private hearing that the businessman and his wife, as well as the housekeeper, should not be identified, on privacy grounds and to protect the welfare of the children.

The two sides came to the Central London employment tribunal last week, prepared to fight the competing...

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