A former housekeeper for Kobe Bryant is suing the Lakers superstar and his wife, Vanessa, claiming she was verbally abused, humiliated and wrongfully terminated.

According to the Los Angeles Times, Maria Jimenez filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit last Friday (March 20) in Orange County Superior Court, alleging that Kobe's wife badgered and harassed her, and forced her to perform demeaning tasks.

The 48-year-old housekeeper, originally from Peru, claims she worked 60 house a week in the Bryant's Newport Coast home, where her duties included cleaning their house, washing their laundry and cleaning up after their children.

In the suit, she says Vanessa Bryant was incredibly abusive to her, so much so that in one incident, Vanessa demanded that she search through a bag of dog feces to retrieve a tag from an expensive blouse she accused Jimenez of ruining, so she could deduct it from her salary.

She also alleges that she was called "lazy," "slow," "dumb," a "liar," and was addressed with profanity often.

The suit says Jimenez was so overworked, she threatened to quit on at least one occasion, but decided to ride it out after Kobe convinced her. She also claimed Vanessa accused her of stealing clothes, a toy and even her retainer from the couple.

The Bryants, however, have denied all allegations. In a statement, via their attorneys, to the LA Times, the Kobe team said: "Ms. Jimenez's outrageous allegations of improper conduct are totally unfounded and patently false. The Bryants intend to vigorously defend against these untruthful allegations and are confident that the baseless nature of the allegations will be proven."

Jimenez is suing for wrongful discharge, invasion of privacy and emotional distress and unpaid wages of more than $20,000 for overtime.

She is said to have quit when Vanessa Bryant screamed at her for putting a $690 blouse in the washing machine, and demanded that Jimenez put her hand in a bag of dog feces to retrieve the price tag for the blouse. When she refused and said she would quit, Vanessa Bryant allegedly demanded that she pay for the blouse first.

Jimenez did, up until she worked off the cost of the blouse.