‘Nightmare nanny’ claims exploitation by employers

A woman dubbed the "nightmare nanny" in US media after she refused to move out of the house of a California family she was fired by a month ago has said she was being exploited.

Diane Stretton, 64, had suggested she might finally leave the home yesterday — dependent on the weather being cool — after being fired on June 6 and spending the time since then holed up in her bedroom.

Stretton claims she was forced to work for days on end without breaks looking after Ralph and Marcella Bracamonte’s three children, and quit before she was fired.