A resident manager of an apartment building where a daughter of rapper Master P was found dead in 2022 is suing her former employer, alleging she was fired in retaliation for seeking a safer position with less tenant interaction.
Vanessa Parker’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Westside Habitats LLC alleges disability discrimination, failure to engage in the interactive process and to accommodate, retaliation and a violation of the state Labor Code. Parker seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
A Westside Habitats representative could not be immediately reached for comment on the suit brought Monday.
Parker was hired last May 1 to be a resident manager of one of the company’s buildings and her duties included answering tenants’ questions, inspecting apartments, and providing new residents with keys, a job in which she worked every day and was expected to be available at any hour, the suit states.
On May 27, in a unit a few doors away from where Parker lived, Tytyana Miller, a 29-year-old daughter of rapper Master P, was found dead, according to the suit. She was one of Master P’s nine children. He has three other daughters and five sons.
“Due to the high-profile nature of the daughter’s death, plaintiff had to provide the police access to the apartment so they could conduct their investigation,” the suit states.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office later ruled the woman died of an accidental fentanyl overdose.
After the woman’s death, Parker felt unsafe because another homicide had occurred within the building earlier that month, according to the suit, which further states that her supervisor told her to give access to a unit to the victim’s suspected killer so the latter could obtain furniture from inside.
“Plaintiff was scared and crying at the thought of being alone with the tenant/suspected murderer,” the suit states.
Parker objected to her supervisor’s order and ultimately did not have to meet with the tenant, the suit states.
Just two days after Tytyana Miller’s body was found, another tenant became aggressive with Parker concerning the condition of his unit, which was not the plaintiff’s fault, the suit states.
Parker tried to appease the unhappy tenant, who nonetheless remained hostile and continued to sent the plaintiff texts and complaints about the unit, causing Parker to suffer an anxiety attack that left her crying uncontrollably and hyperventilating, the suit states.
When Parker told her supervisor about the unruly tenant, he responded that “she needs to think if she really wants this job and to perhaps consider a different one,” leaving the plaintiff “shocked” that he was asking her to reconsider her employment, the suit states.
Parker told her boss that she suffered from anxiety and that the aggressive nature of the tenant was exacerbating her disability, the suit states. The supervisor said Parker could be offered another position in which she would have fewer dealings with residents, but was also one in which she would have to pay rent, according to the suit.
Parker was ordered to meet with a human resources representative on June 8 and was unexpectedly told, “Today is your last day” and she was asked to turn in her apartment keys, the suit states.
“Plaintiff was shocked because she was under the impression that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss her accommodation and the potential new position that required less interaction with tenants,” the suit states.
Parker’s termination letter stated she was being laid off and she was given 30 days to leave her apartment and pay that month’s rent, the suit states. She alleges her job loss is tied to her anxiety disability and for seeking an accommodation that required less interaction with tenants.
The plaintiff continues to suffer substantial losses of wages and benefits, the suit states.