Manhattan nanny appears in court for the first time since double murder

[Anonymous]

Thank you, nannydeb, for your excellent post.

This forum has turned into nothing but blame-the-parents, and just when you think they won't go there again because it's so off the mark, they do. It's sickening.

[Anonymous]

I know she was legal to work, but I don't know if she was paid legally. I was reported she earned $18 an hour. For 3 kids in NYC is on the medium of the wage spectrum. But even if she was paid $5 bucks an hour, and was illegal - that does not create a murderer!!! This woman was sick in head!

[Anonymous]

Sorry if this is cruel, but she just needs to be given the death penalty. (Is that even an option in NYC? Sorry for my ignorance but I really don't know). We have no use for this woman in society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. I guess we'll never find out for sure how much they were paying her per hour.
2. If they were paying her legally, on the books.
3. Was she a legal or illegal immigrant.

Interesting how the press gets only part of the story.

I read in an article that she was getting paid $18 or $19 per hour. I know it's higher living in NY but that seems like a decent price for someone like Ortega.. However, she wanted more money and was outraged when they didn't just give it to her. Instead, they said they'd raise her but will add more responsibility and chores.

[Anonymous]

YOSELYN ORTEGA is believed to have been an illegal immigrant. So they were saving a few bucks on her. They did raise her after a year or so but she wanted more cash and they told her they'd raise her more if she took on more housecleaning activities.

I don't wanna blame the parents, because I do see how heartbroken they are BUT, they were really weathy well-to-do people. Why not hire a legal employee. The fact that she was illegal makes her automatically untrustworthy. She can't follow the law and has no respect for tax payers and wanted MORE money then she was already making. Any other job would have given her barely $10 bucks an hour. That wench should've been happy with what she got.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is cruel, but she just needs to be given the death penalty. (Is that even an option in NYC? Sorry for my ignorance but I really don't know). We have no use for this woman in society.

No, New York abolished the death penalty.

[Anonymous]

American nannies are more inclined to stand up for themselves, than immigrants. Is that why so many parents prefer immigrants, even when they can clearly afford the best of American born nannies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter how they treated her, paid her or whatever. Unless she had been chained up and forced to work for them, she could have quit. I am a nanny, and do a lot of advocating for fair pay, treatment, and the like, but if you're in a position where you're this unhappy QUIT.

Let me guess. You've never been an illegal immigrant, getting paid below minimum wage under the table. Of course she's a criminal, but why not take a look at WHY she was even given the opportunity to take full responsibility for such rich well-to-do children. Could these parents not have made better choices for their child care??? Did they really have to choose a person with broken English? Oh I know, they were hoping their children would learn Spanish. Ok, we got it.
You don't always get a second chance, people. In fact, you never do, when it comes to your children....

Never been an illegal immigrant, but I have worked jobs where I was paid less than minimum wage and treated horribly. And the thought never crossed my mind to punish their children!! There is no excuse! None.

The thought has never crossed my mind either. If I don't think I am being treated right, then I leave and find something else. I took low paying jobs when I first started out that REALLY were not good pay, I didn't realize that I could have gotten more even with the experience I had at that point (from babysitting and helping my friends out with their kids daily). But it was what I had agreed to and so I learned to ask for more and more benefits once I did move on and had more experience. I would never take something out on the kids that was my fault or something I could fix by leaving. I don't see how you can like kids enough to work with them for your job, and then do something like that. Blows my mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YOSELYN ORTEGA is believed to have been an illegal immigrant. So they were saving a few bucks on her. They did raise her after a year or so but she wanted more cash and they told her they'd raise her more if she took on more housecleaning activities.

I don't wanna blame the parents, because I do see how heartbroken they are BUT, they were really weathy well-to-do people. Why not hire a legal employee. The fact that she was illegal makes her automatically untrustworthy. She can't follow the law and has no respect for tax payers and wanted MORE money then she was already making. Any other job would have given her barely $10 bucks an hour. That wench should've been happy with what she got.

It was reported when the crimes first happened that she was definitely LEGAL. That pay seems on the low end for NYC though, coming from a family so wealthy. I would have expected $22-25 for 3 kids. But maybe it was lower because the mother helped out more? I don't know anything about if she had a job and how much she did with her kids, but that could explain the lower pay if she did.

[Anonymous]

How is her salary even a factor for some of you? If she were a teacher, or a doctor, or in any other profession charged with the care of children, would we even be bringing it up (as if being underpaid is even close to an excuse for something like this)? This thread is pretty disgusting, it truly seems like all some of you "nannies" care about is money.

[Anonymous]

I agree PP. Illogical and pointless discussion here. Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Let's talk about what happened. Didn't the woman and her employer have some sort of huge argument about something? Has the employer revealed what it was about? I have to say that if I had a "huge" blow up with the nanny, I would have gotten a new nanny. I would not want anyone to be in a job if they were unhappy about it. I suspect that the mom ignored her gut feeling, about doing what she knew she should have done. That's why I say, "ALWAYS" follow your gut. Who cares if you "might" be wrong. You have children to protect.

[Anonymous]

nannydebsays wrote:So, just to make sure I have the reasoning straight here, Ms. Ortega murdered 2 children that she was hired to care for as their nanny. The family that hired her is obviously at fault for the deaths of their 2 kids because Ms. Ortega was so totally an illegal immigrant who got paid illegal wages under the table, and the parents got what they deserved.

The alternate reality crap around this story makes me want to vomit. Either stick to the facts as they are known, or at least avoid painting the parents as evil exploiters of illegal immigrants, OK?

Ms. Ortega was found with the bodies of 2 children, suffering from a self inflicted throat wound. Ms. Ortega had been acting oddly for weeks or months, according to witnesses that came forward AFTER the crime to discuss their observations. There is no proof or evidence at all that the Krim's treated Ms. Ortega well/poorly/inhumanely, or that they paid her too much/enough/too little/legally/under the table.

If you all MUST speculate about the deaths of 2 kids, could you at least have the common decency to avoid playing the "blame-the-parents" game for the love of all that is holy?

Preach sister! So damn true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:YOSELYN ORTEGA is believed to have been an illegal immigrant. So they were saving a few bucks on her. They did raise her after a year or so but she wanted more cash and they told her they'd raise her more if she took on more housecleaning activities.

I don't wanna blame the parents, because I do see how heartbroken they are BUT, they were really weathy well-to-do people. Why not hire a legal employee. The fact that she was illegal makes her automatically untrustworthy. She can't follow the law and has no respect for tax payers and wanted MORE money then she was already making. Any other job would have given her barely $10 bucks an hour. That wench should've been happy with what she got.

She was legal to work in the U.S. Where did you hear anything different?

[Anonymous]

I feel sick and shaken after reading this story. I can't even. I just don't even know what to say.

I just can't. It's so horrific.