Do the right thing

Celebrity media-whore attorney Gloria Allred is representing Meg Whitman's former housekeeper, Nicky Diaz, in a back-pay dispute before California's Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement.

In an hour-long meeting today, Gloria Allred urged Meg Whitman to "do the right thing" and pay Nicky Diaz whatever sum she alleges she is owed, between $8,000 and $10,000.

I'm sure Gloria Allred wants to close this case as quickly as possible. She delivered a blow to Meg Whitman's reputation a few weeks before the election, and helped defeat her; that was all she really wanted. Nicky Diaz is no longer of any use to her.

The value of Allred's billable hours in this case already exceeds the amount of the back pay claimed by Nicky Diaz. And then there is that messy allegation of legal malpractice swirling around Allred, who outed her client as an illegal immigrant and an identity thief in pursuit of a $10,000 claim.

Thanks to Gloria Allred, the world knows that Nicky Diaz is an illegal immigrant who falsified Social Security documents, both federal crimes.

If anyone at the state or federal DOJ is interested in doing the right thing, they will press charges against Nicky Diaz for her immigration and Social Security Act violations. And then Nicky Diaz can use Meg Whitman's $10,000 to secure the services of a lawyer and sue Gloria Allred for legal malpractice from behind bars, or from her new home in Mexico.