This Is No Joke: Jerry Seinfeld Sued Over 'Little Fat' Housekeeper, Other Celebrities Targeted By Disgruntled Ex-Aide

April 29 2013, Published 6:32 a.m. ET
A New York aide-to-the-stars is targeting Manhattan's rich and elite — including Jerry Seinfeld and actress Lucy Liu — by exposing what supposedly goes on inside their multi-million dollar homes.
Adrian Smith, a self-described “domestic broker to the stars” who has hired staff members for Robert DeNiro and Mariah Carey, has filed two small claims lawsuits against Seinfeld and his wife Jessica alleging that a member of their personal staff referred to a potential maid as a "little fat" and another as being too old.
Subpoenas in the case were sent to the Seinfelds late last year.
EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Read The Subpoenas
But it all could be a concerted shakedown of some of New York's most famous faces, multiple sources familiar with Smith have revealed to Breaking Celebrity News.
Indeed, they point to his pattern of similar behavior: in 2011, the British-born man was convicted in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan of harassment after he threatened Tania Higgins, the wife of a successful hedge fund magnate, when she turned down his suggestion of a maid.
"I will have a really great laugh when I see your house crumble," Smith ranted in a voice mail message to Higgins in September, 2010, according to evidence presented in the case.
He also charged: "I will have my revenge."
Still, the Seinfelds have been compelled to appear before Manhattan Ju