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Novelist Danielle Steele is being sued by a former household employee who claims he was emotionally abused. Jeremy Pearson, 26, says Steele has a history of offering high-paying jobs, then taking "sadistic pleasure" in making employees squirm. Pearson's lawsuit says Steele fired him from a $30,000-a-year job although he had performed his duties. The lawsuit says other former cooks and servants were also fired arbitrarily.