accused of knowingly employing an illem immigrant, but nicky diaz has gloria allred at her side, representing her now and here is what we heard from the former housekeeper yesterday: she treat me as if i was not a human being. i m doing this because i know there are a lot of megs out there who are mistreating the nickys who work so hard for them. martha: allred says she has a letter that proves that whitman and her husband knew that diaz was illegally in this country but whitman says it is all part of her opponent jerry brown s smear campaign, that s whitman s word and here s her response to all of this yesterday.