Sex claim against MP thrown out as lesbian's lover tells of her lies Richard Drax said the allegations had been 'extremely stressful' Middle-aged woman 'won £16,000 payout from former employer' 'Extremely stressful': Richard Drax MP and his wife Elspet outside court A Tory MP accused of trying to lure his lesbian housemaid into a threesome with his wife yesterday told of his relief after her 'cynical' case was thrown out. Richard Drax said the allegations had been 'extremely stressful' for him, his wife Elsebet and his four children with his ex-wife, the sister of former Royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke. Anne Lyndoe-Tavistock's case was dismissed after her former lover told an employment tribunal that she had falsely accused a previous employer of sexual assault and had been awarded £16,000. The 'manipulative' serial litigant also received two other payouts after bringing claims against former bosses in the last 15 years. In her latest claim, Miss Lyndoe-Tavistock, 53, alleged the MP for South Dorset and his wife groped her and tried to perform a sex act on her as they drank wine in the sitting room of their Elizabethan stately home. She told the tribunal she felt suicidal after the alleged assault and claimed that a few weeks later she was told to leave the house and her £24,000-a-year job. She also claimed Mr Drax, 55, used to walk around the house naked in front of her. The MP, a Harrow-educated former Coldstream Guards officer whose full name is Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, had always denied the claims and described himself to the hearing as a 'courteous gentleman'. Miss Lyndoe-Tavistock's claims were dismissed after her former civil partner - who is currently divorcing her - told the tribunal she believed the housekeeper had 'concocted' the stories for financial gain and to 'satisfy a grudge'. Jo Lyndoe-Tavistock said her former partner's attitude when she was in a dispute was one of 'I have an issue with that person, how can I get them back?' She told the hearing that before they had met her partner had brought a successful claim involving an alleged sexual assault against her former employer, the Royal Mail. 'She admitted to me that she had been in a tussle of some sort with a colleague and that she had invented an allegation that he had touched her breast,' she said. Miss Lyndoe-Tavistock received £15,960 after bringing the claim. She received another payout from the Royal Mail after alleging she had hurt her shoulder after the company overfilled a bag. 'In fact it was an injury she had had for many years which was unrelated to her work,' her civil partner said. She also received a £3,000 payout from a store where she was working after yet another dispute. Her ex-partner added said she believed the case against the MP was another attempt to 'extract money from an employer'. 'Humiliated': The woman claiming for sexual discrimination, wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal and unpaid holiday pay - all of which were rejected by the chairman of the panel She knows Mr Drax is a public figure and I imagine she thought he was in a strong position to secure a settlement from him as I know she has done from previous employers. I believe she concocted the allegations in her claim to cause embarrassment to Mr and Mrs Drax and their family in the expectation that she would receive a financial settlement. The tribunal heard the housekeeper was invited to live in the Drax ancestral home, Charborough House, after previously working there as a groom. She claimed that in August she was in the staff kitchen when Norwegian-born Mrs Drax invited her to join her and her husband in their sitting room. Mrs Drax then started rubbing her crotch and her husband grabbed her thigh, she alleged. The housekeeper said she was 'extremely upset and scared' by their approaches and fled to her room and barricaded the door. A few weeks after the alleged assault, Miss Lyndoe-Tavistock said the MP told her she had an hour to leave, citing a series of fallings out she had had with other members of staff. The housekeeper's former partner told the tribunal that when she spoke to her after she had been sacked by the MP, she boasted she had something 'big' on him. Mr Drax wiped his eyes as he sat holding his wife's hand as chairman of the panel, Judge Roger Peters, rejected her 'utterly incredible' claims. Outside, the MP said. This finding vindicates our position throughout these proceedings that we acted lawfully and properly and that her serious allegations of sexual discrimination were untrue. These allegations have been extremely stressful for my wife and I, and my children, and my family. We are all now relieved that we can put these matters behind us. A spokesman for the Forum of Private Business said: 'It is wrong that one angry employee can humiliate her boss, even if there are no grounds. We think the culture needs to change where somebody is to blame - and that is always the employer. Outside court, the housekeeper's solicitor said: 'We are sorry that she has not been able to prove her case at this tribunal and we will be considering an appeal.'