( CNN ) -- She 's been called `` the nightmare nanny '' for refusing to leave the home of the family that hired -- then fired -- her , but now Diane Stretton is speaking out for the first time . And she says she 's not a con-artist squatter , she 's a victim . `` I did n't get lunch breaks , I did n't get coffee breaks , I did n't get any holidays . Basically , I was working 24/7 , '' she told Los Angeles ' KNX 1070 news radio . `` They were the ones that were trying to exploit me , as if I was some poor migrant worker from a foreign country that they could just exploit and work 24/7 . '' The saga began back in March when Marcella Bracamonte hired Stretton as a nanny to take care of her three children and to help out with household chores . But the relationship soured after a few months , and what happened next depends on who you ask . Bracamonte says she fired Stretton , but Stretton says she quit . `` I was n't fired , unless you can be fired after you quit , '' she said in the radio interview . `` I quit two days before they fired me . And I gave 30 days of notice , which we had agreed to . '' CNN reached out to Bracamonte for reaction to Stretton 's radio interview but had not heard back Monday evening . However it went down , a California judge sided with Stretton , ruling that the Bracamontes did not terminate the nanny 's employment in a legal manner . Stretton refused to leave the Bracamonte home in Upland , about 35 miles east of Los Angeles , and police told the family they could n't force her out without an eviction notice . Even the Bracamontes ' attorney says the ruling was correct by law . `` She has absolutely every right to stay in the house at this time , '' Marc Cohen told CNN . `` Under the law in California ( eviction ) can take 30 to 45 days . '' The family said Stretton threatened to sue if they tried to force her out . CNN discovered that Stretton is on the California 's Vexatious Litigant List , a list of people who continually bring legal action , regardless of merit , against others with the sole intention of harassment . CNN found dozens of lawsuits filed by Stretton in California over the years . There were signs Monday night that the impasse was nearing an end . Marcella Bracamonte told CNN 's Sara Sidner that Stretton -- who is currently sleeping in her car , while all of her belongings remain inside Bracamontes ' home -- offered to move out over the July Fourth weekend . But Bracamonte said that ca n't happen . `` We 're going to a wedding , it has been planned for a year , '' she said . `` My sister is getting married on a cruise ship and we 're going . '' CNN 's Sara Sidner , Paul Vercammen and AnneClaire Stapleton contributed to this report .
Nanny says she was fired and overworked by the family . In an interview , nanny says she was n't fired , she quit and gave three days ' notice . A federal court ruled in favor of the nanny as a tenant in the home .