Susan Tabas Tepper, the gossip fodder gift that keeps on giving. If she keeps getting accused of whacking folks, she's gonna get her own topic category on blogs all over Philadelphia. Nannies are talking all over too...just out of curiousity, does NO ONE raise their own kids anymore? And the "friend" coming to her defense? It's a compensated friend, someone formerly in her employ...and a man...this whole NannyGate seems to partially be a girl thing, doesn't it? Glad someone is sticking up for her though as everyone deserves support in their hour of need...her family seems oddly silent though, don't they? And what about that loving boyfriend? Has anyone seen him defend his lady's honor, especially because he is alleged to have been present? Here's this morning's round up:

Annette John-Hall | The quiet anger felt by 'the help'
By Annette John-Hall
Inquirer Columnist

The news that Main Line socialite Susan Tabas Tepper had allegedly gone all Naomi Campbell on a nanny again didn't sit too well with the sisterhood of nannies gathered at Rittenhouse Square yesterday.

That's where most of Center City's babysitters congregate. You know, down on 18th and Walnut, by the fountain. Especially on perfect mornings, nannies on the Square are as predictable as perennials in the springtime.

Yesterday, they were out in force - black, white, Asian, Latino, almost all foreigners - a virtual bouquet of caregivers, their caravan of strollers parked, their eagle eyes focused on their preschool charges, almost all of them white.

You better believe they had an opinion about Tepper, the 44-year-old Villanova villainess who stands accused of assaulting her most recent nanny, Urszula Kordzior, only months after landing in community service for smacking down another valued employee. The nanny's 9-year-old daughter allegedly got pushed when she tried to help her mom.

It appears the hits just keep on coming.

The Rittenhouse nannies agreed to talk only if I didn't use their names. After all, they like the families they work for. Oh, and they want to keep their jobs.

"If she did that to me? I would fight back, yes I would," says a Jamaican nanny....The problem with privileged folk, she continued as the children clung closely to her, is that they often view "the help" as nothing more than another child, to be seen and not heard.

Course, while they're at the wine sip, "the help" has the all-consuming responsibility of raising their kids.

It seems that Tepper, the daughter of the late Main Line financier Daniel Tabas, treats animals with more dignity than her employees. She's been known to tame a tiger, but can turn on humans - especially those she considers beneath her - with the ferocity of a wild beast.

...."They think we're inferior, that we're not educated," says the Jamaican babysitter, a teacher for 11 years in her homeland before coming to Philadelphia last year. "A lot of nannies around here are educated people. But you would only know that if you spoke to the nannies."

I followed her suggestion and spoke to other nannies. Some were college-educated, others weren't. Many are doing child care as a temporary job until they can find something better.

And while all of the women said they had yet to experience the Mommy Dearest wrath of a Tepper, they complained that certain families had a tendency to take them for granted.

"They think they can do with you whatever they want," says a ponytailed native of Spain.

Friend Defends Mom Charged With Assaulting Nanny
Walt Hunter

(CBS 3) EAGLEVILLE, Pa. A day after a socialite was arrested for allegedly hitting a housekeeper; a close confidant has come to her side and offered a different perspective.

Private investigator Kevin Ryan spoke to CBS 3 and he said he knows what really goes on behind the doors of Susan Tabas Tepper's Main Line mansion.

The prominent Main Line socialite was arrested and charged in the alleged assault of her nanny and the nanny's little girl Sunday night.

Tepper denied charges that she allegedly attacked her housekeeper, scratching her and pushing and cursing at the housekeeper's 9-year-old daughter when the child tried to intervene.

"These officers were called to the house by somebody and they told them a story and the police believed them. My boyfriend was present the entire time, nothing happened," Tepper said.

Ryan was a close friend of Tepper and provided security for Tepper and her four children for the past two years and worked very closely with her inside the mansion.

....Ryan said he also knew the woman Tepper is accused of attacking and said he saw no signs of any hostility.

"I've seen her with all nanny's and caretakers and never seen any screaming or yelling, any psychical abuse, anything out of the ordinary at all," Ryan explained.

It is not the first time the wealthy suspect has been arrested for allegedly attacking a housekeeper. Almost one year ago, she was charged with allegedly assaulting another caretaker in the home. She entered a plea and was released on probation.

Swinging Susie by JudiPhilly

In the News, May 24, 200721 hours ago by Jane Doe (I saw your Nanny BlogSpot)

The Clog: Let the Class Wars Begin
Thursday, May 24th, 2007 at 8:23 am
posted by Brian Hickey

Thank you, Susan Tabas Tepper, for reminding me just why I hate arrogant rich folk with a three-year-old only child’s sense of entitlement. And to whomever is prosecuting the case, go for jail time. If she’s guilty, crazy bitch deserves it. None of this highway-clean-up community service. Strip searches. Lockdowns. Shivs. Unless she’s represented by Dick Sprague, which would lead me to say, "if she’s guilty (allegedly) crazy b**ch deserves it."