A “scandal” has erupted focusing on Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman’s former maid, Nicky Diaz, who turned out to be an illegal alien. The scandal? Whitman fired her when she discovered her maid’s immigration status.

Nicky Diaz, the household worker who alleges she was fired by Meg Whitman, the Republican nominee for California governor, after telling her that she was undocumented has recounted her version of what happened when she asked Whitman and her husband for help in June 2009:

“I told her I don’t have papers to work here and need her help,” the worker said at a press conference in attorney Gloria Allred’s office. Whitman’s husband “was very angry and said, ‘I told you, I told you she was going to bring us problems.’ Ms. Whitman turned to him and said, ‘Calm down, calm down.’ ”

She said Whitman’s husband “yelled” at her. “I was crying for fear and intimidation. With a face full of tears, I told them, ‘I believe in people. And I believe people deserve a chance. I also told them I don’t wish them any harm. I just wanted their help…

She said Whitman later left her a voicemail telling her she talked to her lawyer. “She said, ‘I cannot help you. And don’t say anything to my children. I will tell them you already have a new job … and from now on you don’t know me, and I don’t know you. You have never seen me, and I have never seen you. Do you understand me?’ “

The evidence presented to back up Diaz’s allegations? Nothing. The voicemail coincidentally wasn’t played, and the only other purported evidence in existence is a mysterious “document” that Gloria Allred, notorious attention-seeker and Diaz’s attorney, refused to release.

Meanwhile, Meg Whitman released documents showing that Diaz swore, under penalty of perjury, that she was legally eligible to work in the United States. Diaz even provided a Social Security number, driver’s license number, and other identifying information.

So here’s the bottom line: Nicky Diaz lied to Whitman about her legal status, swearing she was legally permitted to work while, in fact, she was in the country illegally. She wanted Whitman to help her after lying to Whitman, but the gubernatorial candidate refused and fired her.

Scandalous.