Caroline Manzo has filed a lawsuit towards Bravo and Peacock over an alleged sexual harassment incident that occurred through the filming of ‘The Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey.’
Manzo claims Brandi Glanville, finest identified for showing on the truth tv sequence ‘The Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills’ and ‘The Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey,’ harassed her throughout manufacturing as they filmed in Morocco.
She can also be suing different manufacturing corporations who have been concerned within the filming of the truth present.
The 62-year-old claims that Glanville made undesirable advances in the direction of her and kissed her with out her consent.
Caroline Manzo Accuses Brandi Glanville Of Sexual Assault
In line with the authorized paperwork, Glanville “proceeded to mount Manzo on the sofa holding Manzo down together with her physique, forcibly squeezed Manzo’s cheeks collectively and thrust her tongue in Manzo’s mouth, whereas humping her.”
This occasion brought about Manzo’s “dormant and horrific recollections” of her previous to resurface. For individuals who have no idea, the truth tv star was sexually assaulted when she was seven years previous.
The ‘Actual Housewives of New Jersey’ alum additionally claims Glanville “compelled her vagina” towards her again.
Bravo Allegedly Retains ‘Actual Housewives’ Forged ‘Severely Intoxicated’
“Defendants, together with Bravo, repeatedly ply the ‘Actual Housewives’ forged with alcohol, trigger them to change into severely intoxicated, after which direct, encourage and/or permit them to sexually harass different forged members as a result of that’s good for scores,” the lawsuit states.
“Caroline Manzo is a sufferer of these dangerous actions,” it continued.
Previously, NBCUniversal and Bravo have been accused of “grotesque and wicked mistreatment” of their actuality stars.
Final 12 months, attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos despatched a letter to NBC’s counsel, Kimberley Harris, claiming the manufacturing firm of “distributing and/or condoning the distribution of non-consensual pornography,” and calling out the “distribution of revenge p–n.”
“As , NBC has a sample and follow of grotesque and wicked mistreatment of the truth stars and crewmembers on whose account its coffers swell,” the letter states, as they then declare NBC has “threatened [cast members] with break ought to they determine to talk out about their mistreatment.”
The attorneys’ letter then accuses the networks of “protecting up acts of sexual violence.”
Whereas the letter didn’t identify any actuality tv stars by identify, the attorneys do state that “because of this, the sordid and darkish underbelly of NBC’s broadly consumed actuality TV universe has remained below wraps for a lot too lengthy.”
Caroline Manzo Is Not Suing Model Glanville
Curiously sufficient, Manzo isn’t straight going after Glanville. As a substitute, she is suing Bravo, Peacock, and different manufacturing and showrunners for allegedly encouraging the “sexually offensive and harassing content material.”
Manzo’s legal professional, Derek Smith, spoke to Web page Six relating to the lawsuit, stating, “We’re outraged by Bravo, Peacock, and NBC’s conduct and stay up for having the problems determined by a jury. Sexual harassment ought to by no means be leisure!”
The ‘Actual Housewives of New Jersey’ alum is suing for “negligence, sexual harassment, intercourse/gender discrimination, sexual battery, and different causes of motion that she says violate state legal guidelines in California and New York,” per the docs.
