Caroline Manzo Sues Bravo, Accuses Brandi Glanville of Sexual Harassment | 966F35I | 2024-01-31 23:08:01
Caroline Manzo Sues Bravo, Accuses Brandi Glanville of Sexual Harassment | 966F35I | 2024-01-31 23:08:01
Caroline Manzo is taking legal action towards Bravo over an alleged incident involving her and Brandi Glanville during manufacturing on season 4 of The Real Housewives Ultimate Women Journey.
Manzo, 62, filed a lawsuit towards the network and its manufacturing corporations on Friday, January 26. In the lawsuit, obtained by Us Weekly, Manzo claims Bravo would recurrently push the show's stars to drink alcohol to "cause them to grow to be severely intoxicated, after which direct, encourage and/or permit them to sexually harass other forged members as a result of that is for good scores."
It was reported in January 2023 that Manzo and Glanville, 51, left Ultimate Women Journey filming in Morocco early after Glanville allegedly kissed Manzo a number of occasions without her consent.
The lawsuit supplies more details of the alleged encounter, with Manzo claiming that Glanville did not attend a sexual harassment class required of all RHUGT forged members before filming and that Bravo didn't reprimand Glanville for allegedly skipping the class. Manzo states that the alleged incident started after she made a "acutely aware effort to be sort to Glanville" after an argument throughout filming.
In the course of the night, Glanville allegedly "spread Manzo's legs and leaned into Manzo," after which Manzo moved away from her. "Glanville proceeded to kiss Manzo with a closed mouth. Glanville then kissed Manzo once more. Manzo was very uncomfortable," the docs state. "Glanville then proceeded to mount Manzo on the couch holding Manzo down together with her body, forcibly squeezed Manzo's cheeks together and thrust her tongue in Manzo's mouth, while humping her."
The docs state that the alleged assault introduced up "dormant and horrific reminiscences" for Manzo of a sexual assault she experienced at age 7, causing her to enter "a state of shock."
Glanville allegedly pursued Manzo again within the rest room by urgent "her breasts and vagina towards Manzo" till Manzo was capable of break away. "Defendants have been extra targeted on the continuation of the show quite than the well being and well-being of Manzo after she was sexually abused," the docs state.
Glanville isn't listed as a defendant in the lawsuit and beforehand declared her innocence in a collection of December 2023 tweets.
"The producers ask you to do something. And you then get in hassle for it. The producers have to comply with the principles," Glanvilleshe wrote by way of X at the time. "Producers might not shove the alcohol down our throats, however they positive do encourage it even in Morocco in the course of the day where it's illegal to drink!" Screenshots of the tweets have been featured in the lawsuit docs.
Us Weekly has reached out to Bravo relating to the lawsuit. The network had no remark.
Glanville's legal workforce responded to Manzo's lawsuit in a press release to Us, writing, "Sadly, Brandi needed to get up to yet one more lawsuit that features defamatory, false accusations about her. Whereas filming, Brandi adopted what the producers asked of her, and there was no sexual assault. She is innocent of those absurd accusations which have weighed on her psychological and bodily well being for much too long and not using a word of help from Peacock, Shed or Bravo."
The assertion continued: "This painful storytelling seems countless and needs to stop. She is trying to move on and upward and get her life back."
In April 2023, Manzo declared that she would "by no means" return to the Real Housewives franchise following the alleged incident. "It was something that I used to be finished with and comfortable to be accomplished with it. I walked away for a cause," she stated during an interview on the "Two T's in a Pod" podcast. "I all the time stated for me to return, it would have to be a quantity that was financially irresponsible to stroll away from."
Glanville, in the meantime, was hospitalized after collapsing in her house in October 2023. Earlier this month, she claimed her well being issues have been caused by the stress she skilled from filming RHUGT season four and her drama with Manzo.
Bravo has but to officially pull the plug on season 4 of RHUGT, which additionally featured Vicki Gunvalson, Eva Marcille, Phaedra Parks, Camille Meyer, Alex McCord and Gretchen Rossi. Season 5, which was dubbed RHONY: Legacy, nevertheless, did start streaming on Peacock after season three concluded. At BravoCon in November 2023, Andy Cohen denied that season four had been canceled.
"There's all this speculation about [RHUGT season four]; Bravo jumped Legacy to the entrance of the line," he advised The Wrap at the time. "It's there, it's achieved and I hope everyone sees it quickly."
Should you or somebody you already know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
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