‘RHONY’ Star Leah McSweeney Sues Andy Cohen and Bravo | UJMFQQO | 2024-02-29 13:08:01
'RHONY' Star Leah McSweeney Sues Andy Cohen and Bravo | UJMFQQO | 2024-02-29 13:08:01
Leah McSweeney has filed a civil lawsuit towards Bravo and Andy Cohen after her expertise filming Real Housewives of New York City and Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip.
In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by Page Six on Tuesday, February 27, the truth star and her attorneys allege Cohen, 55, and the community intentionally preyed on McSweeney's wrestle with alcoholism in an attempt to score huge scores.
"This is not a story I ever thought I might be telling; in truth, I used to be petrified to speak on it and was warned not to," McSweeney, 41, stated by way of an Instagram publish hours after the go well with was filed. "Your favourite Bravo exhibits are run by individuals who create a harmful work surroundings, encourage substance abuse to artificially create drama and cynically prey on the vulnerabilities of their staff."
Whereas McSweeney stated a few of the stories detailed within the lawsuit have been shown in edited type on TV, viewers might study far more because the case plays out in New York.
"There shall be far more that comes out once the individuals concerned are questioned beneath oath. At the moment I am taking again my reality," she stated. "The reckless and diabolical approach by which the individuals on the prime drool over the mishaps and misfortunes of the ladies including myself are disturbing. It's a workplace tradition where toxicity, alcoholism and pain will not be only anticipated however encouraged and facilitated. That is something I most undoubtedly didn't sign up for nor would I ever endorse."
McSweeney appeared in two seasons of Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis between 2020 and 2021 and one season of the spinoff Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip in 2023.
In the go well with, McSweeney stated she informed producers earlier than her first season that she'd been sober for 30 days and working to maintain her sobriety.
As an alternative of providing sufficient care and help all through her filming experience, McSweeney and her legal staff alleged in the lawsuit that producers pressured her to drink in all three seasons.
"There's nothing extra necessary than my sobriety, with out it I danger dropping every little thing," McSweeney stated by way of Instagram. "I have been very transparent about my habit and recovery, nevertheless there are personal issues in the lawsuit that I by no means needed to reveal for worry of being judged and shamed, however I'm at some extent now in my life the place I feel robust enough to face up to whatever might come my means."
While McSweeney stated she has "love and respect for many" of the Bravo expertise she has met and worked with through the years, she hopes her lawsuit "helps actuality TV to align with its true objective: to authentically depict the complexities of life whereas offering real help to those that share their tales."
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"I've been making an attempt to deal with this internally for years now but have been dismissed, stone-walled, and gaslit (however truly) at each turn since," she stated. "Bravo can attempt to manipulate my actuality and others' all they need, but the cold exhausting details of this case are as real because it gets. Thank you to my shut family and friends and of course @adelmanmatz who've supported me in every troublesome but crucial step of this journey. I'll see you in courtroom."
Us Weekly has reached out to Bravo, Cohen's rep and McSweeney's attorneys for remark.
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