Caroline Manzo accused Brandi Glanville of humping her and thrusting her tongue into her mouth amid filming on Actual Housewives: Final Ladies Journey season 4 in a lawsuit she filed in opposition to Bravo, Peacock, and its manufacturing corporations final week.
Days after the Actual Housewives of New Jersey alum’s lawsuit was first confirmed, extra particulars have been leaked that reveal the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills forged member’s alleged sexual harassment, which Caroline, 62, claims was inspired by producers in Morocco.
After first accusing Brandi, 51, of forcing herself on her and kissing her with out consent, Caroline stated in courtroom paperwork obtained by Web page Six on January 26 that Brandi “then 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.”
The paperwork went on to say that the incident triggered Caroline’s “dormant and horrific recollections” of a sexual assault that occurred when she was seven and added that Brandi additionally “compelled her vagina” in opposition to Caroline’s again throughout one other second in Morocco.
Whereas Caroline left filming early, she stated manufacturing filmed her on the best way to the airport in hopes of “gathering extra ‘drama’ to extend their scores.”
“Defendants, together with Bravo, recurrently ply the Actual Housewives forged with alcohol, trigger them to grow to be severely intoxicated, after which direct, encourage and/or enable them to sexually harass different forged members as a result of that’s good for scores,” the lawsuit acknowledged. “Caroline Manzo is a sufferer of these dangerous actions.”
In her lawsuit, which doesn’t identify the RHOBH alum as a defendant, Caroline 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.”
Whereas Bravo and Peacock have remained silent in regard to Caroline’s case in opposition to them, Caroline’s legal professional, Derek Smith, expressed outrage within the networks.
“[We] look ahead to having the problems determined by a jury. Sexual harassment ought to by no means be leisure!” he instructed Web page Six.
Although there have been claims that season 4 of RHUGT won’t ever make it to air because of the allegations made in opposition to producers, no official determination has been introduced.
Following the submitting of Caroline’s lawsuit, Brandi’s rep launched a response to Web page Six.
“Sadly, Brandi needed to get up to yet one more lawsuit that features defamatory, false accusations about her,” the rep acknowledged. “Whereas filming, Brandi adopted what the producers requested of her, and there was no sexual assault. She is harmless of those absurd accusations which have weighed on her psychological and bodily well being for much too lengthy and not using a phrase of help from Peacock, Shed, or Bravo.”