The Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey govt producer Lisa Shannon claims in new authorized paperwork that Caroline Manzo instructed producers she “didn’t really feel sexually violated” by Brandi Glanville, however that she felt “disrespected.”
As beforehand reported by ET, Manzo filed a lawsuit in opposition to Bravo, Peacock, NBCUniversal and Shed Media — the producers behind the present — over an alleged “traumatic” incident with Glanville whereas on The Actual Housewives Final Ladies Journey in Morocco in early 2023.
In accordance with the lawsuit obtained by ET, which was filed by Manzo in January, the Actual Housewives of New Jersey alum claims a “clearly intoxicated” Glanville sexually harassed her and kissed her with out consent in the course of the filming of the Actual Housewives spinoff.
Glanville has vehemently denied the allegations as “demonstrably false,” whereas her legal professionals have slammed NBCUniversal and Bravo for not coming to Glanville’s protection.
Within the new courtroom paperwork obtained by ET, which had been filed on Tuesday, the present’s govt producer didn’t declare that an incident occurred between Manzo and Glanville, however quite that Manzo allegedly instructed the manufacturing that she did not wish to cease filming due to it.
“After the incident between Manzo and Glanville on January 24, 2023, Manzo disclosed her childhood trauma to a member of the manufacturing employees, who relayed this info to me. This info was not recognized to manufacturing,” Shannon claims. “Manzo revealed to us, for the primary time, that she had suffered sexual trauma as a toddler and that Glanville’s actions that night had triggered recollections of that childhood trauma. She instructed us that she didn’t really feel sexually violated, she felt ‘disrespected’ by Glanville.”
“Our major concern at that time was ensuring that Manzo felt protected,” Shannon claims. “She instructed us that she felt protected, that she wished to proceed to movie, and that she didn’t need Glanville to be despatched residence.”
Shannon claimed that the manufacturing took steps to make sure that Manzo was not left alone with Glanville within the days that adopted, and that they “promptly took a number of actions to make Manzo really feel protected, comfy, and supported, whatever the influence it had on the present.”
In accordance with Shannon, Glanville was despatched to a unique resort room from the remainder of the solid, and didn’t stick with the opposite solid members for the rest of the manufacturing.
Shannon claims that Manzo addressed the scenario with the opposite solid members the subsequent day — together with Phaedra Parks and Gretchen Rossi, amongst others — and so they allegedly all instructed Manzo that that they had interpreted the scenario otherwise than she had and did not understand Manzo had felt uncomfortable on the time.
“That night, a gaggle of the opposite solid members despatched a gaggle textual content message to the remainder of the solid, together with Manzo, saying that they had been planning to go to Glanville at her resort,” Shannon claims. “Manzo expressed that she was extraordinarily offended by this textual content and the truth that the opposite solid members wished to verify on Glanville, notably after the dialog that they had simply had with Manzo. Consequently, she determined to go away the manufacturing and fly residence.”
“I perceive that, in her Grievance, Manzo objects to the truth that manufacturing continued to movie her within the days following the incident with Glanville,” Shannon claims. “To my data, the one time when Manzo requested to not be filmed was instantly after she obtained the group textual content relating to different solid members’ plan to go to Glanville. At the moment, she requested the manufacturing crew to not movie her, and we honored that request.”
Shannon went on to say that Manzo was paid in full regardless of her early departure from filming.
In her lawsuit, Manzo alleges that Glanville walked over to her on the sofa, “unfold Manzo’s legs and leaned into Manzo. She then laid her head on Manzo’s inside thigh.”
“Manzo says she pulled away and moved to the top of the sofa. After establishing she’s a mere 5 toes tall and Glanville is nearly a foot taller than her, Manzo claims Glanville sat subsequent to her on the sofa and “proceeded to kiss Manzo with a closed mouth.”
“Glanville then kissed Manzo once more. Manzo was very uncomfortable,” the courtroom paperwork declare. “Glanville 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.”
Manzo claims she tried to push Glanville off, however alleges that “Glanville was restraining Manzo together with her a lot larger weight, measurement and energy and was unable to free herself.”
Whereas Manzo mentions Glanville all through the lawsuit, Manzo doesn’t title her as a defendant. As an alternative, Manzo is suing Bravo, NBCUniversal, Peacock and Shed Media, claiming the defendants “commonly ply the Actual Housewives solid with alcohol and trigger them to grow to be severely intoxicated, after which direct, encourage and/or permit them to sexually harass different solid members as a result of that’s good for rankings.”
Representatives from each Peacock and Shed Media mentioned in a press release to ET on the time, “The protection and safety of solid and crew whereas capturing is extraordinarily essential and we take all experiences significantly. On this scenario, manufacturing instantly launched a complete evaluate and is taking applicable motion.”
In January — previous to Manzo’s lawsuit submitting in New York — Glanville spoke to ET about current well being issues, which she attributes to the sexual assault accusation in opposition to her by Manzo.
“I’ve had some well being points which have affected my potential to speak. My potential to style meals, my face principally would swell up, like I’d have anaphylactic shock, go into anaphylactic shock continuously and I noticed seven docs and their reply to it was it was stress-induced angioedema,” she mentioned.
Glanville was in the end recognized with stress-induced angioedema, a situation the place swelling happens beneath the pores and skin.
As for what went down in Morocco, Glanville would solely say that the Ladies Journeys “are the Wild West” and that it is difficult to “work 19-hour days and be fueled with alcohol all day.”
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