Sweeney filed a bombshell federal lawsuit.
Feb. 27 2024, Printed 10:21 p.m. ET
Ex-Actual Housewives of New York star Leah McSweeney claimed she needed to be institutionalized in a psychiatric facility because of the hostile work setting on the Bravo present — and now she has filed a bombshell federal lawsuit.
In Sweeney’s lawsuit, obtained by RadarOnline.com, the defendants are listed as Andy Cohen, Warner Bros Discovery, Shed Media, Bravo Media, and NBC Common.
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The go well with claimed, “The place there may be smoke, there may be fireplace. Defendants discriminated towards, tormented, demoralized, demeaned, harassed and retaliated towards Ms. McSweeney as a result of she is a lady with disabilities, comparable to alcohol use dysfunction and numerous psychological well being problems, all within the identify of promoting drama. However being within the enterprise of actuality tv doesn’t relieve Defendants of their obligation to comply with employment legal guidelines that prohibit the precise kind of discrimination, hostile work setting and retaliation that Defendants subjected Ms. McSweeney to. Now, Ms. McSweeney seeks justice.”
Sweeney appeared on two seasons of RHONY and one season of Actual Housewives: Final Women Journey.
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Within the go well with, Sweeney claimed producers “pressured” her to drink regardless of realizing of her alcohol dependancy. She stated they did not get her assist.
The go well with claimed, “Defendants discriminated towards Plaintiff on the idea of her incapacity by failing to interact within the interactive course of, failing to supply Plaintiff affordable lodging, comparable to permitting Plaintiff to attend AA conferences; tormenting Plaintiff on the idea of her incapacity, comparable to colluding with different forged members to taunt Plaintiff relating to her sobriety; failing to advance Plaintiff as a result of her psychological well being diagnoses, and finally discharging Plaintiff as a result of her psychological well being diagnoses.”
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Sweeney claimed she was not forged on RHONY Season 14 and RHONY Legacy as a result of her “incapacity, together with [Sweeney’s] failure to relapse into her alcohol use dysfunction.”
The truth star stated the “hostile work setting … considerably altered the phrases of her employment, brought on [Sweeney] to undergo suicidal ideations, brought on [Sweeney] to develop into institutionalized in a psychiatric facility and has continued to trigger ongoing psychological ache and struggling.”
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Brandi Glanville not too long ago fired off a authorized letter to Bravo
Sweeney claimed Cohen, “favors Housewives that ‘play ball’ together with his proclivity for substance abuse and discriminates towards the sober Housewives that, due to their substance use problems, can not.”
She accused Cohen of participating in cocaine use with Housewives and different “Bravolebrities” that he employs, the go well with alleged. Sweeney claimed Cohen, “tends to supply the Housewives with whom he makes use of cocaine with extra favorable remedy and edits.”
Sweeney’s lawsuit demanded unspecified damages.